colorado house takes up two more gun bills

[fizzgig]

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DENVER - Proposals to change how people get concealed carry gun permits in Colorado and new restrictions on gun ownership for domestic-violence offenders will be up for consideration in the House.

The proposals scheduled for committee votes Thursday have already cleared the Senate.

Senate Bill 195 would require people seeking concealed carry permits to take gun training courses in person. People can currently take online courses.

Senate Bill 197 would require courts to order anyone subject to a domestic violence protection order or convicted of domestic violence to relinquish their guns within 24 hours. A judge could extend that to 72 hours. That bill also goes to the state House.

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i think it is entirely appropriate that people with domestic violence convictions relinquish their guns. i swore it was like that here already, but it appears i was wrong. abusers have no business with guns.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Both look like good sensible pieces of legislation. (nt)

[bluedigger]

2. I support both.

[upaloopa]

3. If there is no gun registry how do courts know they have all

the guns that a domestic violence perp owns?

[JimDandy]

6. Exactly.

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Which is part of the reason I'm all for background checks, registration and licensing of guns as a package deal.

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[premium]

4. Both appropriate,

and sensible. If you want a CCW, then you should have to take the course in person given by a state certified instructor.

It's a no brainer to have someone with a order of protection against them or convicted of DA to have to relinquish their firearms.

[JimDandy]

5. Glad to see a few more good bills

coming to help with the gun violence problem here in Colorado.

Strawman purchases are another problem in need of a law that makes the strawman criminally, civilly and financially responsible for the devastation wrought on families by the wrongful death of a family member murdered by a gun in a strawman purchase.

It just came out last night that Evan Ebel, who murdered the pizza delivery employee and then the CO state prisons director, did so using a gun via a strawman purchase. The man they identified as the purchaser of the gun used to kill them imo is just as culpable as Ebel for their deaths.

[rdharma]

8. Some system of tracking and universal background checks needed! nt

[fizzgig]

10. universal background checks were signed into law last week

but, yes, i think there some be some system of tracking.

[rdharma]

11. Universal Checks

Signed into law in CO. But it has to be in every state in the union to be effective.

With NO exceptions.

CO put in an amendment that background checks were not required for the transfer of inherited weapons.

[premium]

9. Just a point of correction here,

it was a woman that did the straw purchase, that being said, CO. should charge her with being an accessory to murder as she knew he was barred from legally having a firearm.
If found guilty, throw her ass in prison for a long long time.

[rdharma]

12. Her only defense is that she "didn't know"......

......... of the murderer's prison record.

[premium]

13. Yeah, let's see how well that's going to over in a court of law.

I don't believe that she didn't know.

[rdharma]

17. I don't believe that she didn't know.

I don't either. But the burden of proof is on the prosecution.

The murderer was in a neo-Nazi prison gang. I imagine they'll be pretty tight lipped and will encourage any possible witnesses to do likewise........ if you know what I mean.

[JimDandy]

18. I just assumed the gender since the person's name was Stevie.

Thanks for the correction. Charges as an accessory for her seem appropriate indeed.

[rdharma]

7. Concealed carry by online correspondence course?

Man! It's about time they stopped that farce!

[Robb]

15. It's worse than you think.

You can be from out-of-state and apply online for a CO CCW permit. And get it.

Yeah, that one needed stopping.

[JimDandy]

19. Online? How utterly ridiculous. Agreed--fix that immediately! n/t

[freshwest]

14. Glad to see Colorado taking this on.

[guardian]

16. I also support this legislation. nt