After a marathon debate in which several of the loopier measures were shot down (and many astoundingly foolish things were said), Colorado finally managed to pass a couple of new gun control laws, which now await the willing signature of Governor John Hickenlooper, a Democrat. These new laws expand background checks, requiring gun owners to pay $10 for such a check when transferring firearms, and impose a 15-round limit on the capacity of magazines.
(And here I thought gun control zealots were convinced that 10 rounds was the limit for virtuous magazines. Or was it seven? How many bullets do you need to shoot a deer, again? I recall New York’s gun-grabbing governor, Andrew Cuomo, clearly stating that it was less than ten. Maybe they have really big deer out in Colorado.)
But even before the governor gets to sign the bill, Fox News reports that local sheriffs are announcing they won’t enforce the new laws. Weld County Sheriff John Cooke said “they’re feel-good, knee-jerk reactions that are unenforceable,” and they give citizens “a false sense of security.”
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