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Nov
20
No to Obamacare!
November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
It is now the eleventh hour in the struggle to stop the Democrat drive to socialize medicine. There are two versions of Obamacare, a house bill and a senate bill, both about 2,000 pages. In my opinion, there is no reason to write a 2,000-page bill unless you want to hide a lot of objectionable provisions. [...]
Sep
21
Is S. 2099 a deliberate red herring?
September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment
S. 2099 is harder to kill than a vampire with a metal breastplate and a tanker truck full of spf 10,000 sunblock. The NRA and GOA have put out information that this thing is a relic of the 2000 Federal Legislative Session, yet it still lives on the Internet! (See my post dated 06-07-09, “All together [...]
Sep
4
Oh! The angst over CCW in National Parks!
September 4, 2009 | 1 Comment
There is no dearth of political commentary in newspaper comics these days. Prickly City has taken on the dreaded “Birthers.” Doonesbury is comparing Afghanistan to Vietnam. This comparison, by the way, may be apt, in that I believe the Left wants the enemies of America to win in Afghanistan, as they did in the earlier [...]
Aug
21
Ritter plans tax on gun buyers!
August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment
On June 18th, Governor Ritter renewed his efforts to further tax Colorado gun buyers who purchase from federally licensed firearms’ dealers and gun shows. The Colorado State Shooting Association has a good article here, including people to call. We can’t let the politicians who spent the state into insolvency balance the budget on the backs of American [...]
Aug
14
H.R. 2401: “No Fly, No Buy!” “Big Brother loves you,”but isn’t good with names.
August 14, 2009 | 2 Comments
The title rhymes. The bill is short. It’s the “No Fly, No Buy Act of 2009.” The bill is simple. It’s allegedly supposed to fight terrorism. If H.R. 2401 passes, if your name is on a “No Fly” List for any reason, your name will also be flagged in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. [...]
Jul
24
Both Liberal Columnist Mike Littwin and the Liberal Denver Post Editorial Page spanked Colorado Senators for their votes in support of the Thune-Vitter inter-state concealed carry reciprocity amendment that was shot down this week in the U.S. Senate. Both articles discussed the possibility, denied by both senators, that their votes fell under the category of [...]
Jul
21
Concealed Carry Amendment Up in Senate Tomorrow
July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Thune-Vitter Amendment on concealed carry reciprocity between states is coming up tomorrow at noon before the U.S. Senate. Contact your Senators in support of this amendment, which facilitates nationwide concealed carry, if an individual has a permit from one state.
The anti-gunners are up in arms, so to speak, over this. We need a good [...]
Jul
12
The state legislature has been holding hearings on the budget deficit, which may exceed $800 million next year. Please contact the Governor, and your State Senator and Representative to request that the state change its background check process from the current Colorado Bureau of Investigation check to the FBI National Instant Check System. These changes would save [...]
Jul
3
H.R. 675-A national police force?
July 3, 2009 | 6 Comments
Check out the site here for H.R. 675. The bill would allow “civilian employees of the Department of Defense the authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms.” The bill mentions these powers in conjuction with “any offense against the United States.”
As I read H.R. 675, the disturbing powers granted by the bill are the authority to “execute and [...]
Jun
27
The Denver Post article, ”Book goes inside the minds of gun criminals,” by Monte Whaley, in the 06-26-09 issue of the paper, deals with 73 criminals who used firearms in the commission of one or more crimes. The upcoming book, Guns, Violence, and Criminal Behavior: The Offender’s Perspective, apparently offers interesting insights into criminal gun use among [...]