Two Democratic State Senators in Colorado – including powerful Senate President John Morse – were removed from office in a historic recall election in the Centennial State. The reason for their ouster? Morse and fellow State Senator Angela Giron pushed anti-Second Amendment legislation through the Colorado General Assembly in the wake of a 2012 shooting at a theater in Aurora.
Their recall “is a victory for the people of the state of Colorado, who have been subject to the overreach of a Democrat agenda on guns, taxes and accountability to the people,” local leader Tim Knight told The Denver Post.
Morse and Giron become the first Colorado Senators to be recalled … ever. And with good reason. One of the over-the-top, anti-Second Amendment measures Morse proposed actually sought to impose liability for gun violence on manufacturers and sellers – a patently ridiculous standard of culpability. That measure didn’t pass, but restrictive background checks and an ammunition ban did.
Not only were the Colorado recall elections a resounding victory for gun rights – they proved again that money alone isn’t enough to win an election. Anti-Second Amendment supporters – including uber-liberal New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg – poured more than $3 million into efforts to keep Morse and Giron in office. Pro-Second Amendment forces spent less than $500,000 on their successful bid to oust them.
This website has steadfastly argued on behalf of the right of Americans to keep and bear arms. In fact we have urged civil disobedience of any anti-Second Amendment law which seeks to deprive citizens of these rights.
Additionally, we have sought to expose the hypocrisy of “pro-gun Republicans” including our home state’s governor – Nikki Haley.
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The 2nd Amendment, like all amendments of a similar nature, are subject to limitations. Republican judges have carved out so many fucking exceptions to the 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments, the ones that actually put a restraint on government, that it is ridiculous and they are largely gutted. But all the nutjobs care about is the 2nd Amendment. Idiots.
Really, Republican judges did all that? Ever heard of the 9th Circus, er uhm Circut? Seems like we have a bunch of Republican appointees on the US Supreme Court – almost all of whom are at best RINOs based on their decisions.
I’d hardly blame the poor state of jurisprudence in America on “republican
judges”.
I limited my discussion of the poor state of jurisprudence to three amendments in the Bill of Rights. And I stand by that comment because a review of constitutional law backs that up. And maybe they aren’t Republican…they are all just “conservative.”
Several conservative judges have actually been more staunch of supporters of a stricter interpretation of the 1st Amendment. However, make no mistake, the strict constructionist bullshit that Scalia, Alito, Roberts, and Thomas try to fool people with is a joke when it comes to the interpretation of any amendment.
“Rights” are exercised by the people with police permission in your statist world.
You are a true statist, comrade.
I’ll agree with your comment to a degree. Constitutional rights can have exceptions. Laws barring felons, the mentally ill, people who are intoxicated, etc., from using weapons are in and of themselves exceptions to the notion that “the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
That being said, exceptions to rights are made in order to prevent the rights of others from being infringed. Gun manufacturers have zero say in how someone will use their guns. Manufacturing the product in and of itself does not impede someone else’s right to life or liberty. There is no point in making them liable except to punish them for making guns in the first place, and that does not make anyone safer, period.
Too bad they were replaced by Republicrats. What’s the point?
Several things-why is there a picture of a girl making salad with this story?
Why is there no story about Mark taking his mistress to Israel? There were 26 guys that went-out of 26 were 24 men who brought their wives, 1 went solo, and Mark brought his mistress. SC was represented by an unmarried couple-what does that say for the SC voters?
There’s a story about the guy who went solo.
Is that a photo of a Jello salad? It sure is purty!
A small victory against the Nanny State!
What a couple of dumbasses. Enjoy your trip to the unemployment line.
Another thumbs up for Colorado.
SC NEEDS THE RIGHT TO VOTER RECALL!! … Will, PlEASE do a story on it. I beg of you!
Don’t worry about your stupid Second Amendment Rights,idiots.Automobiles are legal as fudge.