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发帖数: 10345 | 1 GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado sheriff says he won't enforce two
aggressive gun-control measures waiting to be signed into law by Gov. John
Hickenlooper.
Weld County Sheriff John Cooke told The Greeley Tribune http://bit.ly/141Ee2z ) that Democratic lawmakers are scrambling after recent mass shootings, and the bills are "feel-good, knee-jerk reactions that are unenforceable."
One bill expands background checks on firearm purchases, and the other
limits ammunition magazines to 15 rounds. The 15-round magazine limit would
make Colorado the first state outside the East Coast to ratchet back gun
rights after last year's shootings in Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn.
Colorado's gun-control debates have been closely watched because of the
state's gun-loving frontier heritage and painful history of mass shootings,
most recently last summer's movie theater shooting that killed 12.
The sheriff said he "won't bother enforcing" the laws because it would be
impossible for officers to keep track of how the requirements are being met
by gun owners — and he and other sheriffs are considering suing the state
to block the measures if they are signed into law.
Cooke said the bill passed Friday requiring a $10 background check to
legally transfer a gun wouldn't keep firearms out of the hands of those who
use them for violence.
"Criminals are still going to get their guns," he said.
The sheriff's office did not immediately return calls left by The Associated
Press.
The magazine-limit bill passed earlier in the week will technically ban all
magazines because of a provision that outlaws any magazine that can be
altered, he said, adding that all magazines can be altered to a higher
capacity.
Expanded checks have been a top priority for Hickenlooper, who called for
the proposal during his State of the State address in January.
Cooke oversees law enforcement in Colorado's third-largest county by area.
His jurisdiction includes its largest city, Greeley, and large swaths of
farmland and areas of oil and gas production. | C*******r
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa says he will
not enforce some new gun control laws being considered in Colorado after he
accused Democrats of extortion.
Maketa told people at a meeting on Thursday he would only enforce some of
the proposed new laws if the county could be held liable for any damages
caused by his department's lack of enforcement.
According to KOAA-TV, county commissioners Peggy Littleton and Amy Lathen
backed Maketa's stance and said they are looking into what actions the
county could take to stop any laws from going into effect locally.
The Colorado sheriff spoke out on what he called "extortion" to get sheriffs
across the state to change their position on gun control bills Wednesday.
Maketa was upset that Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband, Mark Kelly,
was allowed to testify on a gun control bill at the state capitol and not
some Colorado citizens.
"I’ve witnessed very controversial bills set in a process to allow full
access from supporters, opponents, and citizens to be heard by their
legislators," Maketa said. " On Monday, this didn’t occur." | r*********6
发帖数: 560 | 3 We need more LEOs like this in this country. | r*******1
发帖数: 4394 | 4 Gary Cooper 在 ｈｉｇｈｎｏｏｎ里的形象 |
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