UPDATE: Sheriffs sue over COLORADO gun laws

[csaaphill]

http://personalliberty.com/2013/03/28/hunters-threaten-boycott-while-gun-grabbers-run-colorado/
Hunters Threaten Boycott While Gun Grabbers Run Colorado


March 28, 2013 by Ben Bullard


PHOTOS.COM

Following last week’s passage of three pieces of legislation making Colorado a pretty unfriendly place for guns owners and the exercise of 2nd Amendment powers, some hunters are uniting to deny the State something very empowering indeed: revenue.
 
Websites where gun and hunting enthusiasts share ideas have now become bulletin boards where word of the boycott has begun gaining momentum, according to a Gazette story Wednesday.
 
Outfitters have also begun reporting cancelled trips from out-of-State hunters, though not in devastating numbers — so far. One hunting guide said it’s likely the trend will grow.
 
“There’s a united front of sportsmen that are tired of having their freedoms and liberties and fundamental rights taken away from them,” said Chris Jurney, who offers support and guidance for hunters in the State’s northwest corner. “That kind of unity among sportsmen is going to be big, and unfortunately for those of us who live here, we’re going to suffer the consequences of this misguided legislation.”
 
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, signed the three pieces of controversial gun control legislation into law on March 20. The laws limit the size of ammo magazines to 15 rounds, require universal background checks for gun transactions and force customers to pay for the background checks.
 
You already know about Magpul, the Erie-based business who’s in the process of moving its operations out of the State in response to the ban. The Outdoor Channel’s Michael Bane is following suit, declining to film his hunting programs in Colorado while the State’s new gun laws remain.

[Dave Workman]

Bloomberg ad not all its critics claim; Colorado boycott update
 
A controversial advertisement paid for by anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is not all many of its critics have claimed, specifically that an actor holding a shotgun in the spot has his finger on the trigger of the Remington Model 870 pump shotgun he is holding.
 
http://www.examiner.com/article/bloomberg-ad-not-all-its-critics-claim-colorado-boycott-update?cid=db_articles

[huntnphool]

Well said Dave

[Fl0und3rz]

HiViz taxing their tax base out of CO.

http://www.bob-owens.com/2013/04/hiviz-the-latest-gun-accessory-company-to-bolt-from-anti-liberty-colorado/#comments

[whacker1]

HiViz taxing their tax base out of CO.

http://www.bob-owens.com/2013/04/hiviz-the-latest-gun-accessory-company-to-bolt-from-anti-liberty-colorado/#comments

Thank you for sharing.

[Fl0und3rz]

Add CT to your S-list and NY, while you're at it.

http://www.boston.com/news/education/2013/04/01/conn-proposals-guns-other-items-after-newtown/0Qn1nJQI3223inrmQWfMFI/story.html

GUN LAWS

—Ban sales of high-capacity ammunition magazines;

—Background checks for private gun sales;

—New registry for existing magazines that carry 10 or more bullets;

—Statewide dangerous weapon offender registry, which lawmakers said is the nation’s first;

—Immediate universal background checks for all firearms sales;

—Expansion of Connecticut’s assault weapons ban;

—Safety training and other requirements to buy any rifle, shotgun or ammunition;

—Increases minimum age eligibility for purchase of some semi-automatic rifles to 21;

— Expands requirements for safe storage of firearms;

— Increases penalties for firearms trafficking and illegal possession offenses.

Those are just the firearm laws.  There are others at the link directed to school safety and mental health and firearms possession, though, sadly, not a one of them could be or in combination could be said to guarantee another Sandyhook-like massacre by an evil individual intent on mayhem.  Way to go, CT, for sacrificing individual liberty for the illusion of safety.

[Noiro]

HiViz intends to follow Magpul's example, leave Colorado.

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/morning_call/2013/04/hiviz-intends-to-follow-magpuls.html

[ChadH]

We all have a lot of anger and frustration over the attacks on the 2nd Amendment, I understand and share that anger and frustration. I completely support Magpul and the Outdoor Show for moving out of CO and encourage others to do the same. Hit the state of CO in the pocketbook. 

But I am struggling to see the wisdom in turning on our friends who are stuck living in CO, I do think there have been some pretty valid points brought up about hurting the small businesses that support the 2nd Amendment.

Currently I am thinking what if everyone starts boycotting WA for all the gun control schemes that Murray and Cantwell vote for that would affect everyone across the country. 

There are members of this forum that vote for Murray, Cantwell, and Obama. Should CO sportsmen pay the price when WA is just at fault on the national level?

I wrestle with the same thing Bearpaw. But here is the deal, While I don't want to "hurt" those innocent people in CO, who didn't have a choice about this new law because they don't live in the I-25 corridor, in my mind there comes a time when enough is enough. Many of these people voted for this new law when they voted for their current state government. They may not have had a choice in all the senate and house races in Colorado, but they DID have a voice in who became Governor, and only about 46% of the state voted in the 2010 election when Hickenlooper was elected. So, statistically there are a BUNCH of people in those small towns like Craig, and a BUNCH of outfitters and other businesses, now wanting us to keep coming to their state, that voted for Hickenlooper either outright or by NOT voting for the other guy and staying home. I am sorry, but staying home was a bad decision. And the same goes for Washington. Some of us may be hurt down the line here as well (actually, to some degree we already are). So we had better see a huge turnout from "our side" in the next election. There was only about 58% turnout in 2012 (actually pretty good compared to other sates, but probably driven by a couple ballot issues, not general election interest), and Jay Inslee won by 3%. Murray's last election she won by 3.8%, and in 2010 there was 47% turnout. That is a lot of votes on the table. We may not control who wins all the house and senate races, but we CAN impact the state wides... voter turnout needs to be huge on our teams part to do it.

[Special T]

Elections have consequences, people need to under stand that.

[huntrights]

There are about 275,000 hunters in Washington State; if they all voted, hunters would definitley have an impact in the elections.  Those hunters that vote just have to vote for representatives that are committed to protecting and defending our rights and freedoms; not for gun grabbers like Obama and many of the state and federal representatives in our state that are sponsoring and/or supporting the flood of anti-gun bills.

[ChadH]

There are about 275,000 hunters in Washington State; if they all voted, hunters would definitley have an impact in the elections.  Those hunters that vote just have to vote for representatives that are committed to protecting and defending our rights and freedoms; not for gun grabbers like Obama and many of the state and federal representatives in our state that are sponsoring and/or supporting the flood of anti-gun bills.

Exactly, and there are a good many more people who don't hunt, but are not "anti". So every time you are out in public (in the woods or on the town) you represent "hunters" do it in such a way that those "NON Antis" will side with us. If we could turn out the vote like the Democratic machine in this country, a good many things would change. This is still, basically, a 50/50 split on conservative/liberal nationally as well as in the most liberal states in the country.

[Dave Workman]

interesting update from HOUSTON/NRA

Colorado battle heats, says Schreiner

Northwest sportsmen and women may not recognize Steve Schreiner’s name, but the Colorado activist and newly-elected board member of the National Rifle Association, has a message for hunters in Washington and Oregon: You can fight back.

http://www.examiner.com/article/colorado-battle-heats-says-schreiner

[actionshooter]

Good article Dave

[pianoman9701]

 

[Dave Workman]

Colo. sheriffs sue to overturn new state gun, magazine limit laws

http://www.examiner.com/article/colo-sheriffs-sue-to-overturn-new-state-gun-magazine-limit-laws