Two weeks ago, the Washington Post declared the recall elections of two powerful state senators in Colorado a national "referendum on guns." Indeed, the defeat of state senate president John Morse and fellow state senator Angela Giron will cause some Democrats to rethink their push on gun control.
But of course, many Democrats have reacted by shrugging off the results. Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has dismissed the losses as the result of "voter suppression, pure and simple" (orchestrated by the National Rifle Association and the Koch brothers, of course). Mark Glaze, executive director of Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns, predicted that the victory by gun owners would be short lived at best and that gun control legislators would take comfort in knowing that his group "will have their back."
In reality, it is hard not to appreciate what was accomplished. The difficulties facing the recall were overwhelming:
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Lott: Waking a sleeping giant in Colorado
Friday, September 13, 2013
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Anti-gun legislators in Richmond have been busy ahead of the 2026 legislative session working on ways to burden your Second Amendment rights.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
In September, the North Carolina General Assembly briefly returned from recess and re-referred Senate Bill 50, Freedom to Carry NC, to the House Rules Committee.
Monday, January 5, 2026
On Friday, Jan. 3, a divided three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that California’s ban on open carry in counties with a population of greater than 200,000 ...
Saturday, January 10, 2026
The year may have changed, but the mission of anti-gun lawmakers in Trenton has not. Late Friday, the legislature posted two anti-Second Amendment bills for floor action Monday, January 12 in the Senate.
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Today, the National Rifle Association—along with the American Suppressor Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, and Second Amendment Foundation—announced the filing of another lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA).
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