{"id":34591,"date":"2013-03-17T09:34:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T13:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=34591"},"modified":"2013-03-17T09:34:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T13:34:31","slug":"co-sheriff-new-gun-laws-unenforceable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=34591","title":{"rendered":"CO sheriff; new gun laws unenforceable"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Times<\/a> reports that the Colorado legislature passed new rules regarding background checks – forcing private sellers to pay $10 to get a background check on the buyer;<\/p>\n

\u201cAre going to stop all criminals from getting guns? No,\u201d said Democratic Rep. Beth McCann, a sponsor of the background checks bill. \u201cBut are we are going to put a barrier there, make it more difficult for them? Yes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, big barrier, bud. Meanwhile, the Greeley Tribune<\/a> reports that Weld County sheriff, John Cooke, announced that he won’t enforce the new law, or the law passed earlier in the week which limited magazine capacity to 15-rounds;<\/p>\n

Cooke said Democratic lawmakers are uninformed but are scrambling in reaction to recent tragedies in the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re feel-good, knee-jerk reactions that are unenforceable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cooke said the bill requiring a $10 background check to legally transfer a gun would not keep firearms out of the hands of those who use them for violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cCriminals are still going to get their guns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cooke said the other bill would also technically ban all magazines because of a provision that outlaws any magazine that can be altered. He said all magazines can be altered to a higher capacity.<\/p>\n

Cooke said he, like other county sheriffs, \u201cwon\u2019t bother enforcing\u201d the laws because it will be impossible for them to keep track of how the requirements are being met by gun owners. He said he and other sheriffs are considering a lawsuit against the state to block the measures if they are signed into law. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, it really doesn’t matter if law enforcement won’t prosecute the laws, what’s important is that law makers feel better about themselves. That they can go home at night and proclaim to their mirrors that they “did something” regardless of whether it accomplishes something or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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