Gun rights supporters descend on Colorado Capitol

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Gun rights supporters descend on Colorado Capitol
By IVAN MORENO and ALEXANDRA TILSLEY, Associated Press | March 4, 2013 | Updated: March 4, 2013 2:28pm

DENVER (AP) — The battle over new firearm restrictions intensified in Colorado on Monday as hundreds of gun rights supporters crammed the state Capitol and circled the building with car horns blaring, while inside the husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged lawmakers to pass universal background checks.

Colorado has become a focus point in the national debate over what new laws, if any, are needed to prevent gun violence in the wake of recent mass shootings, including an attack at a suburban Denver movie theater last summer — a massacre that brought to mind the Columbine High School shooting of 1999 for many in the state and across the nation.

Lawmakers in the politically moderate state are considering a package of gun control measures, including plans that would limit the size of ammunition magazines and expand background checks to include private sales and online purchases.

Retired astronaut and Navy captain Mark Kelly told lawmakers that he and his wife support the Second Amendment, but he said the right to bear arms shouldn't extend to criminals and the mentally ill.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Gun-rights-supporters-descend-on-Colorado-Capitol-4325666.php

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

1. Since the Newtown Massacre at least 2,268 Americans killed with guns,

158 children and teenagers. ( The Week Mar. 8 2013 )

[onehandle]

2. Idiots. Don't they know that black helicopters were scanning them...

...identifying them and inserting them into the secret gun collection database.

[sharp_stick]

3. This would be a great time for

an explosive release of sewer contents.

[Robb]

4. Also today, Colorado gun-rights spokesman officially charged:

DENVER - The suspended CEO accused of harassing a Colorado lawmaker has been formally charged.

Franklin Sain, 42, was charged Monday with a felony charge of attempt to influence a public servant and a misdemeanor charge of harassment-ethnic intimidation.

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According to the affidavit, police suspect Sain also sent Fields an anonymous letter that refers to the lawmaker with the same obscene, racist phrase repeatedly used in emails and phone messages that Sain admitted sending to the lawmaker. The letter also contains a reference to "30 round magazines" used in Sain's emails.

"I will keep my 30 round magazines. There will be blood! I'm coming for you (expletive)," states the letter, received at Fields' Capitol office on Feb. 21.

The letter names Fields and her daughter and states, "Death to Both."

Read More: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/suspended-ceo-franklin-sain-formally-charged-for-alleged-threats-against-rep-rhonda-fields

[dubient]

5. It Doesn't Look Very Impressive

http://www.9news.com/news/photo-gallery.aspx?storyid=321111

[Tempest]

6. Sure doesn't look like "hundreds".

Looks like far less than one hundred.

[Kolesar]

7. I only see about ten in any of the pictures

Stupid signs are a given in this case

[Hoyt]

8. As expected, small group of bigoted tbaggers looking stupid over their friggin guns.