Fletchette
Member
Well, the Brady score did it – I am moving to Wyoming! It was the last little push I needed to decide to pull up stakes.
I’ve lived in Colorado since 1987, and still think the state is great, but I fear it is starting its decline. I can remember seeing people open carry as a matter of daily occurrence. I had moved from the Kingdom of Kennedy (borough of Boston) and was shocked when I saw a man carrying a S&W auto into a gas station on his hip, and simply pay for his gas and not rob the place! I also saw a group of bikers with revolvers on their hips…and not rape and pillage the town! My eyes were just beginning to open.
Another little moment to which I have to confess; I was shocked to see air pistols on sale in the aisles of sporting good stores (as opposed to behind locked cases). In the Kingdom of Kennedy air pistols were considered “handguns” so you needed a Firearms Identification Card and local police approval (and be over 21) before you could touch one.
Colorado was like a different country, a free country.
However, in the last 19 years Colorado has made some mistakes. Immediately after Columbine, locals caved in to the media pressure and enacted Amendment 22 which requires a background check for gun sales between private citizens if any portion of the sale occurs at a ”gun show”. A “gun show” is further defined to be three or more people. Not only is this blatantly unconstitutional because it violates the Second Amendment, it also violates the First Amendment; Freedom of Assembly. The idea of a few friends, in the privacy of their own home, to exchange a firearm requiring the permission of Big Brother is starkly reminiscent of Stalin. Since Amendment 22 is an Amendment, not a law, I suspect we will never be able to repeal it.
The underlying problem with Colorado is the importation of millions of newcomers, mostly from California, into Denver. These people are used to such laws and actually want a Socialist State. As Denver grows the state as a whole becomes bluer and bluer. The results are depressing. The last election serves as an illustration.
For the first time in decades, the Democrats have taken control of the State government. I fear the next election will be worse, turning Denver into a Rocky Mountain Chicago.
After a decade of liberal attacks, Colorado recently repealed TABOR for five years. Without spending/taxing/borrowing limits, the state will soon be bankrupt. Taxes will skyrocket.
The city of Denver ignored a local referendum on the ballot that was passed legalizing marijuana within the city saying, “city police will still arrest marijuana possession because it violates state law”. With the same breath, the city refuses to abide by state concealed carry laws and enforces more restrictive city laws that are specifically prohibited in the state law. Denver cites an obscure legal term of “home rule” to do this. This picking and choosing of which laws to enforce, and which parts of the Constitution to read, and which elections to follow, is highly un-democratic. It is the first steps to dictatorship.
Meanwhile, I noted that our neighbor to the north, Wyoming, is actively fighting gun control. The state attorney general recently fought the BATF and won, allowing local concealed carry permit holders to purchase firearms without going through a background check (since they had to go through a background check to get the permit).
Wyoming has no income tax and a state mandated ceiling of 5% sales tax (4% to state, local municipalities may add no more than 1% in addition), so TABOR is unnecessary!
Then the Brady Campaign scores came out. Wyoming got a solid “F” for “Freedom”. That did it. I called a realtor to assess the value of my house and he not only assessed the value but brought a buyer for full price. Sold. I’ll be in Wyoming by the end of the month.
I think this will be the last move of my life. I do not see any place more Free to live on the entire planet.
So, are there any little quirks I should know about with regards to Wyoming gun laws? Any potential pitfalls that I am not aware of? I have had a concealed carry permit in Colorado for over a decade and know where and where not to carry in this state; I just want to make sure I do not innocently do something to get myself in trouble in Wyoming.
I’ve lived in Colorado since 1987, and still think the state is great, but I fear it is starting its decline. I can remember seeing people open carry as a matter of daily occurrence. I had moved from the Kingdom of Kennedy (borough of Boston) and was shocked when I saw a man carrying a S&W auto into a gas station on his hip, and simply pay for his gas and not rob the place! I also saw a group of bikers with revolvers on their hips…and not rape and pillage the town! My eyes were just beginning to open.
Another little moment to which I have to confess; I was shocked to see air pistols on sale in the aisles of sporting good stores (as opposed to behind locked cases). In the Kingdom of Kennedy air pistols were considered “handguns” so you needed a Firearms Identification Card and local police approval (and be over 21) before you could touch one.
Colorado was like a different country, a free country.
However, in the last 19 years Colorado has made some mistakes. Immediately after Columbine, locals caved in to the media pressure and enacted Amendment 22 which requires a background check for gun sales between private citizens if any portion of the sale occurs at a ”gun show”. A “gun show” is further defined to be three or more people. Not only is this blatantly unconstitutional because it violates the Second Amendment, it also violates the First Amendment; Freedom of Assembly. The idea of a few friends, in the privacy of their own home, to exchange a firearm requiring the permission of Big Brother is starkly reminiscent of Stalin. Since Amendment 22 is an Amendment, not a law, I suspect we will never be able to repeal it.
The underlying problem with Colorado is the importation of millions of newcomers, mostly from California, into Denver. These people are used to such laws and actually want a Socialist State. As Denver grows the state as a whole becomes bluer and bluer. The results are depressing. The last election serves as an illustration.
For the first time in decades, the Democrats have taken control of the State government. I fear the next election will be worse, turning Denver into a Rocky Mountain Chicago.
After a decade of liberal attacks, Colorado recently repealed TABOR for five years. Without spending/taxing/borrowing limits, the state will soon be bankrupt. Taxes will skyrocket.
The city of Denver ignored a local referendum on the ballot that was passed legalizing marijuana within the city saying, “city police will still arrest marijuana possession because it violates state law”. With the same breath, the city refuses to abide by state concealed carry laws and enforces more restrictive city laws that are specifically prohibited in the state law. Denver cites an obscure legal term of “home rule” to do this. This picking and choosing of which laws to enforce, and which parts of the Constitution to read, and which elections to follow, is highly un-democratic. It is the first steps to dictatorship.
Meanwhile, I noted that our neighbor to the north, Wyoming, is actively fighting gun control. The state attorney general recently fought the BATF and won, allowing local concealed carry permit holders to purchase firearms without going through a background check (since they had to go through a background check to get the permit).
Wyoming has no income tax and a state mandated ceiling of 5% sales tax (4% to state, local municipalities may add no more than 1% in addition), so TABOR is unnecessary!
Then the Brady Campaign scores came out. Wyoming got a solid “F” for “Freedom”. That did it. I called a realtor to assess the value of my house and he not only assessed the value but brought a buyer for full price. Sold. I’ll be in Wyoming by the end of the month.
I think this will be the last move of my life. I do not see any place more Free to live on the entire planet.
So, are there any little quirks I should know about with regards to Wyoming gun laws? Any potential pitfalls that I am not aware of? I have had a concealed carry permit in Colorado for over a decade and know where and where not to carry in this state; I just want to make sure I do not innocently do something to get myself in trouble in Wyoming.
