#Guncontrol – Colorado Democrats to ban popular shotgun?
**Posted by Phineas
Yet another “solution” that won’t do a thing to deal the problem of mass shootings, but willΒ trample on the rightsΒ of law-abiding citizens:
A popular hunting shotgun could be banned under one of the bills moving through the state Capitol.
A pump or semi-automatic shotgun is the gun most hunters in Colorado use. Itβs a gun state Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, says could be banned under a bill thatβs already passed the House and Gov. John Hickenlooper says heβll sign.
βTheyβre coming after the standard shotgun,β Brophy told CBS4 Political Specialist Shaun Boyd.
And what would this bill do? It bans the dreaded “high-capacity magazine,” which affects this model because it can be adapted to hold more than eight shells. If the bill becomes law, it would impose draconian rules:
βThe law is specific as of July 1. You can keep it, but only if you maintain continuous possession of it,β Brophy said. βIf it breaks, you canβt give to a gunsmith even to fix it. You canβt hand it to your son to use. Itβs all now outlawed because of this 1224, the bill that Gov. Hickenlooper says heβs going to sign β¦ this is most extreme thing anybodyβs ever done related to firearms.β
Like many of the gun-grabbing bills pushed by progressives (whose real intent is a de facto ban viaΒ onerous regulations), this billΒ ignores the factsΒ about firearms-related violence in America, including the fact that the vast majority of mass shootingsΒ involve handguns. It pays no attention to what may well be the real problem, theΒ deinstitutionalizationΒ of the mentally ill.
There is a problem, but taking advantage of tragedies to ram through Β legislation that only gives theΒ appearanceΒ of doing something to solve it really does nothing.
Except punish the law-abiding.
PS: The article goes on to report that Democratic legislators promise an amendment to deal with this issue. Forgive for thinking that’s an offer to sell the Brooklyn Bridge.
viaΒ Liberty Unyielding
(Crossposted at Public Secrets)