{"id":2210919,"date":"2024-04-01T18:55:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T22:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-democrats-blasted-for-sweeping-gun-control-measures-self-defense-is-not-a-sin-its-a-human-right\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T18:55:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T22:55:23","slug":"colorado-democrats-blasted-for-sweeping-gun-control-measures-self-defense-is-not-a-sin-its-a-human-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-democrats-blasted-for-sweeping-gun-control-measures-self-defense-is-not-a-sin-its-a-human-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Criticism against Colorado Democrats for extensive gun control laws: &#8216;Self-defense is a human right, not a sin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolorado-democrats-blasted-for-sweeping-gun-control-measures-self-defense-is-not-a-sin-its-a-human-right%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2210919&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Colorado Democratic lawmakers are pushing for\u2063 stricter\u2063 gun control laws, aiming to make firearm purchase and carrying more challenging for residents. The proposed legislation includes banning &#8220;assault weapons,&#8221; imposing taxes on ammunition and gun sales, and regulating where firearms can be carried.\u200c This move has stirred controversy and warnings about potential impacts on gun businesses and crime rates.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Colorado\">Colorado<\/a> Democratic lawmakers are pushing a package of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"gun control\">gun control<\/a> laws that would make it more challenging for residents to buy and carry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/firearms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"firearms\">firearms<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The nine bills lawmakers are attempting to pass have gained traction in the state\u2019s Democratic-controlled general assembly while largely avoiding attention, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/colorado-dems-push-sweeping-gun-control-laws-flying-under-national-radar-public-fed-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>. If approved, the legislation would ban \u201cassault weapons\u201d or semiautomatic rifles such as AR-15s, appoint an 11% tax on ammunition and gun sales, restrict where guns can be carried in public, and make firearm storage in vehicles mandatory.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLawmakers are using these outrageous bills as blueprints, changing the state names and implementing them across the country at a state level because they don\u2019t have the votes to do it nationally,\u201d said Ava Flanell, a Colorado Springs firearms instructor. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, it was Washington where they all passed, and the laws are decimating gun stores without a single positive impact on crime. Today, it\u2019s Colorado. These same bills will show up in other states tomorrow if we don\u2019t come together as a whole to fight this,\u201d Flanell added. <\/p>\n<p>The state House already approved one of the bills, which is focused on increasing concealed carry training, along party lines. The state Senate also passed legislation that would allow the funding for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to investigate crimes related to illegal use of firearms, <em>Axios<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2024\/03\/20\/colorado-gun-restrictions-democrats-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>While Democrats said the bills would decrease gun violence, Republicans and gun-rights activists blasted the proposed legislation as an overregulation that targets the wrong group of people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are we making it difficult or impossible for people to exercise their Second Amendment rights?\u201d Republican state Rep. Scott Bottoms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradopolitics.com\/legislature\/colorado-house-democrats-push-concealed-weapons-training-bill-forward\/article_8648c58e-dd87-11ee-9a83-2b39eb22b19c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> earlier this month, questioning the firearm-training legislation specifically. \u201cThis is wholly against the Constitution unless you say, \u2018We\u2019ll pay for it.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Research shows that most mass shootings occur in gun-free zones, Flanell said. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/?utm_source=google&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=WE_Search_Brand-Keyword_2024&#038;gad_source=1&#038;gclid=CjwKCAjwtqmwBhBVEiwAL-WAYfvPm-WTiR0qqeCgWwMsX8g1H7si-xdAWHz66vkVIJxNKtXlZaIONhoC6ngQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of these proposed bills in Colorado will hurt the underprivileged the most, ensuring only the wealthy can protect themselves or express their constitutionally protected right,\u201d Flanell added. \u201cSelf-defense is not a sin. Self-defense is a human right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colorado\u2019s attempt to adopt strict gun control laws echoes other states, such as California, which also has an 11% tax on ammunition and gun sales and has attempted to ban semiautomatic rifles. Last year, state lawmakers approved a sweeping ban on firearms in sensitive places that went into effect at the start of this year. The state of Washington also recently banned \u201cassault weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Democrats advocate for stricter gun control laws, making firearm purchase and carrying more difficult for residents. The nine proposed bills have support in the Democratic-controlled assembly. 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