Maybe we gun owners should think like pot heads.

[Zundfolge]

Here in Colorado we can get constitutional amendments on the ballot somewhat easily.

Its how pot got legalized. I believe the people of Colorado are on our side. This would prove it.

Why not draft an amendment that says something along the lines of;
The State of Colorado is barred from banning any firearm for any reason.

Sure it'll have to be gussied up with all that lawyerese and flowery official type language (and probably have something in there about not superseding federal law ... I'd love to nullify everything back to the '34 NFA with this but its more important to get it passed).


All you have to do is get the requisite number of signatures on a petition and it gets on the ballot ... if we could get full RMGO and NRA support that would help it pass.


Dudley? This something you kids at RMGO might be interested in spearheading?

[blacklabel]

We'd have to include something along the lines of not observing any federal bans either.

[Flatline]

An amendment allowing concealed carry without a license like Wyoming or Vermont would probably pass easily in Colorado while strengthening gun support in the state.

[blacklabel]

An amendment allowing concealed carry without a license like Wyoming or Vermont would probably pass easily in Colorado while strengthening gun support in the state.

They made a solid push for it recently and it wasn't passed.

[SuperiorDG]

Perhaps this would work:

South Carolina Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill to Exempt State from Federal Gun Ban 12/28/12 | by S.H. Blannelberry 15 6384

South Carolina Sen. Lee Bright (R-Spartanburg) has reintroduced a bill that would exempt any firearm, accessory or ammunition manufactured and kept within the borders of the Palmetto State from federal regulations.

Invoking states rights under the 9th and 10th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, Bright’s legislation – known as the ‘South Carolina Firearms Freedom Act’ – states:
“A personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in South Carolina and that remains within the borders of South Carolina is not subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.”
“Congress has not expressly preempted state regulation of intrastate commerce pertaining to the manufacture on an intrastate basis of firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition,” the bill adds.
Firearms Freedom Act

The ‘Firearms Freedom Act’ movement has its origins in Montana, where a gun maker by the name of Gary Marbut got sick and tired of the federal government’s overreach with respect to his business. After closely examining the Constitution, in particular the commerce clause, Marbut conceived the Firearms Freedom Act in 2009.
“This is really about state’s rights and federal power rather than gun control,” Marbut told the Wall Street Journal in a 2011 interview. “There is an emerging awareness by the people of America that the federal government has gone too far, and it’s dependent on a really weird interpretation” (for more on this, click here).
The Montana FFA is now being reviewed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Yet, despite the uncertainty of its fate, at least 7 other states have passed a clone version of the bill as its made its way through the courts.
Sen. Bright had previously introduced the SC FFA during the 2011-2012 legislative session. However, it died after being referred to a committee.
Sen. Lee Bright

Given recent events, the elementary school shooting in Newtown, CT, and the subsequent calls for gun control at the Federal level (Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s promise to renew the Assault Weapons Ban), Bright sees support for the bill gaining momentum.
“A lot of people are showing a lot of interest in it. We’ve got a better chance now than we had previously,” Bright told SHJ.com, adding that, “There are a lot of folks that are against the Second Amendment and want to restrict people’s guns rights, and this is just one they seized.”
South Carolina is home to several gun manufacturers and firearms-related businesses, most notably FN Manufacturing. The Columbia-based operation produces an array of different products, from handguns to barrels for .50 caliber machine guns (for more on this, click here).
Again, just to clarify, if the SC FFA were to be signed into law, with few exceptions, none of FN’s products would be subject to federal law provided they were stamped with “Made in South Carolina” (a requirement of the bill) and kept within the state’s borders.
Sounds like a good deal, right?
State lawmakers will reconvene in Columbia on Jan. 8. Let’s hope they give the FFA some serious consideration.

[hammer03]

Awesome, I like it.


Of course, we should put something in there along the lines of "shall not be infringed"....

[Bailey Guns]

An amendment allowing concealed carry without a license like Wyoming or Vermont would probably pass easily in Colorado while strengthening gun support in the state.

Really? It's been defeated at least twice that I can remember in recent years in the legislature.

[Bailey Guns]

Of course, we should put something in there along the lines of "shall not be infringed"....

I don't know. That's pretty ambiguous language and hasn't worked out so well the first time it was tried.

[Flatline]

Really? It's been defeated at least twice that I can remember in recent years in the legislature.

Has it been attempted as an amendment or a change to the statutes?

[Bailey Guns]

I don't know if it's been attempted as a state constitutional amendment...I don't think it has. But, yes, as a statutory change it's been defeated at least twice.