House Considering "Deny-On-Arrest" Legislation

[SA Friday]

COLORADO: House Considering "Deny-On-Arrest" Legislation As the sunset period for the "Deny-On-Arrest" legislation approaches, the Colorado House of Representatives is getting ready to hear a bill that would make this archaic law permanent. House Bill 1391 would deny gun purchases to those with an arrest on their record, even if they were never convicted. This deny-on-arrest provision would remove a constitutional right to own a firearm based on an arrest (an accusation), NOT a conviction. Please call members of the committee and respectfully urge ask them to vote against HB 1391 and this unconstitutional attack on the Second Amendment rights of Colorado citizens. Contact information can be found here.

Got this in an NRA email today. This is garbage legislation by politicians who have no clue about the basic fundamentals of our legal system.

[TS12000]

Bump out of self interest, however it says the law is already in effect but I have not been denied based on my record (small stupid mistakes in my youth but a record nevertheless) so is it just not being enforced or only applies to felonies or what?

[SA Friday]

Bump out of self interest, however it says the law is already in effect but I have not been denied based on my record (small stupid mistakes in my youth but a record nevertheless) so is it just not being enforced or only applies to felonies or what?

If you were a minor, it won't show up as the records are sealed and it takes a court order to re-open them. It's a bitch to get into juvi records even with cause.

[DOC]

If you were a minor, it won't show up as the records are sealed and it takes a court order to re-open them. It's a bitch to get into juvi records even with cause.

CBI can do it at their whim. I know because I had to get a record expunged before they would go ahead with a background check.

[Irving]

Great, so now I have to start to try not to get arrested?

[Sixgun]

I got a DUI when I was 21yrs old. I'll go and turn my guns in tomorrow.

[theGinsue]

Great, so now I have to start to try not to get arrested?

Just don't stand in your front yard with a baton and a root beer. Apparently that had a higher than expected chance of getting you arrested.

[TS12000]

If you were a minor, it won't show up as the records are sealed and it takes a court order to re-open them. It's a bitch to get into juvi records even with cause.

I don't think that's true because they have listed everything on my record out to me when I got denied before (some asshat stole my identity and committed a felony in my name) and my minor offenses were shown.

[GreenScoutII]

Yeah, innocent until proven guilty is out the window with this one. I'm curious if it applies to all felony arrests or just armed/violent type offenses. Doesn't really matter though. Rights are being denied without due process of law.

[Jer]

This is a HORRIBLE law. To those who say 'just don't get arrested and it's not a problem' as if only criminals get arrested... that's not always the case. My mother, who lives alone and is in her 50's, attemtped to buy a firearm a while back for self protection and was denied. I don't even know if the lady has a speeding ticket in the last few decades for goodness sake. We went down to get her a nice little Glock and when the background came back denied I thought it was a joke from the local shop workers since they know me pretty well. Come to find out she was arrested when she was 19 years old in the 70's in Nebraska for something stupid and was never even charged with anything. She appealed it and took all the steps requested including obtaining a copy of the arrest record from Nebraska to send in and still nothing. I wasn't sure why until I read that this law even existed. Now it makes complete sense and I can't believe something like this even exists. Seriously? It's an arrest, not a conviction or even a charge for that matter. Unbelievable and I can't even imagine the dialog that occurred to convince enough people this was a good idea when it was originally passed.

'We're going to punish people before they're even charged... that's what this country is all about!'

What a load of crap!