The time is just right to send Colorado Governor Bill Ritter a request to veto SB 34.
Among other things, SB 34 would not allow reciprocity for permits obtained by non-residents of other states.
Example of one thing that can happen: You live in Louisiana, but have a Florida non-resident. Your Louisiana license expires, so you're carrying concealed on your Florida ticket. You decide to visit Colorado.
Nope. Your Florida non-resident will no longer cut it here in Colorado.
One of the problems is that Coloradans do not realize that this law may well affect them in the future, if other states start pulling their reciprocity with Colorado.
But most importantly, if Ritter signs this Bill in Colorado, other states may take it as a go-ahead signal to pass the same kind of law... perhaps in your state, too!
Please go to this thread to look over the situation:
http://www.packing.org/community/general/thread/?thread=22993
Let's sandbag him on this one,ladies and gentlemen!
(And please don't spell it "governer." It's "governor" with an "o". I make that mistake all the time.)
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GOVERNOR RITTER CONTACT POINTS:
E-mail: [email protected] He wants a Colorado address to write back to. Two options: tell him you are out of state but that the law will affect you anyhow, or write a hard-copy letter. Or fax or call him.
Mail
Bill Ritter, Governor
136 State Capitol
Denver, CO 80203-1792
Phone
(303) 866-2471
Fax
(303) 866-2003
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My fax to Ritter... expand on it, get creative:
FAX NUMBER (303) 866-2003
Dear Governor Ritter,
I urge you to veto Senate Bill 34. I do not think it is in the best interests of the people of Colorado.
In addtion, a limitation on the permitted concealed carry of weapons by out-of-state residents, however legally obtained, is nothing but thinly disguised attack on the legitimate and legal firearms rights of people throughout the United States.
If you view the analogy with Driver's Licenses as analogous to this bill, I think you will agree that it probably violates the full faith and credit clause of the US Constitution.
I would also like you to re-examine this legislation in the light of some of the latest federal Court Decisions, as well as the US Attorney General's opinion that bearing arms is an individual right.
I think that the pendulum is swinging toward a recognition of the ordinary citizens' right to self defense, and I think your signature on this bill would run counter to this "sea change" in the peoples' views on this matter.
Thank you,
T.A.T
POB 1234567
Denver CO
80200
Among other things, SB 34 would not allow reciprocity for permits obtained by non-residents of other states.
Example of one thing that can happen: You live in Louisiana, but have a Florida non-resident. Your Louisiana license expires, so you're carrying concealed on your Florida ticket. You decide to visit Colorado.
Nope. Your Florida non-resident will no longer cut it here in Colorado.
One of the problems is that Coloradans do not realize that this law may well affect them in the future, if other states start pulling their reciprocity with Colorado.
But most importantly, if Ritter signs this Bill in Colorado, other states may take it as a go-ahead signal to pass the same kind of law... perhaps in your state, too!
Please go to this thread to look over the situation:
http://www.packing.org/community/general/thread/?thread=22993
Let's sandbag him on this one,ladies and gentlemen!
(And please don't spell it "governer." It's "governor" with an "o". I make that mistake all the time.)
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GOVERNOR RITTER CONTACT POINTS:
E-mail: [email protected] He wants a Colorado address to write back to. Two options: tell him you are out of state but that the law will affect you anyhow, or write a hard-copy letter. Or fax or call him.
Bill Ritter, Governor
136 State Capitol
Denver, CO 80203-1792
Phone
(303) 866-2471
Fax
(303) 866-2003
===============
My fax to Ritter... expand on it, get creative:
FAX NUMBER (303) 866-2003
Dear Governor Ritter,
I urge you to veto Senate Bill 34. I do not think it is in the best interests of the people of Colorado.
In addtion, a limitation on the permitted concealed carry of weapons by out-of-state residents, however legally obtained, is nothing but thinly disguised attack on the legitimate and legal firearms rights of people throughout the United States.
If you view the analogy with Driver's Licenses as analogous to this bill, I think you will agree that it probably violates the full faith and credit clause of the US Constitution.
I would also like you to re-examine this legislation in the light of some of the latest federal Court Decisions, as well as the US Attorney General's opinion that bearing arms is an individual right.
I think that the pendulum is swinging toward a recognition of the ordinary citizens' right to self defense, and I think your signature on this bill would run counter to this "sea change" in the peoples' views on this matter.
Thank you,
T.A.T
POB 1234567
Denver CO
80200