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   Rudy Canoza  wrote in   
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   > On 9/2/2022 5:03 PM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:   
   >> Six weeks ago:   
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   >>   | Steve Bannon laughed at me   
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   > The judge sucked Bannon's cock.   
      
   Colorado's governor signed four gun control bills Friday, following the   
   lead of other states struggling to confront a nationwide surge in violent   
   crime and mass shootings.   
      
   Before the ink was even dry on Gov. Jared Polis' signature, gun rights   
   groups sued to reverse two of the measures: raising the buying age for any   
   gun from 18 to 21, and establishing a three-day waiting period between the   
   purchase and receipt of a gun. The courts are already weighing lawsuits   
   over such restrictions in other states. The U.S. Supreme Court recently   
   issued a ruling that expanded Second Amendment rights.   
      
   The new laws, which Democrats pushed through despite late-night   
   filibusters from Republicans, are aimed at quelling rising suicides and   
   youth violence, preventing mass shootings and opening avenues for gun   
   violence victims to sue the long-protected firearm industry. They were   
   enacted just five months after a mass shooting at an LGBTQ club in   
   Colorado Springs.   
      
   "Coloradans deserve to be safe in our communities, in our schools, in our   
   grocery stores, in our nightclubs," Polis said as he signed the measures   
   in his office. The governor was flanked by activists wearing red shirts   
   reading, "Moms Demand Action," students from a Denver high school recently   
   affected by a shooting, and parents of a woman killed in the Aurora   
   theater shooting in 2012.   
      
   Supportive lawmakers and citizens alike had tears in their eyes and roared   
   their applause as Polis signed each bill. Colorado has a history of   
   notorious mass shootings, reaching back to the Columbine High School   
   massacre in 1999.   
      
   Republicans decried the bills as onerous encroachments on Second Amendment   
   rights that would impede Colorado residents' ability to defend themselves   
   amid a rising statewide crime rate. Gun rights advocates pledged to   
   reverse the measures.   
      
   "This is simply bigoted politicians doing what bigoted politicians do:   
   discriminating against an age," said Taylor Rhodes, executive director of   
   the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, referring to the new age limit on gun   
   purchases. Rhodes said he has confidence in the lawsuits that his group   
   has filed.   
      
   A third measure passed by the legislature will strengthen the state's red   
   flag law, and a fourth rolls back some legal protections for the firearm   
   industry, exposing them to lawsuits from the victims of gun violence.   
      
   The new red flag law, also called an extreme risk protection order,   
   empowers those working closely with youth and adults — doctors, mental   
   health professionals and teachers — to petition a judge to temporarily   
   remove someone's firearm. Previously, petition power was limited mainly to   
   law-enforcement and family members. The goal is to act preemptively before   
   someone attempts suicide or attacks others.   
      
   At the signing ceremony, Senate President Steve Fenberg, a Democrat and   
   one of the bill's sponsors, said Republicans and other gun control   
   opponents often respond to mass shootings by saying it's too soon to talk   
   about restricting firearms.   
      
   "It isn't too soon. It's too late for so many of the lost souls," Fenberg   
   said. "We needed to have done more to prevent what happened."   
      
   Republicans argued that the law would discourage people — especially   
   military veterans — from candidly speaking with medical doctors and mental   
   health professionals for fear of having their weapons temporarily seized.   
      
   The law requiring a three-day delay between buying and receiving a firearm   
   — an attempt to curtail impulsive violence and suicide attempts — puts   
   Colorado in line with nine other states, including California, Florida and   
   Hawaii.   
      
   Colorado has the sixth-highest suicide rate in the country, with nearly   
   1,400 in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   
   (CDC). A RAND Corporation analysis of four studies found that waiting   
   periods are linked to lower suicide-by-gun deaths.   
      
   Opponents raised concerns that people who need to defend themselves — such   
      
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