Thread: Latest win for Colorado gun-rights activists: Recall election set Sept. 10

Latest win for Colorado gun-rights activists: Recall election set Sept. 10

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By Valerie Richardson
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The Washington Times
Thursday, July 18, 2013


** FILE ** Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

Colorado Senate president will face recall election forced by gun-rights activists

DENVER—Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper set Sept. 10 as the date for the state’s first-ever legislative recall election Thursday after a judge rejected a lawsuit aimed at stopping the recalls of two Democratic state legislators.
Denver District Court Chief Judge Robert Hyatt said the recall may proceed, ruling that the right of citizens to recall officeholders outweighed the technical objections to the petitions brought by constituents of Senate President John Morse and state Sen. Angela Giron.

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“I’m really, really happy, obviously,” said Victor Head, president of Pueblo Freedom and Rights, which organized the Giron recall. “He ruled with the people instead of with the lawyers and the bureaucrats.”

Citizens’ groups began circulating petitions in April to recall the two lawmakers in reaction to their votes in favor of three gun-control bills, which took effect July 1. A petition drive to repeal the bill restricting ammunition-magazine capacity is also underway.

Ms. Giron vowed to fight for her Senate seat in a post Thursday on her Facebook page.

“Yes, I’m aware of Chief District Judge Hyatt’s ruling and I’m READY!” said Ms. Giron. “This last session was my most successful yet and I’ll continue to talk with SD3 residents about our successes. Whether it’s an election in September or next year, I’m ready!!! Are you with me?”

Candidates seeking a spot on the recall ballots have until July 29 to submit 1,000 valid signatures from registered voters. So far retired Deputy Police Chief George Rivera has said that he will challenge Ms. Giron, while former Colorado Springs city councilman Bernie Herpin plans to run against Mr. Morse.

Mark Grueskin, attorney for Morse and Giron constituents, told KDVR-TV that he may appeal the judge’s decision to the Colorado Supreme Court.


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Gun-Grabbers Go Full Femme-a-Gogue in Colorado

Michelle Malkin | Sep 04, 2013

COLORADO SPRINGS -- Out: The boy who cried wolf. In: The girl who cried birth control. Desperate Democrats are imposing false-alarm feminist politics on a high-stakes recall election in Colorado this month. It's a golden opportunity for independent-minded women to reject empty femme-a-goguery and tear up the Sandra Fluke card.

On September 10, Colorado Springs and Pueblo will decide whether to boot two top state Democrats (state Senate Majority Leader John Morse and state Sen. Angela Giron) over their support for radical gun- and ammo-control measures spearheaded by outside special interests. Left-wing billionaires Michael Bloomberg of New York City and Eli Broad of Detroit have poured $700,000 between them into defending the endangered Colorado Democrats.
A whiff of elitist progressive panic is polluting the Rocky Mountain air. Polls show "moderate" Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, who was against anti-Second Amendment gesture theater before he was for it, losing favor here. The libs' gun-control laws (including more intrusive background checks and ammo mag limits) have driven manufacturing jobs away, made it more difficult for law-abiding gun-owners to conduct business, and done little to increase public safety. No wonder Hickenlooper has barely lifted one of his wavering, wet fingers in the wind to assist the recall targets.

Extremist liberal groups are filling the vacuum. They're trotting out ridiculous fear-mongers to demonize Morse's GOP challenger Bernie Herpin and Giron's challenger George Rivera as misogynistic zealots hell-bent on confiscating every condom, morning-after pill and key to an abortion clinic in the Pikes Peak region. Exhale. Consider the newly formed 527 political action group "We Can Do Better, Colorado," which put out ominous mailers and TV ads created by a Chicago-based firm. The spots are narrated by an angst-filled female who asks:

"What would you call someone who supports a ban on common forms of birth control? Interferes with our personal decisions?" ... "Someone who supports a plan that could even allow police to investigate miscarriages and question the grieving woman like a criminal?"

The narrator frets that if birth control warriors don't rise up against the Neanderthals, they might soon be calling Herpin and Rivera "state senators." Gasp! The Republican challengers appear in the ads as shadowy threats in black-and-white photos. All that's missing are the wire hangers.

Locals here also report that their college-age children are receiving push calls zeroing in on GOP opposition to taxpayer-subsidized birth control, abortion and the so-called Personhood amendment -- none of which sparked the recall in the first place and are not at issue in the special elections.

The reality? Both Herpin and Rivera are pro-life, mainstream Republicans focused on increasing economic opportunity and government accountability. Their recall campaigns have zeroed in on the control freak Democrats' underhanded subversion of transparency and the deliberative process during their gun-control hearings.

The true misogynists are Morse, Giron and their Bloomberg-bolstered gang who shut out Colorado citizens, disparaged Second Amendment-supporting rape victims and female concealed-carry permit holders, and cut off the testimony of countless sheriffs who opposed the sovereignty-infringing gun-control measures. Women voters here and across the country should not forget that these Nanny Staters told grandmothers, mothers and daughters last spring that they don't need handguns to defend themselves, because "rape whistles," "call boxes" and "ballpoint pens" are sufficient.

The gun-grabbing femme-a-gogues think they can do what they did to Colorado U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck in 2010: hammer the GOP into submission and defeat over their phony "reproductive rights" agenda. Enough. "Our bodies, our choice" does not just apply to abortion and birth control. It applies to every woman's right to defend herself as she sees fit.

The Dems' presumptuous paternalism aims to keep independent women both physically and intellectually disarmed. I say: Think and act with your lady smarts, not your lady parts.

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COLORADO SHERIFFS JOIN RECALL RALLY




by AWR HAWKINS 4 Sep 2013, 12:55 AM PDT 157POST A COMMENT
Six Colorado Sheriffs will attend a Wednesday rally to "lend their voices to citizens fighting for their Constitutional rights through the recall process."

The rally is from 12 PM to 1 PM MDT and is being held at the Pioneer Museum in Colorado Springs.

The Sheriffs who will be in attendance are part of the group of 55 who have filed suit to have Colorado's new gun control laws overturned: El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa, Weld County Sheriff John Cooke, Teller County Sheriff Mike Ensminger, Douglas County Sheriff Dave Weaver, Gilpin County Sheriff Bruce Hartman, and Cheyenne County Sheriff Ken Putnam.

Sheriff Maketa heaped praise on those fighting for their Constitutional rights through the recall process:

This effort has truly been the essence of grassroots and is driven by a passion for freedom and protection of citizens' rights. I applaud those who have worked so diligently to be heard; this effort has been nothing short of historic. Government should always be for the people, by the people.

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Pigs from Hell Still Fry Like Bacon

September 3, 2013 - Activism, Featured, Main - Tagged: Giron, Morse, Recall peittions in Colorado - 1 comment

By Holly Deyo
www.standeyo.com
September 3, 2013

“If either of these Colorado state senators is defeated, billionaire Mike Bloomberg’s already flailing Mayors Against Illegal Guns will be revealed as having very little actual political clout. MAIG’s defeat in Colorado might doom the brief resurgence of the gun control movement that erupted post-Newtown.” —bearingarms.com

Photo: Senator Angela Giron (left) and John Morse (right) are facing a historic recall in Colorado.
Colorado State Senate

The headline screams: Ken Salazar Visits Pueblo in Support of Sen. Giron. Visit or not, furious Coloradans have marched two senators in front of the proverbial firing squad in an historic recall election.

There is little coverage on the pro-recall side of this issue unless you read national Fox News. Everyone else covers ONLY the ‘get rid of their guns’ aspect. Not even local papers grant unbiased ink space.

Two leading state Democrats, John Morse and Angela Giron, are directing massively restrictive gun laws not endorsed by Colorado residents. A liberal opposition quartet is spearheaded by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who donated $350,000 of his personal funds to thwart the recall, billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad who donated $250,000; The Brady Campaign and Gabby Gifford’s husband who arrived on Colorado’s doorstep to bray his opinion though he lives in New Mexico. (Mind your own state’s business, people). See the NY Times: National Gun Debate Hits Close to Home in Colorado Recall Vote. Real fear this recall will succeed is evidenced as vitriolic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and the group Organizing For Action are now chiming in.

Read more here.. http://standeyo.com/NEWS/13_USA/130903.pigs.in.hell.html


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It Looks Like At Least One Gun-Grabber Will Go Down In Defeat In Colorado

By Brian Carey on September 9, 2013 Subscribe to Brian Carey's Feed@brianmcarey

If early voting is any indication, it appears that one of two Colorado state senators who supported gun control earlier this year will be out of a job.

This, of course, is excellent news for all who support the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.

In case you’re not familiar with the back story, here’s a quick recap. Earlier this year, to capitalize on the hysteria of the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, Colorado Democrats decided to push through some extraordinarily unpopular gun control legislation in their state. After much controversy, the legislation eventually passed and was signed into law.

The gun control law contained the usual, ineffective provisions. It limited the size of ammunition magazines and required universal registration background checks. The fact that neither of those provisions would have prevented the shootings at Newtown was irrelevant to the statists who don’t like it when their constituents have certain freedoms.

Two of the state senators who voted for that gun control legislation became the targets (no pun intended there, haters) of an NRA-backed recall election. Those two senators are Angela Giron and John Morse. John Morse is the “white whale” out of those two because he is also the President of the state senate.

The good news for freedom-lovers is this: although Republicans comprise only 26% of Morse’s district, early voting indicates a 41% Republican turnout. We think that Republicans are serious about tossing this guy out on his rear. The NRA might get its white whale after all.

Unfortunately, things are not looking quite as good in Giron’s district for people who support constitutional freedoms. We wouldn’t feel comfortable predicting that one in favor of the NRA.

Still, the loss of just one of these recall elections will give legislators at the state level pause before they mess around with our Second Amendment rights again. We think that is a positive development.

(H/T: Breitbart)


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