Dangerous flaws in gun database

[esaabye]

Got to love this...

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_16905635

My fav - "What's more, as many as 20 counties, including populous ones like El Paso and Douglas, don't enter any permit information into the database" Good for them!

[Byte Stryke]

Got to love this...

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_16905635

My fav - "What's more, as many as 20 counties, including populous ones like El Paso and Douglas, don't enter any permit information into the database" Good for them!

Just fucking wow

[ChunkyMonkey]

The article forgot to mention that most CCW holders are law abiding citizens with background check ever few years required. I expect most professional officers take the same caution when serving an arrest warrant anyway.

Title is very misleading too... typical DP opinionated "news."

[hurley842002]

Bob Beauprez was filling in on the Caplis and Silverman show today and was talking about this. If I could find a stream of it online somewhere, I'd post it. Weld County Sheriff John Cooke was a guest on the show, and I must give him a HUGE +1 for his stance on the issue and the 2A in general. You Weld county folk are lucky to have such an advocate for Sheriff (tho i'm pleased with Weaver as well). As pointed out on the Show, the only dangerous flaw in the data base, is the flaw where an Officer pulls someone over who has a valid permit, yet the data base shows it as inactive. Allegedly happened to a gentleman that called in to the show.

Edited to add John Cooke's philosophy is "An armed society, is a polite society", man we need more politically influential folks like that.

[TriggerHappy]

I am surprised that the first 6 comments are for the right to ccw. I am all for it. In AK (where i was born and raised) no ccw is required by state law. Very often I have seen open carry and know of many to ccw. I always recommended for those who had not taken a ccw class, take one, for their safety and knowledge.

[jerrymrc]

As I understand this the database used was at the time the only one that a few counties that were forced to issue permits could dump some information to ID CCH even though there is/was no mandate to do so.

You became a "person of interest" or some such thing because the database was intended to ID a possible criminal. Its use has now spread to the point that some dip shit in Denver thinks it is the CCH database and it is not. I praise Terry for not adding us to it and understanding what it actually is.

[jim02]

Expect to see more of this and dont be surprised when things start to go down hill for the gun owners, we - Colorado F***ed up, no nice way to say it, look at the pieces of shit that we elected to run and represent our state. Could we find any bigger commie love'n liberals in CO then we just put into office, maybe we can get Ward Churchill to run after Hickenlooper is done with us, he can be the cherry on top of our shit heap.

[Troublco]

Some of those comments are outstanding. I think Vermont, Alaska, and Arizona have the right idea, though. It's a shame that the real reason (IMHO) that isn't more prevalent is to control the already law abiding.

[Irving]

I wonder if a person CCW'ing while at an Elementary school used his/her weapon to stop a school shooting would get pardoned, or just thrown in prison and forever be a felon.

I also wonder if a person walking by a school with their CCW during a school shooting just stood there and watched, then when interviewed by reporters on what they saw said, "Well, I have my gun on me, and could have easily stopped this, but stepping foot on school grounds would have made me a felon so I didn't do anything at all. It's too bad all those poor kids had to die." Then just shrugged his shoulders. I wonder how the public would react to that. Not very well I'm guessing. That person would be demonized and called a coward, but no consideration to changing the law would even be mentioned.

[Zundfolge]

The most dangerous flaw in the gun database is its existence.