Call to Action from Senator Greg Brophy

[exxonv]

On Monday, the Colorado House of Representatives passed House Bills 1224, 1226, 1228, and 1229, all of which would severely encroach on the rights of Colorado gun owners if signed into law. These bills have were rammed through their respective committees over the past few days in a veritable blitzkrieg to get them passed before gun owners could respond. All four will soon be heard by the senate.

I urge you to contact your state senator as soon as possible and ask them to vote “no” on all of these bills. If you’re not sure who your local legislators are, you can find them here: http://votesmart.org/. You can also find your legislators’ contact information at http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2013A/csl.nsf/Directory?openFrameset for the House and http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2013A/csl.nsf/DirectorySen?openframeset for the Senate. In addition to succinctly voicing your opinions on the bills, it may be helpful to remind your legislators that you will be keeping their actions in mind during the 2014 election.

I would also encourage you to attend town hall meetings over the weekend. Such meetings are public forums where you can voice your opinions about issues affecting Colorado and your local community. We are trying to concentrate on the Senate townhalls, since the bills will be heard by the senate soon, but it would be great if you could let House members know how you feel. Also, if any of you are able to bring a video camera, we’d love to capture the meetings on film.

Please call your local city council or Republican Party or do a Google search to find town hall meetings going on in your area. I’ve provided the times and locations of a few local meetings that will be going on soon:

Colorado Springs:
Town Hall Meeting with Representative Tony Exum
Sand Creek Library, 1821 South Academy Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80916
Saturday, February 23 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Denver:
Co-Operate Colorado with Senator Aguilar
First Unitarian Denver, 1400 Lafayette Street, Denver, CO 80218
Saturday, February 23, 9am-3pm

Open Forum with Senator Steadman
Calvary Baptist Church, 6500 East Girard Avenue, Denver, CO
Wednesday, February 27, 6:30-8pm

Ellsworth:
Health Care Exchange with Senator Aguilar
Hirschfield Towers, 333 W. Ellsworth, Denver, CO
Wednesday, February 27, 6-7:30pm

Erie:
Erie Townhall with Senator Jones
Erie Public Library, 400 Powers Street, Erie, CO 80516
Monday, February 25, 6-7:30pm

Evergreen:
Townhall with Senator Nicholson
United Methodist Church of Evergreen, 3757 Ponderosa Drive, Evergreen, CO 80439
Saturday, February 23, 12-1pm

Townhall with Senator Nicholson
Evergreen Fire Station, 1402 Evergreen Parkway, Evergreen, CO 80439
Saturday, February 23, 2-2:30pm

Fort Collins:
Community Forum with Representatives Fischer and Ginal and Senator Kefalas
CSU Behavioral Sciences Building Rm, 131 Ft. Collins, CO 80521
Saturday, Fenruary 23, 10-11:30am

La Veta:
Town Hall Meeting with Representative Ed Vigil
La Veta Community Center, 131 Ryus Ave., La Veta, CO 81055
Saturday, February 23 from 10:00 a.m. to Noon

Leadville:
Town Hall Meeting with Representative Millie Hamner
Leadville Colorado Mountain College, Pinnacle Library, 901 South Hwy 24, Leadville, CO 80461
Saturday, February 23 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Louisville:
Open Forum with Senators Jones and Nicholson
Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce Street, Louisville, CO 80027
Wednesday, February 27, 6-7:30pm

Wheat Ridge:
Wheat Ridge Townhall with Senator Jahn
Wheat Ridge Active Adult Center, 6363 West 35th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Saturday, February 23, 9:30-11am

Let’s flood these meetings with so many Second Amendment supporters the gun-grabbers won’t know what hit them!

Sincerely,
Greg

[Caithford]

I received this today as well:

As you know, House Bills 1224, 1226, 1228, and 1229, all of which would greatly restrict the rights of gun owners, will soon be heard by the Colorado State Senate. Our timetable for stopping these bills is getting shorter and shorter; they are going to be introduced in the senate over the next few days and heard in committee early next week.

Every one of these bills is completely absurd. I recently stated in a Denver Post article that House Bill 1229, which would require universal background checks for firearms transfers, would criminalize gun owners for loaning a gun to their nephew or close friend and could only be enforced through a statewide gun registry. Bills like HB 1229 can be summed up in three words: “Ridiculous. Unnecessary. Dangerous.” You can read the full-text of my article here: http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_22673810/gun-bill-dangerous-unnecessary (http://gregbrophy.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0f1c054a41&id=fe1a193a9e&e=8f9cbce107)

The Democrats have scheduled all of these bills to be heard by their respective committees on the same day at the same time. They will be heard at 1:30pm on Monday the 4th. I suspect that this is an effort to sneak these gun control measures past Colorado gun owners by making it difficult for concerned citizens and experts to testify. Don’t let them get away with this. Please make your voice heard by coming to the capitol on Monday. Be sure to come early to sign up to testify, as there will be a lot of witnesses.

Now more than ever it is crucial that you contact your state senator and ask them to vote “no” on all of these bills. If you’re not sure who your local legislators are, you can find out on this site by typing in your zip code: http://votesmart.org/ (http://gregbrophy.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0f1c054a41&id=6a87d89a00&e=8f9cbce107). You can also find your legislators’ contact information athttp://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2013A/csl.nsf/Directory?openFrameset (http://gregbrophy.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=0f1c054a41&id=b907f78dc7&e=8f9cbce107) for the House and http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2013A/csl.nsf/DirectorySen?openframeset (http://gregbrophy.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0f1c054a41&id=250189d0cd&e=8f9cbce107) for the Senate. As always, in addition to succinctly voicing your opinions on the bills, it would be great to remind your legislators that you will be keeping their votes on these anti-gun bills in mind during the 2014 election.

As has become the norm for their party, senate Democrats are trying to avoid talking to gun owners by either not scheduling townhall meetings over the weekend or making information on those meetings hard to find. Below is some information on a few townhalls going on tonight and Saturday. I will send you more information on townhalls as it becomes available. Also, if any of you can bring a video camera to a townhall meeting, we’d love to capture it on film.

Fort Collins:
Community Conversation with Rep. Ginal
Fire Station 10, 2067 Vermont Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80526
Saturday, March 2, 2013 from 10:30 a.m. to Noon

Louisville:
Town Hall Meeting with Rep. Foote & Sen. Jones
Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce Street, Louisville, Colorado 80027
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Thornton:
Town Hall Meeting with Rep. Lebsock and Sen. Ulibarri
Anythink Library, 9417 Huron Street, Thornton, CO, 80260
Saturday, Mar. 2, 2013 from 11:00 a.m. to Noon

Wheat Ridge:
Town Hall Meeting with Rep. Singer and Sen. Heath
The Stone Cup, 442 High Street, Lyons, CO 80540
Wednesday February 27, 2013 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Please call your local city council or Republican Party or do a Google search to find additional town hall meetings going on in your area.

It’s crunch time. We really need let the Democrats know that their constituents oppose these bills. They need to listen to their constituents instead of Mayor Bloomberg and VP Biden.

Sincerely,
Senator Greg Brophy

[robertcolorado2009]

There is no sense in trying to talk to any of them. They hav the power and they are taking it as far as they want. There is no talking now. They don't/won't hear any of us. It's futile now. They just do what ever they want. They have proved that, Chickenlooper also! I pray each of these morons gets replaced this next round of elections.

[StagLefty]

There is no sense in trying to talk to any of them. They hav the power and they are taking it as far as they want. There is no talking now. They don't/won't hear any of us. It's futile now. They just do what ever they want. They have proved that, Chickenlooper also! I pray each of these morons gets replaced this next round of elections.

Yeah let's just give up !!! WTF

[robertcolorado2009]

They haven't changed their minds on even ONE of the bills yet, not one! No, I'm not saying give literally, it just feels so futile. With all of the common sense proof, stats, charts and conversation that we've put forth, what has it done? I would have thought Hicken blooper would have at least tossed us a bone and not sign one of those bills. I haven't given up. I go to the rallys, send emails and hard copy letters, so it's known, no, I haven't given up.