second amendment
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Everett: Why we run repeat bills
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Every year we see an article about legislators running the same bills year after year, just to see them killed in committee. There is usually a section in the article regarding “the cost” of running these bills, obviously trying to get the reader to question why we do this in the Legislature. Let me be…
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Noonan: Red meat bill strategy wastes time and money at the Legislature
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Patrick Neville, House minority leader from Castle Rock, said at the state GOP’s Capitol Club gathering that, “We’re going to make sure we push some good red meat bills.” For those confused by the term, those are school choice, religious freedom, Second Amendment rights and abortion. News stories outlining Neville’s assurances were published in this very publication.…
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Noonan: Final results show election angst on both sides turns into not much in Colorado
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In the grand total of many things political, Democrats did well in Colorado in 2016, going against the fly-over state trend. Even so, at the state level, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Statewide, unaffiliated voters broke toward Democrats at about 4.5 percent. With party registrations in November at almost even…
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? DC gun rights lawsuit reminiscent for Colorado
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A lawsuit over gun laws pending in Washington, D.C. is being closely watched by the Denver-based Independence Institute to determine how it could affect the rights of private citizens to carry concealed guns. The Independence Institute is a libertarian public policy group whose advocacy work for personal and economic freedom includes support for laws granting…
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Jensen: Awaiting the next media freakout over Trump
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The Great American Trump Freakout is just getting started, in which anything Trump says that can be misinterpreted as evil will be. Liberals are readily convinced Trump saying 2nd Amendment supporters could do something about Hillary appointing Supreme Court judges who oppose the Second Amendment was talking about assassination. Of course, he said no such…
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Coffman calls Trump remarks ‘reckless,’ but most state GOP officials stay mum
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The Republican incumbent in Colorado’s most competitive congressional race scolded Donald Trump for remarks the GOP presidential nominee made Tuesday about the Second Amendment and its supporters, although nearly every other prominent Republican in the state kept quiet as the controversy raged on. As politicians, pundits and law enforcement officials nationwide argued over whether Trump…
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Micek: No walking back Trump’s comments
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Donald Trump knew what he was doing Tuesday afternoon. Make no mistake. “Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish, the Second Amendment,” a smiling Trump said of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton during a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina. “By the way, and if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the…
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Trump, on defense, blames media for Second Amendment flap
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On the defensive once again, Donald Trump is blaming faulty interpretations and media bias for an uproar over his comments about the Second Amendment. He’s insisting he never advocated violence against Hillary Clinton, even as undeterred Democrats pile on. The latest controversy to strike Trump’s campaign arose, as they often do, out of an offhand…
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Trump slammed for comments about Clinton, Second Amendment
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Donald Trump ignited a fresh political firestorm Tuesday by declaring gun rights supporters might still find a way to stop Hillary Clinton, even if she should defeat him and then name anti-gun Supreme Court justices. Democrats pounced, accusing him of openly encouraging violence against his opponent. The Republican presidential nominee has been working this week to move…