Angela Giron – LonelyMachines

Colorado: The Morning After

Everyone’s scrambling to interpret the consequences of last week’s recall elections in Colorado. Ousted Senator Angela Giron went on CNN last Thursday and tried to play the voter suppression card before Brooke Baldwin cut her off. It was obvious that Giron was utterly blindsided by the results.

She refuses to accept that her vote for hasty and onerous legislation had anything to do with it. Arrogance towards her constituents? Nah. This was a conspiracy by the NRA and the Koch brothers. I kid you not.

Governor Hickenlooper tried to play down the importance of the vote, claiming “outside money coming in is generally not welcome.” Does he mean the ~$350,000 from the NRA to support the recalls or the ~$350,00 coming from Michael Bloomberg to oppose them? I guess the $2 million in other contributions to Morse and Giron doesn’t count as “outside money” either.

Gun owners won because they did the work.

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Colorado Recall Successful

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Colorado Senator Angela Giron and Senate President John Morse have been successfully recalled in Colorado. Republican Bernie Herpin will be taking Morse’s place. I’m happy to say I called this one wrong.

This recall election was about one thing: gun control. The Colorado legislature capitalized on the emotional impact of the Sandy Hook shooting to push several onerous bills before cooler heads could prevail. HB 1224, restricting ownership of magazines holding more than 15 rounds, led to Magpul pulling their operations out of state and taking $92 million out of the economy.

A bill mandating that nearly all private transfers be processed through licensed gun dealers has also proved problematic. Dealers are not allowed to charge more than $10 to do the paperwork and process the background check. As such, most are refusing to perform the service. The end result? Private transfers are all but impossible.

We’re witnessing a vital piece of history here.

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