Responses from CO Legislators Thread

[robertcolorado2009]

What is so difficult to understand what "shall not infringe" means????

[brutal]

I just sent an e-mail to every one of those POS in the house.

None of these bills will positively affect public safety and you know that. This is all about control. You blatantly have no concern for the protection of my rights or my safety.

The first law of nature, God if you will, gave me the right to defend myself. The Constitution offers me the protection from my government against infringement of that right.

You have voted to take that right away from me. You have violated your oath to uphold and defend The Constitution. The people of Colorado will not forget what you have done.

Sincerely,

Rxxxxxx Txxxxxxx
Husband, father, citizen

[Fmedges]

What is so difficult to understand what "shall not infringe" means????

They all understand it perfectly well. Why is it so difficult to see there true motives?

[mountainjenny]

I replied to Senator Aquilar thanking her for the form letter response and mentioning that I would likely contact her again.

She responded with. "You are welcome. I suggest you contact your own representatives."

[osok-308]

This lady is full of it. She needs to go.

[GilpinGuy]

I got the same response. I literally laughed out loud, then got sad when I realized how truly fucked we are here in Colofornia unless things REALLY turn around in the next election cycle. It probably won't turn around, so....WY!

At least she responded though. The vast majority don't bother. And why should they? They're in safe Dem districts. They can give a shit about you or me.

[BPTactical]

I love you, the check is in the mail and.....................

[wctriumph]

I have received three responses from my rep's, two from Polis that were posted by others above and trhis from Greg Brophy:

Thank you for taking the time to write. We are swamped with emails right now, but yours is important to me and I try to read all of them, especially the shorter ones.
I will vote against any bill that infringes on the Second Amendment, including 1224, 1226, 1228 and 1229, and will support any bill that expands rights for law abiding gun owners.
I am very worried about the negative impacts of these bills to individual liberty, safety and jobs in Colorado. I cannot believe that we are even this close to passing them.
I want you to remember who has been pushing these bills that infringe upon our Second Amendment. No Republican will vote for any of these bills. These bills are supported only by Democrats; even the few Democrats who voted against them in the House voted to enable Democrat Leadership to ram these bills through.
Never forget that. Make sure that you hold them accountable in the next election cycle.
Greg

[pjsjr]

from Greg Brophy:

I received this same response from Senator Brophy...his was the only one I received from emails I sent to all senators this morning. Preston

[Dave_L]

I received this one back yesterday.

"Regardless of whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, the gun safety debate is a tough issue.

As a 6th generation Coloradan with a family ranch in Southern Colorado, it should come as no surprise that hunting is a part of my family tradition and heritage. As long as I can remember, my family and I ate more elk, rabbit, fish and pheasants than we ever ate chicken or beef. We would make elk with everything – elk burgers, elk green chili, elk spaghetti sauce – and if you know how to cook it just right, it doesn't taste the least bit “gamey." The tradition of hunting is at the very core of my family, as my nephew recently completed his first hunter safety training at the age of ten. You can bet that if I ever have a son or daughter, I will be the first to sign them up for a hunter safety course so they can keep my family's tradition alive.

As a Coloradan and a State Representative sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States, I could not support any reform that would ignore Colorado’s western heritage or unreasonably impair the 2nd Amendment rights of our citizens. But I also understand that the right to do so is not unlimited, especially in a time in which our society suffers from such a tragic gun violence epidemic.

This weekend, I researched our current regulations for hunters. In Colorado, hunters are only permitted to have three shells when they go pheasant hunting. This is so there is a "fair chase," an opportunity for pheasants to get away when they are being hunted while hunters reload their gun. Today, we have stronger regulations to protect pheasants than we do to protect human beings.

During the twelve-hour gun debate in the statehouse last Friday, I said, “This is about kids who have been shot, over and over and over again. I am tired of seeing kids die, year after year, after year, after year.”

Although I don't talk about it much, growing up in Colorado, I was not immune to the effects of gun violence.

My high school boyfriend's best friend was shot in Denver on 33rd and High Street after members of a gang drove up and shot him. Why? He was wearing a Denver Broncos' jacket that they wanted.

About eleven years ago a friend of mine was in the Columbine High School cafeteria when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold committed that awful massacre.

And in the latest shooting at the Century Movie Theatre in Aurora, my mother's cousin, his fiancé and baby were present when James Holmes open fired on the crowd. Although they successfully escaped with minor wounds, the shooting had a profound effect on their lives.

I cannot and will not wait for another friend or family member to become a victim of gun violence. The time is now to act.

Perhaps the debate at the Colorado Legislature over closing the background check loophole, additional investments in mental health, and common sense gun safety regulations are not the only answers to the gun violence that we face in this country, but it is a meaningful first step. To not take action and simply say the problem is too difficult, is not taking our oath of office seriously.

In order to form a more perfect Union, we must establish justice, promote the general welfare, safety and security of the public.


--
Crisanta Duran
State Representative for House District 5 "

I put the parts in bold that caught my ear.

She JUST started researching things this past weekend? Really?

More regulations for pheasants? Um, no. Murder is still illegal. Shooting even one round at a human is illegal. And what, by limiting magazines she's giving us a "fair chance" to scurry away while he reloads? If the pheasant could shoot a gun, I guarantee it'd be carrying a 30 round mag to fight back and defend itself if it knew what hunters were there to do.

Then she's blaming law abiding citizens for the actions of a gang member.

UGH!