Comments on: Colorado’s Experience Soundly Refutes Common Anti-gun Talking Point https://thinkingafield.org/2014/07/colorados-experience-soundly-refutes-common-anti-gun-talking-point.html Outdoor commentary and legislative issues. Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Tionico https://thinkingafield.org/2014/07/colorados-experience-soundly-refutes-common-anti-gun-talking-point.html#comment-1900 Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:56:27 +0000 http://thinkingafield.org/?p=12158#comment-1900 The explanation is two-fold, I believe. First, the article is spot on, that the number of alledged “private sales” has been greatly inflated by the hoplophobic grabbers. But this does not explain the entire shortfall, though significant. IF one were to include the huge number of patently unlawful private transfers (such as between gang members, resale of guns stolen in housebreakings, car prowls, etc), which are known to be the primary (and effectively the only significant) source of the guns criminals use, then the stats would likely be close. The issue comes, however, in that those engaging in such trade are prohibited persons in the first place, thus would never even submit to the BGC requirement. Thus a “separate but equal” channel of trade in illicit weapons between disqualified persons thrives. What this really means is that the BGC requirement ONLY affects those who are already law abiding, and does not touch the criminal trade at all. And this is what NRA, GOA, USCCA, CCRKBA, 2AF, and about a hundred million law abiding American gun owners have been saying.

Bottom line: gun control has never been about guns, but only about controling people. Now, I’d believe Hickenloper means what he says when he stands up i front of his next legislative sessions and tells them, flat out no wriggle room, that “we blew it, repeal this new law, all of it. And do it first thing”.

He does have the authority to recognise the law as unconstitutional, thus invalid, and refuse to enforce it statewide until it is repealed. But does he have the spine? My nickel is on NO.

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