I find it kind of funny that I (having obviously been born and raised outside Colorado) understand the water rights sensitivities behind the current laws but all these native Coloradans are saying the law is "ghey". Maybe I just read too much Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour growing up but these laws have their roots in very deep and very reasonable protections of water rights across a wide arid region. What I resent are the EPA and other laws saying I have to minimize stormwater run-off when preserving downstream access to that run-off is one of the reasons behind these laws.