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To: CAWats
How ironic that this comes a week after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in favor of Denver's assault weapons ban.

-ccm

16 posted on 06/12/2006 6:52:56 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order)
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To: ccmay
How ironic that this comes a week after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in favor of Denver's assault weapons ban.

Even more ironic in that Colorado has a reasonably strong, and explicit, RKBA provision in the state Constitution, while California has none.

BTW, the CO Supreme Court neither ruled in favor or against, the vote was tied, which had the effect of making it as if the suit by the state against Denver had never been filed. I guess the state didn't bother to argue that aspect, probably to maintain their own ability to ban guns, or otherwise restrict the people's RKBA. Bastids!

CO's RKBA provision follows:

"The right of no person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall be called in question; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to justify the practice of carrying concealed weapons." Article II, Section 13.

"No person", not persons, or even the people. No confusion with some "collect right" possible there. Nor any militia question either, the militia isn't mentioned, and the RKBA is for "defense of his home, person and property".

Only negative is that anti Black and Brown provision about concealed carry.

68 posted on 06/13/2006 8:59:53 PM PDT by El Gato
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