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One group already considering legal challenge to Democrats' agenda
An analysis of a new gun control plan in Colorado described it as "monumentally unconstitutional," but that didn't deter leftist Gov. Jared Polis from signing it into law.
The analysis, from RedState also called the law "insanely unconstitutional," and as proposed would have banned the production and most sales of semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15 "(which would be bad enough on its own) but also makes essentially all modern-day handguns illegal as well."
The state now bans the manufacture and most sales of semiautomatic firearms with detachable magazines, unless a purchase jumps through a laundry list of new demands from the state.
"To say this is blatantly unconstitutional is an understatement. The Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia vs. Heller that firearms in common use are protected under the Second Amendment for 'traditionally lawful purposes.' That includes self-defense. Semi-automatic handguns and rifles with detachable magazines are the most commonly used guns in the United States. It's not even a question that this gun control law runs afoul of Supreme Court precedent. That means that Polis signed something that he has to know is illegal, making this move all the more insidious," the analysis revealed.
Colorado, which has moved to the extreme left in recent years under the dictates of homosexual Gov. Jared Polis, is no stranger to losing at the Supreme Court. It tried to demand that business owners speak only its approved messaging and lost – twice. It tried to remove President Trump from the 2024 ballot, and lost. It now is facing another significant loss – in its agenda to insist that counselors in the state speak only its approved messaging and promote transgenderism's chemical treatments and body mutilations.
The analysis noted, "The stakes here could not be higher. If Colorado gets away with this, you can kiss the Second Amendment goodbye. If a state gets away with largely banning semi-automatic handguns, it can get away with banning any type of firearm. This is the most radical gun control legislation to ever be signed, and it must be fiercely opposed.
A report at the Center Square said the law actually allows a purchase of such a weapon but only after a buy endures a "firearms safety course" and obtains an "eligibility card" from their local sheriff.
They also must prove they've completed a "firearm education course."
Meg Froelich, a Democrat who pushed for the new restrictions on the Second Amendment, claimed the solution is that purchasers must be required to finish "a rigorous safety training course and acquire a permit to purchase the most deadly weapons on the market to ensure that they are not a danger to themselves or our communities."
The California State Shooting Association responded, after Polis' signature, that the state is in "direct assault on the Second Amendment."
The law "imposes unprecedented restrictions on the purchase of semi-automatic firearms through a burdensome permit-to-purchase scheme," the association said in a statement sent to The Center Square.
ABC reported the move by the state run by Democrats in the legislature and governor's office is seen as part of a "longrunning Democratic campaign."
A legal challenge already is being considered by the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners.
The report noted that the leftists' logic was that by disallowing detachable magazines, mass shooters couldn't quickly reload: they would have to do that bullet-by-bullet when their weapon had only a permanently attached magazine.
