In one of the latest rights oppression operations, the gun control extremists successfully targeted the State of Colorado for a new round of novel Second Amendment suppression laws. Born not within the borders of Colorado, this was delivered from the same Gun Control Inc. lawyers and activists targeting state houses around the country. While the resulting law is less draconian than originally proposed, it still represents a serious violation of rights. And this is just the beginning.
On April 10, 2025, Democratic Governor Jared Polis signed several new gun control bills into law, among them, Senate Bill 3, commonly known as the Semi-Automatic Ban, which by most accounts will ban up to 85% of rifles, plus many shotguns and handguns. The primary targets of the new law are the popular and common AR/AK pattern firearms, but it lassos in most semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines. The law goes into effect on August 1, 2026. Prior to signing the law, Governor Polis said, “I really think this will make Colorado safer.”
Under the new law, manufacturing, distributing, transferring, selling, and purchasing certain semiautomatic weapons in Colorado that use detachable magazines will be illegal. New firearms must now be sold with the magazines of no more than 15 rounds welded, soldered, or epoxied in place.
Unless…
Naturally, the common exceptions are made for the military, law enforcement, prison guards, or armored vehicle personnel. But, if the common citizen jumps through a series of expensive and time-consuming hoops and gets a permit-to-purchase, they too can purchase these WAY TOO dangerous to own firearms.
Common Coloradoans can apply for a five-year purchase permit after passing a subjective vetting by a county sheriff, a background check, and completing a class to obtain a “firearms safety course eligibility card.” IF said commoner has not taken a hunter safety course, they must take a 12-hour in-person training course over two days, otherwise it’s a shorter course, plus pass a test with a score of at least 90%. The results of which are available in a shared statewide database, a.k.a. registry of people who own these WAY TOO dangerous to own firearms, to firearms retailers (FFLs) to determine if you are eligible.
Read another way, if you can afford to take the time off work, and to pay for the background check, pay for the extra training, just to obtain an eligibility card from your local sheriff, you can then buy one of these WAY TOO dangerous firearms. Those of less modest means need not apply to be able to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
In case you’re wondering where this abomination came from, it was conceived by the lawyers at one of the national gun control groups – whom I collectively call Gun Control, Inc. – who delivered it to the Colorado Senate sponsor. This is yet another case where the Gun Control, Inc. establishment is driving new gun control laws in this country and the local or state politicians are simple the signatory sponsor. All they have to do is sign their name to the bills and Gun Control, Inc. handles the rest, including in many cases defending the law in state and federal courts.
This has been evident in other states like New Mexico when the state sponsors of a new gun control bill could not answer even basic questions about the bill being considered and needed to have a lawyer from Gun Control, Inc. who was in the audience address the questions.
Keep in mind this new law is the watered down, starter version. As originally delivered to the State of Colorado, it called for a COMPLELTE BAN on the described firearms, including those currently in lawful possession. However, the uproar from the commoners would have made it far too controversial to pass, so the no manufacturing, distributing, transferring, selling, and purchasing UNLESS you have a permit-to-purchase scheme was introduced.
What’s so ironic is this new law directly undercuts their own narrative on what they claim are WAY TOO dangerous to own firearms. Instead of the outright ban the gun control lobbyists handed them, they said these firearms are still okay to own if you already have one AND you can still get an exemption through the permit-to-purchase program.
As I said above, this is now just a starter law that gets their foot in the door for banning certain firearms. But as we’ve learned from the slow-but-steady gun control progression in Kalifornistan, subsequent legislative sessions will need to urgently address these deadly loopholes, and it is much easier to amend an existing law than to get a new one passed.
What will be in the subsequent versions? Removal of the exemption to purchase with an eligibility card. Those in current possession must register their WAY TOO dangerous to own firearms to keep them. Removal of the ability to pass them on to descendants. Severe restrictions on where and when they can be used. And finally, the WAY TOO dangerous to own firearms will be completely outlawed and must be surrendered.
Fortunately, this and the other do-nothing-for-public-safety gun control laws will be challenged, but as always, we are funding both sides of this fight. Our donated dollars to save our Second Amendment protected rights are up against our own unlimited tax dollars and billionaire funded activist attorneys trying to take them away.
This story is being repeated across the country. The only way to prevent this from happening is to stop electing people who are willing to take away our rights.
Bob
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Vegas & Virginia
Starting today, two very important events in the world of firearms begin. In Las Vegas, the annual SHOT (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade) Show kicks off. This is the industry show where the manufacturers, distributors and dealers come together to show off and see the latest and greatest products that will lead the industry into the future. In Virginia, it is Lobby Day at the state capitol in Richmond. Here Second Amendment advocates and firearm owners from around the state and patriots from the rest of our nation will be gathering to protest the Constitutional infringements being planned by the Virginia legislature. On one side of the country, the best of the firearms industry future is on display. On the other side, people are fighting for their very right to retain their firearms against an increasingly tyrannical state government. Can you guess which one is going to have the most influence on the firearms marketplace in the foreseeable future?
If you haven’t been paying attention, Virginia’s Governor and Democratic controlled legislature have been cranking up the heat on Virginia’s law-abiding firearm owners. In addition to all the previously proposed Second Amendment infringements I listed in Sic Semper Tyrannis on January 6, 2020 (http://oddstuffing.com/archives/610), they’ve added more.
- Closing all private / non-government shooting ranges (an admitted attempt to close down the NRA’s indoor range)
- Virginia’s electoral college votes to be awarded to the winner of the national popular vote
- The governor to be elected by majority of votes in congressional districts, not by statewide majority
- Increase the number of signatures to initiate a recall petition from 10% to 25% of the voters
- Restores voting rights to convicted felons
- Allows felons and those declared mentally incompetent to vote
- Eliminates photo ID requirement for voting
- Increases the term limit of the governor from four to eight years
If these aren’t blatant attempts to impose a tyranny, I don’t know what is.
And let’s not forget, the Governor has made the capitol complex a gun free zone in anticipation of Lobby Day. He justified this because of supposed ‘credible threats’ from Second Amendment extremists. He said he doesn’t want to have a repeat of the violence in Charlottesville in 2017 – where the only deadly violence was committed by someone with an automobile and NO firearms were used. Yea… I’m gonna call BS on this one.
Yes, there are people who are speak strongly and emotionally about their Second Amendment rights. And why shouldn’t they? You’re talking about a government that is trying to take away rights from law-abiding citizens. But this is Lobby Day at the legislature and the people are there to let their representatives know what matters to them. It serves nobody’s interest to do so violently, and the gun controlling elitists know it. So.. so-called ‘credible threats’ have been introduced. I have no doubt threatening messages were sent and received, I’m just saying the senders may very well be the same people wanting to implement gun control. In other words, a false flag operation. It’s not like it hasn’t happened before in this country.
A bit tinfoil hat’ish for you? Maybe. But we’ve all seen attacks on minority, religious and political sites that have turned out to be committed by the very people being attacked in order to gain political sympathy and legal action against others.
Today the eyes of the country will be on Richmond waiting for the slightest provocation for the Governor to declare the Second Amendment rights groups domestic terrorists and send in the troops to clean them out. Sadly, you can count on agitators from the gun control side to be onsite trying to make it happen.
It is very unfortunate that the best and most influential in the firearms industry will be in Las Vegas today instead of on the ground in Richmond, Virginia. If there was ever a time when the industry should be standing side-by-side with their customers and supporters, the very people who have made them successful in the first place, it is today. The timing more than sucks on this one.
For everyone in Las Vegas, I hope you (actually we, since I’m here to) don’t forget that people in Virginia are fighting for their natural, God-given, Constitutionally protected rights today. What happens in Richmond is going to influence the rest of the country in ways we can’t even imagine yet. If we can’t be there with them, let’s hope and pray for their safety and success. Then:
GET OFF YOUR ASS AND STOP ELECTING PEOPLE WHO PROMISE TO TAKE AWAY OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS!!!!
Bob
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