Coloradans, my simple message to you- Don't Give Up!
While it appears that Governor Hickenlooper is bound and determined to sign these two radical gun grab bills, this isn't the time to fold our cards and walk away. This is the time to redouble our determination to defend the traditional Colorado way of life!
Colorado was founded on a spirit of rugged individualism, where tough men and women forged ahead against all odds to make their own future. They didn't wait for government to pave the way, they paved the way for a state to be formed in their tracks.
I may not be a professor of history, but I am certainly an avid student of history. I was drawn permanently to this great state in 1991, fascinated by the legendary stories of the traders and the trappers who forged their way into the dangerous, rugged mountain terrain of Colorado to exercise their God-given liberties in this "new" land.
In my 20 plus years living and working in Colorado, I've concluded that same spirit is still alive and well. You, my fellow Coloradans are a self-reliant people. Like generations before, you've chosen to live here because you don't want to live under the nanny-state government that has developed in places like New York.
Assuming that Governor Hickenlooper continues to demonstrate that he is more beholden to New York, Washington and Chicago than he is to the people of Colorado, you will soon have a choice.
You can join the nanny-state government movement and surrender all your freedoms and liberties, entrusting your government to make all the "right" decisions for you.
You can pack up and leave, ceding the state to those who believe the root of our problems is that we just don't have enough government.
Or you can stay and fight to restore the Colorado that proudly joined the Union in 1876- the state that valued individual liberties and individual rights.
We have much work to do at the ballot box and through the courts over the next few years. As Larimer County's Sheriff, I commit to defending the rights and liberties of the citizens of my county and I firmly believe that the vast majority of Colorado Sheriffs will be standing side by side with me.
Sensible Coloradans, we can restore Colorado to the land of opportunity and freedom it once was.