Posted on 12/07/2018 7:26:48 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants
Residents of Boulder, Co., have until December 27 to “certify” their “assault weapons” or remove the firearms from city limits. Those who fail to comply could face fines, jail time, and confiscation and destruction of their firearms, according to the Denver Post.
Boulder police say they have certified 85 firearms since the city council passed an “assault weapons” ban in May. Residents who already owned prohibited rifles, pistols, and shotguns were given the chance to keep their firearms by certifying prior ownership with police. The council also voted unanimously to ban “high-capacity” magazines and bump stocks.
“My hope is that we will see more bans at the state level and one day at the federal level so these weapons will no longer be available,” Councilman Aaron Brockett said in May.
Boulder police Sgt. Dave Spraggs stressed to the Post that no records or paperwork are kept of these certifications. He claims that police only keep a “handwritten count” of how many rifles residents certify.
It’s difficult to estimate compliance levels, and police and city officials have admitted that they can’t do much about gun owners who refuse to certify their rifles.
“This is a very divisive issue where people have very strong feelings,” City Attorney Tom Carr told the Daily Camera. “The folks who oppose these kinds of bans … some of them suggest they’re not going to cooperate. I can’t predict what people are going to do, but I respect the feelings.”
Will residents be compelled to wear yellow gun silhouettes on their coats?
No, no. Don’t shoot high.
Aim low and walk the fire onto your target.
Hmmm??? Leftnoid DemWits worry about the large prison population in the USA... call it “racist”, but then they wanna outlaw EVERYTHING!!! #RustyDemWitIrony!!!
They demand “Criminal Justice Reform”... but IMHO to reduce “the largest prison population of earth”, is to stop (misnamed) “progressives” from making every aspect of (what was) normal life illegal… it seems their goal. Things they want to ban, outlaw and punish (or have already): “Blue” states lead the way!
A shorter list might be what they DON’T want to ban… all below soon to be added to the criminal code when they gain power:
God, prayer and the Holy Bible
Ten Commandments in public
Borders and walls (except around their homes)
Guns (except theirs “We don’t need no stinkin’ 2nd Amendment!)
Toy Guns
Free Speech (big social media already started)
High Flow (3+ gallon) Toilets
Freon (air conditioning)
Aerosol Cans
Paper Bags
Plastic Bags
Incandescent Light bulbs
Outdoor lighting at the beach (could confuse turtles)
Football (too rough)
Balloons at public events (birds could choke)
Cutting Trees (even on your property… hug don’t cut!)
Nuclear Power
Private property (except theirs)
Private enterprise (except theirs)
Fossil Fuels (except theirs)
Collecting rain water (guy in Oregon went to jail for it)
Coconut Oil Popcorn
Smoking (except pot)
DDT and most insecticides that actually work!
Monkey Bars on Playgrounds (or anything that’s fun)
Diving boards
Football (too rough) and most competitive sports
Dodge ball (some kids can’t dodge)
Tag (someone’s gotta be “It”)
Garbage Disposals
Red Meat
Chicken (especially at Chick Filet)
Trans Fats
Children (overpopulation)
Foie gras
Veal
Founding Fathers
Fathers
Men (especially white)
Statues of American historical persons
SUVs and big cars (except their limos and especially their private jets)
Homophobia
Transphobia
Internal Combustion Engine (again except theirs)
Carbon (at what price? All known life is carbon based)
Home Schooling
Private (especially Faith-Based) Schools
Low Taxes
Hunting
Fishing
Domestic oil drilling (but bitch about high gas prices????)
Oil refining (but bitch about high gas prices????)
Logging
Strong Military & Victory in War
Any Military
Supporting President Trump
and most important freedom and Constitution.
More taxes for prisons will be needed for sure... but whose gonna pay ‘em, we’ll all be in jail when their done?
As you pointed out, how can they reconcile these two statements:
Those who fail to comply could face fines, jail time, and confiscation and destruction of their firearms, according to the Denver Post.
And:
Boulder police Sgt. Dave Spraggs stressed to the Post that no records or paperwork are kept of these certifications. He claims that police only keep a “handwritten count” of how many rifles residents certify.
So then how would those who fail to comply face fines, jail time, and confiscation and destruction of their firearms, if there is no record of when or if you complied in the first place?
““My hope is that we will see more bans at the state level and one day at the federal level so these weapons will no longer be available,” Councilman Aaron Brockett said in May. “
Fail civics.....get elected to a city council.
Are there no lakes in the area where tragic boating accidents could happen?
FU Boulder
Confiscation without the name. No sign of them taking guns from violent criminals, just from non-violent people.
More Statist perversion of the language. They think using certify instead of register it makes it better or fools someone. I wonder if they are issuing “certify-ificates” to frame and hang on the wall, or wipe with.
And, isn't respecting feelings what we're all about these days?
Some gun ownership group needs to collect funds to pay a valorous vet to move there with an uncertified gun to provoke a legal challenge.
As painful as it is, and I know I’m weak for not throwing myself into that fire, someone needs to force legal challenges and that’s the only way to do it.
####Put guns in storage outside of town?#####
Why? They’re lawfully purchased, lawfully owned, a natural right that’s ILLEGAL for government to infringe or question. The tyrants need to go, not the constitutional complying citizen.
Just like California.
Wow, a Remington 700 that has been converted to accept a magazine is considered an assault weapon in Boulder. SMH...
This is state version of Drudge Report
What bird? I don’t see any birds in that picture!
Ayn Rand — ‘When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you – you know your nation is doomed.’
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