Colorado Senate Voting On Gun Bills Today

According to the Denver Post twitter feed, the measure banning concealed carry on campus will not be voted on. (Votes not there?)

Denver Post had their editorial preferences in the paper this morning and they didn't like the banning of concealed carry on campus bill as it was written. The do like universal background checks and the magazine ban.

PASSED: Domestic Violence Gun Ban.. Online Certification Class Ban.. Universal Background Checks.. Buyer Fees.. High-Capacity Magazine Ban..

WITHDRAWN: Liability For Owners, Manufacturers.. Concealed Weapons Ban On College Campuses


So, two were withdrawn, (including the one that likely would not have passed Constitutional muster)...And of the remaining bills, we got FIVE (5) out of FIVE (5)....(I believe the "Buyer Fees" was a separate bill from the "Universal Background Checks")

I'm good with that...

I guess that means that MagPul will be leaving...

Speaking of MagPul....

Magpul sought financial help from Colorado last year

DENVER — The founder and CEO of Magpul Industries, the high-capacity magazine manufacturer now threatening to leave Colorado if state lawmakers ban the product, tells FOX31 Denver that his company never threatened to relocate last year as they sought financial incentives from the state.

FOX31 Denver has confirmed that Magpul had discussions last year with the state’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade in which they asked about tax incentives and credits that might be available to them as they looked to consolidate their two facilities into a single space at North Park in Broomfield.

“They wanted some state support,” said Kathy Green, OEDIT’s spokeswoman. “We had some job training credits available but there was never any follow-up.”

According to Green, job training incentives would have been available only if the company was adding new jobs.

http://kdvr.com/2013/03/07/magpul-sough ... cial-help/


So, let me see if I've got this right...The company, that is "now threatening to leave Colorado if state lawmakers ban the product", and take their few jobs with them, was seeking state (read: TAXPAYER-funded) AID, but the effort apparently ran out of steam when one of the requirements for the aid was showing that they were actually hiring more workers/creating more jobs.... The CEO says they weren't "threatening to leave Colorado" last year when they had their hand out for state (read: TAXPAYER-funded) AID (which they didn't get); but THIS year, they're "threatening to leave Colorado if state lawmakers ban the product."

Got it....

So far nothing has passed. We are up the 2nd reading on several of the bills, the 3rd reading is where the senators actually have to vote and have their votes recorded. Up to now it's only been oral yay or nay with no recording of who voted for what. If any of the bills do get out of the senate, they will go back to the house to vote on the amended versions.

So now LJ is against government subsidizing business. And she does not even know if a bill has passed or not. LJ, would you just admit that you are ignorant and let it go at that?

LOL Grady....Apparently the Huff post hasn't given her the correct info yet.

Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener was one among many of the people who filled the State Capitol in Denver on March 4 to testify for and against several bills relating to gun control.

http://www.theflume.com/news/article_49 ... f6878.html

Thx Sheriff Wegener for standing up!

Colorado Senate Gives Final OK To Package Of Strict, New Gun Control Bills

DENVER -- A gun control package pushed by Colorado Democrats cleared the state Senate on Monday, as sponsors described it as a needed response to Colorado's blood-soaked history of mass shootings.

The measures approved by the Senate included a limit on the kinds of high-capacity ammunition magazines Holmes is accused of using in the theater shooting. Other measures included expanded background checks on private gun sales and a new ban on gun ownership for people facing domestic violence charges.

Republicans argued in vain that the gun controls would not have prevented the theater shooting, nor the school massacre last December in Newtown, Conn. Some cited the 1999 Columbine High School shootings outside Denver. Democrats stood firm.

Only one of the five bills heads to Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper to be signed into law. The remaining four must return to the House for more debate, including the ammunition magazine limit and the domestic violence bill. The House is under Democratic control and will likely approve the measures.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/1 ... ref=denver

Like I said...All of the remaining bills have PASSED, and go back to the House, where they "will likely pass"...

Works for me....

Insert standard whine here: ___________

Last I heard this morning, at least thought I had heard, was 3 of the 5 gun control bills have passed and is on there way to the gov for signing.

There's only one on the Governor's desk that I'm aware of. As of this morning, the rest go back to the House for final approval...

This is the headline from the front-page of TODAY'S Denver Post:

5 bills clear Senate
One goes to governor’s desk; four others will be voted on in House
By Tim Hoover, Kurtis Lee and Ryan Parker

A package of Democratic gun-control bills passed the Colorado Senate on Monday in an emotional debate that contrasted images of civil disobedience with dead children.

The Senate passed five bills Monday — two House bills that must go back to the House, two Senate bills that must go to the House and a House bill that now goes to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk.

That last bill would require gun purchasers to pay the costs of their own background checks, and Hickenlooper, a Democrat, has said he would sign it.

Each side claimed to be working on behalf of ordinary Coloradans.

“Within the Capitol, it was a tough fight. Outside of the Capitol, we had the majority of Coloradans on our side,” said Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs. “These bills do not take firearms away from anyone who can legally have one. The political scare tactics have zero truth behind them. These bills are reasonable policies that respect Second Amendment rights, while helping to keep Coloradans safe.”

Like other Republicans throughout the day, Assistant Senate Minority Leader Mark Scheffel, R-Parker, referred to the involvement of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose organization, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, has pushed for several of the bills.

http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODE/DenverPost/

Anyone know what the amendments to the magazine ban are? Did they water it down? For instance, only requiring date code of manufacture instead of serializing the magazines. Magpul magazines are already date coded so that might keep the company in Colorado.