Frohickey
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http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/legislature/article/0,1299,DRMN_37_1821259,00.html
By The Associated Press
March 18, 2003
Gov. Bill Owens signed two bills today that pave the way for the biggest expansion of gun rights in Colorado since the Columbine High School shootings nearly four years ago.
One measure - Senate Bill 24 - requires sheriffs to issue permits to people who pass a fingerprint-based criminal background check and who have gone through a handgun-training course.
The other - Senate Bill 25 - prohibits local governments from making gun control laws more restrictive than state law and abolishes local registries of gun owners.
Owens said Senate Bill 24 provides a uniform standard for the issuance of a right-to-carry permit. He said the other bill will help resolve confusion on the sale, possession of carrying firearms.
Tom Mauser, whose son Daniel died in the 1999 Columbine shootings, said the two bills will put more guns on the streets and that will lead to more violence and death.
"I am shocked and dismayed at our state's leadership, for they have thrown aside the safety of citizens and local control in favor of the gun lobby by passing both Senate Bill 24 and Senate Bill 25," Mauser said.
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Now, I wonder if Tom Mauser will recant when his predictions of doom and gloom and rise in violence and death is proven to be false.
By The Associated Press
March 18, 2003
Gov. Bill Owens signed two bills today that pave the way for the biggest expansion of gun rights in Colorado since the Columbine High School shootings nearly four years ago.
One measure - Senate Bill 24 - requires sheriffs to issue permits to people who pass a fingerprint-based criminal background check and who have gone through a handgun-training course.
The other - Senate Bill 25 - prohibits local governments from making gun control laws more restrictive than state law and abolishes local registries of gun owners.
Owens said Senate Bill 24 provides a uniform standard for the issuance of a right-to-carry permit. He said the other bill will help resolve confusion on the sale, possession of carrying firearms.
Tom Mauser, whose son Daniel died in the 1999 Columbine shootings, said the two bills will put more guns on the streets and that will lead to more violence and death.
"I am shocked and dismayed at our state's leadership, for they have thrown aside the safety of citizens and local control in favor of the gun lobby by passing both Senate Bill 24 and Senate Bill 25," Mauser said.
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Now, I wonder if Tom Mauser will recant when his predictions of doom and gloom and rise in violence and death is proven to be false.
Lived in both. Used to work the graveyard near Five Points. Would stand atop the Fed. Office Bldg at 19th & Stout and listen to the gunfire. Now maybe regular folks will have a chance.
