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If at first you get slapped down in court... A Colorado State Open Thread, March 31, 2025. [1]
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Date: 2025-03-31
The Colorado State Open Thread is written for those interested in, those who have heard of, who have lived in, passed through, maybe even never come close to our square(ish) state but might be contemplating it in some future lifetime, well, this is for you.
Sometimes Colorado can be a state with stubborn politicians.
This first story is about those kind of people, but I happen to like these kind of stubborn people even though they can cost us money in legal fees. This is the article from the Colorado Sun:
A bill that would ban the manufacture and drastically restrict the sale of certain semiautomatic firearms that can accept detachable ammunition magazines in Colorado is now headed to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk after it cleared its final legislative hurdle Friday. Polis has signaled he will sign the Democrat-backed measure, which would be one of the most restrictive gun regulations ever adopted in Colorado. Senate Bill 3 would prohibit people from buying the otherwise banned weapons — most semiautomatic rifles as well as some semiautomatic pistols and shotguns — unless they get approved by their county sheriff and complete up to a dozen hours of training.
The key here are weapons that accept detachable magazines. Every Republican in both houses of the legislature voted against this legislation and there were some Democrats who also voted against the bill. The bill was watered down so it would meet Polis’ requirements for signing. This will not go into effect until 2026 to give time for the training to be set up and the Republicans have vowed to sue to overturn the legislation immediately upon implementation (of course). I expect that this and the other laws that about strengthening gun laws will likely be overturned, but I’m glad that our Democratic legislators are trying to make Colorado safer for us. I have no desire to have to live in a dangerous state just so yahoos can live out their dangerous fantasies.
What are your plans for Saturday (National Day of Protest)?
Representative DeGette’s 1st Congressional District Town Hall (location provided by email prior to the event, so contact her office) 10 AM
Hands Off Loveland, CO — 1429 Lake Drive, 10AM-12PM, by the Statue of Liberty
Hands Off! [Greeley-Weld Indivisible] Fights Back — 901 9th Ave, 10AM — 4PM Weld County Courthouse Greeley, CO 80631
Hands Off Denver, CO — Rally at the Capitol, west side, 12-4 PM
Hands Off Summit County, CO — Frisco, CO, Colorado 9 & Main Street, Triangle Park, 12-1PM
Hands Off! Paonia, CO — www.mobilize.us/… 12-1PM
Alamosa (not sure if it’s part of “Hands Off!”) — Main & State St, Every Saturday 12-1 PM, per On Puget Sound in their comment below
Hands Off! Chaffee County & Friends — Riverside Park, 170 E Sackett Ave, Salida, CO 81201, 12-1:30 PM
Hands Off Lyons, CO — 3rd Ave and Main at the triangle 12-2 PM
Hands Off Fort Collins, CO — Civic Center Park, 12-2 PM
Hands Off! Eagle County, CO — Edwards, Edwards Roundabout, Hwy 6 and Edwards Access Rd, Edwards, CO 81632, 12-2 PM
Colorado Springs City Hall, 107 N Nevada Ave, Monument Valley Park Bridge Hands Off! Colorado Springs, CO —07 N Nevada Ave, Monument Valley Park Bridge Colorado Springs, CO 80903 12-2 PM
Hands Off! Gunnison, CO — I.O.O.F. Park, 124 E Virginia Ave, Gunnison, CO 81230, 12-2PM
Hands Off! Fairplay, CO — The OLD Courthouse, CO-9 (Main St) between 4th and 5th St.Fairplay, CO 80440, 12-3PM
Hands Off Longmont, CO — 6th Ave and Main, 1-2 PM
Hands Off Boulder — Gazebo on Thunderbird Lake across the street from Frasier Meadows Retirement Community 350 Ponca Place, Boulder, CO 1-2 PM.
Event Contact: Mitch Stahl
[email protected]
Hands Off Boulder — Protest at Intersection of Table Mesa Road and South Boulder Blvd, 1-3 PM
Event Contact: Paula Mannell
[email protected] (520) 331-9561
Hands Off! PUEBLO, CO — 215 W 10th St Pueblo, CO 81003 1-3 PM
Downtown Courthouse Lawn Steamboat Springs, CO Downtown Courthouse Lawn , 2-3 PM Hands Off Routt County — 522 Lincoln Ave, 80487 , 2-3 PM
Hands Off! Cañon City, CO - South 9th Street & U.S. 50, Cañon City, CO 81212 12-2 and maybe 2-5 PM
Hands Off! Parachute to Aspen, Glenwood Springs - Sayre Park, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601, 3:30-5PM
Hands Off Bailey, CO — US Highway 285 & Rosalie Road, Bailey, CO 8042 1, 3:30-6PM
Hands off Grand County — Protest at U.S. Highway 40 & County Road 804, Fraser, CO 80442 at Safeway in Fraser, 4-5 PM
Please carpool if you can and park in either the Safeway, Murdoch's, Headwaters Trails Alliance parking lots. Choose parking spots that are not prime customer spaces. Please do not park at Azteca. When protesting, stay on public spaces including the sidewalk and the multi-use pathway. Be aware of pedestrians wanting to use these paths as well; allow them to pass by unobstructed.
Wyoming:
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