Colorado
legislators are not finished devouring your constitutional rights. Just
when you thought it couldn’t get any worse in Denver, state
Representative Beth McCann (D-8) will be submitting legislation tomorrow
that will nullify the right to due process for gun owners throughout
Colorado.
Under this
proposed language,
your fundamental Second Amendment rights would hinge on the impression
you make with doctors (of any sort, whether or not in a mental health
specialty), therapists, counselors and social workers. These medical
professionals could simply report you, your wife, son or daughter to the
Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and have your name placed in the
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) if they
believe you pose a “significant risk” to yourself or others.
Under this proposed language, once your name has been placed on this
list, you automatically lose the right to possess a firearm of any type
for one full year. You may lose your constitutionally protected
Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms all based upon the passing
opinion of another. You receive no trial or legal proceeding where you
could defend yourself and your inherent rights.
A parent who brings a child in for counseling, a person who attends a
stress reduction seminar or someone who calls an employee assistance
hotline after a bad day at work could be reported, without any ability
to contest or answer concerns, and subject to one year prohibition from
owning and possessing a firearm.
Compare this scheme to the revocation process for a driver’s license.
Absent some unlawful conduct on the part of the licensee, the state
could only revoke a drivers license, for which the licensee has no
specific constitutional right, after a hearing proves that the licensee
was somehow unqualified to have the license. This means that in
Colorado, if this legislation were enacted, your constitutional rights
would not compare in importance to the ability of being able to drive a
car.
The unconstitutional behavior of anti-gun legislators in Denver can be
tolerated no more. They are summarily destroying your hunting and
shooting heritage and they are trying to take what is left of your
Second Amendment rights in Colorado before the end of this legislative
session.
We need you to contact Representative Beth McCann and state House
Leadership TODAY AND EVERYDAY UNTIL THEY KILL THIS BILL and respectfully
tell them you oppose any effort to steal away your constitutional
rights!
Representative Mark Ferrandino (D-2), House Speaker
303-866-2346
E-mail:
mferrandino@yahoo.com
https://twitter.com/MarkFerrandino
https://www.facebook.com/markferrandino
Representative Dickey Lee Hullinghorst (D-10), House Majority Leader
303-866-2348
E-mail:
dl.hullinghorst.house@state.co.us
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dickey-Lee-Hullinghorst/108073405879629
Representative Dan Pabon (D-4), Assistant House Majority Leader
303-866-2954
E-mail:
dan.pabon.house@state.co.us
https://twitter.com/RepPabon
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dan-Pabon/107558327731
Representative Lois Court (D-6), House Majority Caucus Chair
303-866-2967
E-mail:
lois.court.house@state.co.us
Representative Dominick Moreno (D-32), Assistant House Majority Caucus Chair
303-866-2964
E-mail:
dominick.moreno.house@state.co.us
https://twitter.com/domoreno
https://www.facebook.com/dominickmoreno
Representative Beth McCann (D-8), House Majority Caucus Whip
303-866-2959
E-mail:
beth.mccann.house@state.co.us
https://twitter.com/BethMcCannHD8
https://www.facebook.com/Rep.BethMcCann
Representative Su Ryden (D-36), House Majority Deputy Whip
303-866-2942
E-mail:
su.ryden.house@state.co.us
https://twitter.com/suryden
https://www.facebook.com/su.ryden
Representative Claire Levy (D-13), House Speaker Pro Tempore
303-866-2578
E-mail:
claire.levy.house@state.co.us
https://twitter.com/RepClaireLevy
https://www.facebook.com/representativeclaire.levy
