Colorado legislators are not finished devouring your constitutional rights. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse in Denver, state Representative Beth McCann (D-8) will be submitting legislation tomorrow that will nullify the right to due process for gun owners throughout Colorado.
Under this proposed language, your fundamental Second Amendment rights would hinge on the impression you make with doctors (of any sort, whether or not in a mental health specialty), therapists, counselors and social workers. These medical professionals could simply report you, your wife, son or daughter to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and have your name placed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) if they believe you pose a “significant risk” to yourself or others.
Under this proposed language, once your name has been placed on this list, you automatically lose the right to possess a firearm of any type for one full year. You may lose your constitutionally protected Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms all based upon the passing opinion of another. You receive no trial or legal proceeding where you could defend yourself and your inherent rights.
A parent who brings a child in for counseling, a person who attends a stress reduction seminar or someone who calls an employee assistance hotline after a bad day at work could be reported, without any ability to contest or answer concerns, and subject to one year prohibition from owning and possessing a firearm.
Compare this scheme to the revocation process for a driver’s license. Absent some unlawful conduct on the part of the licensee, the state could only revoke a drivers license, for which the licensee has no specific constitutional right, after a hearing proves that the licensee was somehow unqualified to have the license. This means that in Colorado, if this legislation were enacted, your constitutional rights would not compare in importance to the ability of being able to drive a car.
The unconstitutional behavior of anti-gun legislators in Denver can be tolerated no more. They are summarily destroying your hunting and shooting heritage and they are trying to take what is left of your Second Amendment rights in Colorado before the end of this legislative session.
We need you to contact Representative Beth McCann and state House Leadership TODAY AND EVERYDAY UNTIL THEY KILL THIS BILL and respectfully tell them you oppose any effort to steal away your constitutional rights!
Representative Mark Ferrandino (D-2), House Speaker
303-866-2346
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Representative Dickey Lee Hullinghorst (D-10), House Majority Leader
303-866-2348
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Representative Dan Pabon (D-4), Assistant House Majority Leader
303-866-2954
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https://twitter.com/RepPabon
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Representative Lois Court (D-6), House Majority Caucus Chair
303-866-2967
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Representative Dominick Moreno (D-32), Assistant House Majority Caucus Chair
303-866-2964
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Representative Beth McCann (D-8), House Majority Caucus Whip
303-866-2959
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Representative Su Ryden (D-36), House Majority Deputy Whip
303-866-2942
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https://twitter.com/suryden
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Representative Claire Levy (D-13), House Speaker Pro Tempore
303-866-2578
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https://twitter.com/RepClaireLevy
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