Colorado Puts Law Abiding Citizens in Harms Way While South Dakota Protects Children
Support the states that support Second Amendment civil rights. We have a choices. States like New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Illinois, Hawaii and now Colorado are enemies of law abiding gun owners and Second Amendment civil rights.
South Dakota became the first state in the nation to enact a law explicitly authorizing school employees to carry guns on the job, under a measure signed into law on Friday by Gov. Dennis Daugaard.
See Follow Up below for news on Georgia, a good guy state seeking to restore Second Amendment rights that previous legislatures have eroded.
Yesterday Colorado took further steps to punish law abiding citizens for the acts of criminals and mad men. As usual the proposed legislation will have no affect on criminals as it restricts law abiding citizens ability to defend themselves from madmen and criminals.
• Online gun certification: Senate Bill 195, banning online certification for concealed carry permits and requiring people to attend classes in person — advances in Senate
• Liability for “assault”-style weapons: Senate Bill 196, holding manufacturers and sellers of semiautomatic weapons liable for violence committed with them — killed by sponsor
• Limits on high-capacity ammunition: House Bill 1224, limiting gun ammunition magazines to 15 rounds but amended to not outlaw the “standard shotgun” — advances in Senate
• Gun ban on college campuses: House Bill 1226, banning concealed weapons on college campuses — killed by sponsor
• Background check fee: House Bill 1228, requiring gun buyers to pay for their own background checks — advances in Senate
• Universal background checks: House Bill 1229, requiring background checks for all gun transfers, including private sales — advances in Senate
[via the Denver Post]
GEORGIA Seeks to Restore Gun Rights to Law Abiding
In Georgia, the Republican-led state House voted 117-56 on Thursday to advance a measure to restore gun carry rights that have been chipped away over the years. The Georgia legislation also would allow licensed gun owners to take weapons inside some unsecured government buildings where they are currently banned, starting on July 1. The bill does not specify or make any exemptions on the types of weapons and applies to all legal guns. Senate President Pro Tem David Shafer, a Republican, said in a statement on Friday the bill would be assigned to a Senate committee next week. The Senate passed strong pro-Second Amendment legislation of its own, and I am confident that we will reach agreement with the House, Shafer said. Any measure advanced from the legislature would go to Republican Governor Nathan Deal for his signature.