Alphecca: CO: No Rights for Store Owners

February 28, 2007

CO: No Rights for Store Owners

While Colorado citizens have the right to defend themselves, apparently store owners don't -- thanks to the Democrat controlled Senate. From the Denver Post:

Senate Democrats are winning the gun battle at the state Capitol so far this year.

The Senate State Affairs Committee, known unofficially as a graveyard for bills that leadership wants killed, shot down a proposal Monday to expand Colorado's "make my day" law.

The three Democrats on the five-member committee rejected legislation that would have allowed business owners to shoot threatening intruders, as homeowners are already permitted to do.

The bill's demise came three days after Senate Democrats thwarted attempts by Republicans to hijack a Democrat-sponsored bill that would tighten restrictions on concealed weapons.

Republicans tried to amend the bill to say Coloradans could use concealed-gun permits from any other state. Instead, the legislation from Sen. John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, squeaked through as he originally wrote it - a ban on mail-order and other out-of-state permits for people who want to pack concealed handguns.

It is beyond me to figure out how anyone would not want to allow a store owner to defend himself and his shop. Once again the Democrats put the rights and welfare of thugs ahead of the law abiding and hard working citizen.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at February 28, 2007 07:38 AM

Comments

Once a liberal democrat, always a liberal democrat. What's new? Jack.

Posted by: Jack Lorenz at February 28, 2007 08:15 AM

It's about total control. They know they have little chance of controlling the criminal, but they are relatively few.

First they will try for total control over the cooperative. Then they kill or maim or imprison whoever they like for any reason or no reason at all and thus gain an orderly society that rewards only them.

NO, that is not paranoia speaking, that is history.

Posted by: straightarrow at February 28, 2007 03:57 PM

So, how does this apply to store-owners who live on the premises?

Posted by: karrde at February 28, 2007 04:19 PM

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CO: No Rights for Store Owners

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