Posted on 03/10/2020 6:24:05 AM PDT by real saxophonist
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper earned a powerful supporter in his U.S. Senate bid Monday when Gabby Giffords came into town to announce her endorsement for him.
Before a rally in Aurora, the two hosted a roundtable discussion at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster to discuss gun violence, a vital issue for Hickenlooper.
Hickenlooper and Giffords were joined by the families of victims of gun violence who shared their stories of loss as well as local officials, activists and a tech company.
“Colorado is obviously a state that brings together a history of gun ownership and hunting and also a tragic history of gun violence,” said Peter Ambler, the executive director of the Giffords Foundation.
One by one, people went around the table talking about how their lives and communities have been affected by gun violence and the changes they would like to see happen.
Hickenlooper said the first thing he would do if he were elected is introduce and help pass a bill requiring universal background checks for gun purchases.
“For whatever reason, Senator McConnell and Senator Gardner don’t even want that to be discussed on the floor of the Senate despite the fact that, nationwide, 90 percent of Republicans support universal background checks,” Hickenlooper said.
Hickenlooper touted his willingness to stand up to the NRA when he was governor when the state passed its own version of universal background checks and said he’s willing to do it once again.
“The NRA supports so many of our elected officials and is so powerful in that context that we don’t get it. That’s why I want to go to Washington because Washington is so broken and unable to address these basic issues like universal background checks,” Hickenlooper said.
Despite big endorsements, Hickenlooper polled behind Andrew Romanoff in Saturday’s Democratic caucus. Still, the former governor is likely to make it onto the June primary ballot after turning in thousands of signatures in support of his candidacy in February.
On a state level, democratic lawmakers introduced two new gun bills Friday.
One of the bills requires gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms within 48 hours of noticing that it went missing. Failing to report the missing firearm could result in a fine for the first offense and a class 3 misdemeanor for the second offense.
The second bill requires gun owners to safely store their firearms. The bill makes it a crime for owners to store guns in a way that a juvenile or someone who shouldn’t have access to the firearms to get to them.
It also requires licensed firearm dealers to provide each firearm with a locking device to the new owner to secure them.
Both bills are likely to face opposition from gun rights advocates.
Meanwhile, lawmakers on Monday passed a resolution to rename part of C-470 in honor of Kendrick Castillo, who was the only student to die in the STEM Highlands Ranch school shooting.
Chickencooper once took his own mother to see Deep Throat. This was revealed by Dana Bash on CNN last year.
We need to neuter the phrase “gun violence”. That phrase polls well. If violence is going to happen, “unarmed” gang violence (if we pretend that criminals will follow those laws) beats unarmed individual self defense every time. If thugs bring violence to decent people, gun violence is our only hope. That’s why democrats want decent Americans disarmed - so that we don’t hurt their reliable criminal voters. That’s also why I’m a big fan of armed citizens.
Definitely. I hate that term.
On a somewhat lighter note: Why do gang members shoot each other these days? Because if they got in a fistfight, their pants would fall down.
Yep. Interesting, it would appear that Mark Kelly wasn’t there with his wife. He’s running for Senate in Arizona.
I thought Chickenpooper lost the demonrat primary race?
I think that was a caucus, then they have a runoff between top two. Odd system for sure.
That was a caucus. The primary is in June, I think. It’s weird here.
In fact, this was the first in many years we had a presidential primary. That used to be a caucus, too. Again, weird.
OK, thanks. With any luck he will lose again and take that anti-gun Kelly with him.
“We need to neuter the phrase “gun violence”. “
Perhaps the best way is to mock it by using terms like “car violence”or SUV violence.
Abortion violence is really accurate, however.
Democrat politicians advocate gun control, and nearly all violent crime is committed by Democrats. So the opponents of gun control should relent.The NRA should be reply by calling for gun control for Democrats only.
Republicans have no reason to object to voluntary gun control - it’s not my business if you voluntarily don’t own a gun - and Democrats would be getting what they say they want - a law against violent people owning guns.
Mike ("minority neighborhoods are where all the crime is”) Bloomberg couldn’t say a word.
Not true. Not once it is explained to them what democRats mean by "universal background checks".
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