Second Amendment Debate Reignites as Colorado Expands Gun Regulations

By Tom Knighton | Townhall

Because the Second Amendment protects the right to both keep and bear arms, there’s a third thing implied. You can’t keep or bear guns if you’re unable to acquire them in some manner.

In Colorado, where they’ve been attacking building firearms at home, they’re also going after the gun stores with new rules.

You see, it’s not enough to have mountains of regulations that everyone has to follow. Colorado also wants to make it even more difficult for them to stay open

The Colorado Senate on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill adding more regulations to gun stores operating in the state.

House Bill 26-1126, titled “Requirements for Firearms Dealers,” was approved on its third reading in a 20 to 15 vote, sending it to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk to be signed into law.

The bill directs the Department of Revenue to adopt new security rules for gun dealers, which must adopt the measures and submit a plan to the state by Oct. 1 next year. It would also require gun dealers to keep an electronic record of firearm transfers and would allow the state to fine gun dealers up to $75,000 for some violations.

Republicans and gun rights groups argue the legislation is part of a larger effort by Democrats to chip away at Second Amendment rights and make it harder and more expensive to buy firearms. Democrats control both houses of the General Assembly, Colorado’s legislature, and the governor is a Democrat.

“This bill is presented as a modest dealer regulation,” Sen. Lynda Zamora Wilson, R-El Paso County, said before the bill passed. “It is in fact a multi-pronged assault on the constitutional rights of Colorado’s law-abiding gun owners and the small business owners who serve them.”

“It builds – without using the work[sic] – a functional firearm registry accessible to state agencies without warrant or cause,” she added. “It imposes compliance costs that will drive small dealers out of business and reduce access to lawful firearm purchases.”

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