Nobody is laughing. 2014 is payback. The most important election of our lifetimes. EVERYONE who owns a firearm MUST vote. MUST. If you have to drag them kicking and screaming to the polls, do it. There will never be a more important moment in most of our lives. That's how serious it is. And it's doubly so for Colorado voters.
There is reason for hope. The Obama second term is bogged down in budget woes. The economy, Wall St. aside, is still mired in troubles and systemic weakness. The GOP has had a chance to regroup after the debacle. And the old left anti-gun guard has been let off its leash to run around and bite us in the backsides. These factors favor us, and disfavor Dems who get in on hopey-changey rhetoric during big election years. In the mid-terms the turnouts are usually much lower and favor the dedicated single-issue voters.
Colorado is being watched closely by legislators in Oregon, Minnesota, Washington, California and elsewhere. It's a test case. If the punishments are swift and sure next year, Colorado gun owners can secure a profoundly important victory for us all. But if the reaction is weak or muddled, expect more of the same from similar states.
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