{"id":109584,"date":"2025-04-26T02:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T07:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=109584"},"modified":"2025-04-26T02:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T07:08:13","slug":"109584","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=109584","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/04\/24\/colorado-anti-gun-law-second-amendment-jared-polis-ty-winter\/\">\u2018Gone Off The Rails\u2019: Colorado Dems Stir Up Hornet\u2019s Nest After Passing One Of America\u2019s Most Extreme Anti-Gun Laws.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Colorado Republicans are pushing back against Democratic Gov. Jared Polis for signing one of the most extreme anti-gun laws in the country this month, accusing him of turning a constitutional right into a privilege bought with permits and fees.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leg.colorado.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2025a_003_signed.pdf\">law<\/a>, SB25-003, bans the sale, transfer and manufacture of most semiautomatic firearms unless prospective gun owners obey a range of new requirements, including training mandates, tests and sheriff-issued eligibility cards. Republicans, like state Rep. Ty Winter, say it\u2019s a deliberate effort to choke off lawful gun ownership through bureaucracy and paperwork \u2014 a view increasingly shared by Second Amendment organizations now mobilizing to fight the law in court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill is putting a paywall in front of a God-given, unalienable right \u2014 and that\u2019s the right to self-defense and the right to keep a free nation,\u201d Winter, assistant minority leader in the Colorado House, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cGun rights aren\u2019t a red or blue issue. Gun rights are an American issue. We forget what the Constitution is for \u2014 it\u2019s not to go hunting. It\u2019s not to go target shooting. It\u2019s to keep a nation free. It\u2019s to keep a government in check. And I think that\u2019s the first thing our colleagues across the aisle don\u2019t realize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1910483178650763464&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2025%2F04%2F24%2Fcolorado-anti-gun-law-second-amendment-jared-polis-ty-winter%2F&amp;sessionId=9e834f8b29d318cb0f4fbe15b1779ce1ce8dd2e0&amp;siteScreenName=dailycaller&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1910483178650763464\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Under the new law, Coloradans seeking to buy virtually any semiautomatic firearm with a detachable magazine \u2014 most modern guns \u2014 must now navigate a three-part gauntlet: completing 12 hours of training, scoring at least 90% on written test and obtaining an eligibility certificate from their county sheriff \u2014 none of which will be free.<\/p>\n<p>Winter says that\u2019s the point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst and foremost, it\u2019s the cost,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re increasing every fee in this state \u2026 if you\u2019re getting dinked and dunked and nickeled and dimed every time you turn around, and that\u2019s what\u2019s keeping you away from your gun rights \u2014 and then you figure, OK, if they can afford the fees, then they have to take off work for the class. Then they have to take the time out of work to go talk to the sheriff. There\u2019s just so many different things that make it hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill\u2019s Democratic sponsors, like state Sen. Tom Sullivan, say it\u2019s an \u201cevidence-based\u201d solution to \u201cthe public health crisis that is gun violence.\u201d Though Colorado\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/pressroom\/sosmap\/firearm_mortality\/firearm.htm\">ranks near the middle<\/a>\u00a0nationally in overall gun violence rates, the state\u2019s recent history is marred by a grim catalog of mass shootings \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/03\/neville-i-survived-columbine-here-is-what-we-need-to-do-to-stop-school-shootings\/\">Columbine<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/07\/01\/movie-theater-wants-aurora-shooting-victims-to-pay-700000-after-failed-lawsuit\/\">Aurora<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/22\/ten-dead-boulder-colorado-shooting\/\">Boulder supermarket attack<\/a> \u2014 which Democrats routinely invoke to justify broad restrictions on gun ownership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh-capacity magazines are what put the \u2018mass\u2019 into mass shootings, which is why over a decade ago Colorado Democrats passed legislation to prohibit magazines that hold over 15 rounds of ammunition,\u201d Sullivan said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cohousedems.com\/news\/sb25-003-signed-into-law\">statement<\/a>\u00a0in support of the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Winter is skeptical the law has anything to do with public safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t actually want to stop crime,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, we\u2019re horrible on crime in Colorado. We\u2019re number one in bank robberies. I think we\u2019re number two in auto theft. We\u2019ve got kids overdosing from fentanyl every day, and all they talk about is guns \u2014 how guns are a health issue in Colorado. But they don\u2019t ever want to go after criminals. I mean, we had a legislator this year run a bill to stiffen the penalties for child rape, and they killed it in the Judiciary Committee. They want to let people off for everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Republicans are already laying the groundwork to challenge the law, framing it as a constitutional overreach that can\u2019t survive scrutiny under the Supreme Court\u2019s Bruen standard. That\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/21pdf\/20-843_7j80.pdf\">ruling<\/a>\u00a0requires gun regulations to be consistent with the nation\u2019s historical tradition of firearms law \u2014 a bar the law\u2019s permitting scheme and training mandates fail to meet, according to the Colorado Republican delegation\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradopolitics.com\/letter-from-colorados-republican-delegation-to-gov-polis\/pdf_cdc0a71c-be75-4bb8-b844-e47b9b4fe4d4.html\">letter<\/a> to the governor.<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Max Brooks, a freshman Republican, introduced a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/17uOjKB8qhudMEgacoXKwKW0rpFwDS-zN\/view\">resolution<\/a>\u00a0urging the state\u2019s Supreme Court to issue an advisory opinion on the law\u2019s constitutionality. In what Winter called the \u201csecond step,\u201d Colorado Republicans\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradohouserepublicans.com\/news\/2kljytp5xzokruumznmp4af11laeqr\">called on<\/a>\u00a0Pam Bondi, the attorney general, to deploy the Justice Department\u2019s newly-formed \u201cSecond Amendment Enforcement Task Force\u201d against the law before it takes effect in 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1909995667453333616&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2025%2F04%2F24%2Fcolorado-anti-gun-law-second-amendment-jared-polis-ty-winter%2F&amp;sessionId=9e834f8b29d318cb0f4fbe15b1779ce1ce8dd2e0&amp;siteScreenName=dailycaller&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1909995667453333616\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>But the chances of relief from the state judiciary are remote, Winter said, pointing to the Colorado Supreme Court\u2019s makeup after years of Democratic appointments. With \u201cno hope\u201d the court will intervene, and with state-level remedies already effectively exhausted, the onus falls on outside organizations like Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (RMGO) \u2014 which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rmgo.org\/about-us\/rm\/its-time-for-a-g-bondi-to-step-up\/\">called<\/a>\u00a0SB25-003 \u201cthe most extreme gun control bill in Colorado history\u201d \u2014 to wage a more substantive federal courtroom battle. RMGO did not immediately respond to the DCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColorado Republicans will not be filing the lawsuit,\u201d Winter said. \u201cBut we have been told that, other than the national groups, we also have state gun rights groups that are currently fundraising on behalf of the citizens of Colorado to take this on in the courts \u2026 We\u2019re legislators. We\u2019re not attorneys. That\u2019s why we\u2019re going to put it in the hands of the DOJ to try to figure this out, and that\u2019s where we\u2019re going to go from here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the law takes effect as written in 2026, enforcement will largely fall to Colorado\u2019s 64 county sheriffs, some of whom testified against its signing. That raises the likelihood of uneven compliance and enforcement across the state, as it remains unclear whether all sheriffs will enforce a mandate some consider fundamentally unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1899542147797602533&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2025%2F04%2F24%2Fcolorado-anti-gun-law-second-amendment-jared-polis-ty-winter%2F&amp;sessionId=9e834f8b29d318cb0f4fbe15b1779ce1ce8dd2e0&amp;siteScreenName=dailycaller&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1899542147797602533\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With SB25-003 on the books, Colorado now joins California and New York in enacting some of the strictest gun control measures in the country. While those states have faced legal pushback \u2014 and partial\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/10\/10\/court-strikes-down-blue-states-gun-law\/\">defeats<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 under the Supreme Court\u2019s\u00a0<em>Bruen\u00a0<\/em>decision, Colorado\u2019s law could be the next major test case for how far blue states can go in regulating the Second Amendment through bureaucracy rather than outright bans.<\/p>\n<p>Winter urged gun rights organizations at every level \u2014 from grassroots state groups to national legal foundations \u2014 to challenge the law by any means available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are asking anybody, anybody in the gun community who can help us \u2014 put this in your article \u2014 we need all the help we can get in Colorado. We need all the attention from gun groups, national media to put a stop to the tyrannical overthrow of the Second Amendment in the state of Colorado,\u201d Winter said. \u201cPeople need to know what\u2019s going on in this state, and how far it\u2019s gone off the rails.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Gone Off The Rails\u2019: Colorado Dems Stir Up Hornet\u2019s Nest After Passing One Of America\u2019s Most Extreme Anti-Gun Laws. Colorado Republicans are pushing back against Democratic Gov. 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