The committee should be ashamed and embarrassed. The Colorado House Judiciary Committee has devastated residents, especially families who lost loved ones in the Columbine mass shooting. Question: What day is sadder than April 20, 1999? Answer: April 20, 2023. Save somebody’s life for God’s, children’s and people’s sakes!
To ban assault weapons can be an immediate, if not perfect, solution. To deal with that is a long, involved process. Whose benefit is he talking about? The gun manufacturers or the lives not lost because the crazy person didn’t use an assault weapon? Mental illness is a copout. Mike Weissman said that “lawmakers needed to reevaluate whether the costs associated with bringing and supporting an assault weapons ban still outweighed the benefits,” according to the story. It makes me sick at heart and furious that no assault weapons ban was passed. Our great country’s moral being is unsustainable without our political action now. Let’s propose national and state legislation regulating gun ownership, manufacturing, sales, licensing, etc. No way is the task before us easy, but it would seem to me to be no other way:ģ. I am more convinced than ever that gun ownership must be relegated to the province of “privilege” instead of the province of a “right,” as we have so brazenly ill-defined it in our defense of the Second Amendment. Let’s be honest the Second Amendment is a historical artifact, contributing nothing but disaster and heartbreak at breakneck speed. We must stop this societal madness, and we can do it, if only we would take the political risk of doing the right thing. How does a gun culture, as we know it, contribute to a morally respectful, humane and courageous society? We are at risk every day of another mass shooting. Why is our political descent into inaction on this so brazenly clear? Why, we all ask? What is it we fear? What is it our legislators fear… the NRA, the gun owner, the constituent who won’t vote for them? Really? Military-style assault weapons - that we are literally killing ourselves with - have absolutely no place in our civil society. I am astonished, outraged, saddened and deeply discouraged by our political inability to ban the lethal poison of gun violence we perpetrate on ourselves. Re: “Assault weapons: Panel votes to end ban proposal,” April 21 news story John Beltrone, Edgewater mayor Kyle Schlachter, Littleton mayor and Laura Weinberg, Golden mayor Disheartened by blocking of weapons ban Our legislature and governor have the opportunity to show us that they are committed to our health and to the well-being of our communities. And the bill will add critical pollution measures to the state’s plan for ozone. The bill will require the oil and gas industry to clean up some of their dirtiest equipment on the Front Range. It will improve the use of air quality analyses to assess the impacts of new pollution before issuing permits. If adopted, the bill will strengthen Colorado’s permitting processes to better ensure compliance with federal air quality standards. The bill aims to improve Colorado’s broken air quality permitting and enforcement processes that have worsened the state’s ozone crisis. It’s time to stop new sources of ozone pollution from adding to the problem, which is why the newly introduced Protecting Communities from Air Pollution Act is such an important step forward. Instead, we’ve put in place half-measures that equate to plugging a leak with a piece of chewing gum. From the negative effects on our children’s health to the disruptive nature of ever more frequent ozone alert days during the summer, we’ve been barreling down the wrong path and failing to enforce the policies that would help turn the ship around. Re: “Four proposals aimed at reducing state’s ozone pollution problem,” April 20 news story, and “Oil and gas: Tougher plan for permits on deck,” April 12 news storyĪs mayors in cities around the metro Denver region, we see first-hand the impacts that ozone pollution has on our communities. Kay Robbins, Denver Area mayors appeal for clean air efforts He doesn’t need cable or lamestream news and he is too popular to fade away. I think he will emerge in some sort of internet show of his own design. I’m sure the Dems are cheering Tucker’s departure. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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