Certify Rifles Or Face Consequences
Boulder Residents Given Just Days To ‘Certify’ Rifles Or Face Consequences
Colorado used to be a fairly pro-gun state, but all that changed shortly after a shooting in an Aurora, CO movie theater. While the killer was caught and isn’t a risk to the public anymore, that didn’t mean anti-gun forces didn’t seize on the opportunity.
Since then, the state has seen a progression of anti-gun incrementalism. Unfortunately, the stupid doesn’t just stop with the state legislature. It seems the People’s Republic of Boulder wants to get in on the action and is now giving people who own so-called assault rifles just days to “certify” their weapons or face repercussions.
Residents of Boulder, Co., have until December 27 to “certify” their “assault weapons” or remove the firearms from city limits. Those who fail to comply could face fines, jail time, and confiscation and destruction of their firearms, according to the Denver Post.
Boulder police say they have certified 85 firearms since the city council passed an “assault weapons” ban in May. Residents who already owned prohibited rifles, pistols, and shotguns were given the chance to keep their firearms by certifying prior ownership with police. The council also voted unanimously to ban “high-capacity” magazines and bump stocks.
“My hope is that we will see more bans at the state level and one day at the federal level so these weapons will no longer be available,” Councilman Aaron Brockett said in May.
It seems no official records are being kept and police only have a handwritten count of how many of these “certifications” are being done.
They also don’t have a clue about compliance levels either.
It’s difficult to estimate compliance levels, and police and city officials have admitted that they can’t do much about gun owners who refuse to certify their rifles.
“This is a very divisive issue where people have very strong feelings,” City Attorney Tom Carr told the Daily Camera. “The folks who oppose these kinds of bans … some of them suggest they’re not going to cooperate. I can’t predict what people are going to do, but I respect the feelings.”
That’s putting it mildly.
A lot of people aren’t going to comply and are sitting there, counting the days and thinking, “Molon Labe, jackwagons.”
Just another political statement from the stank-ass hippies. Romaine lettuce killed more people last month than “assault weapons”.
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Philadelphia tries to do this in PA every couple of years. They get taken to court over preempting state laws and lose every time.
Yeah, 2B, but problem here in Colorado is that with our new side-saddle governor, they’ll end up passing a bunch of new guns laws that will be ignored.. Sadly the repubs that got voted in due to disgust over the previous laws (magazine limits, “universal” background checks, etc) did absolutely NOTHING to repeal them as they promised, so they got voted out again… I am counting the days till I can retire and get out of this once great state that’s become a liberal shithole….
Okay, so let’s say that you register your AR with the police on Monday. On Tuesday, you take your registered rifle, waltz into a crowded something and start shooting. Um. I guess that I’m missing the point of the ordinance.
There is no point except as a precursor to confiscation.
The cops knowing you have one stops zero crimes with that weapon, it’s simply a means to an end when the goal is confiscating firearms.
3d Printing, and home CNC machines are going to make a lot of these laws obsolete eventually. For those who don’t but those machines, the book Expedient Firearms can show you how to make a fully automatic 9mm submachinegun from parts available at a plumbing supply store. The weapon won’t be much good for anything but fighting back against oppression, but it’s still better than a sharp stick. Anyone who doubts that hasn’t seen what the Chechens were able to do with home made 9mm submachineguns built from this book.
Royalnonesuch on YouTube/Full30 has may videos of making weapons from Lowe’s/Home Depot in part sponsored by Mark Serbu. He’s actually got licenses from ATF but it shows you that shit gets made.
https://www.full30.com/channels/royalnonesuch
This was tried in Chicago. Chicago was told by a judge it violates the US Constitution.
They don’t care.
And exactly how does the City of Boulder plan to enforce this breach of the Second Amendment? The PDRofMD passed much the same thing in 2013, and owners of scary looking guns in uncounted tens of thousands simply ignored the new law. Not one has been charged, arrested, tried, and convicted yet.
They probably don’t have a plan. They talked about it, made themselves feel better by talking about it, and that is that.
Meanwhile, don’t YOU feel better knowing that all those scary bump stocks are now under control in Bolder? Makes you wonder if they were running around off lead prior to this ordinance.
Exactly- this is “feel good” legislation so they can say they “did something” to curtail gun crime.
The fact that with the stroke of a pen, an unknown number of law-abiding citizens were turned into instant criminals for ignoring a violation of their Civil Rights is just collateral damage.
Haven’t been to Boulder yet, and it looks less and less likely I ever will. I’m OK with that.
How about that bullet registry MD had? Tens of millions poured into a system that solved exactly ZERO crimes there.
Rank Boulder’s hippie bullshit right up there with it. Oh, and Jersey? Fuck you too:
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/30893-nj-state-police-refuse-to-rule-out-door-to-door-disarmament
It was a casing registry that was nothing but a money pit for the taxpayer. The thought was to ID the expended casing(s) to a specific handgun, but it resolved exactly zero crimes. I had to wait for my S&W 686 to be fired by a gun shop employee so they could provide a casing- the 686 is a revolver.
One of the first things governor Hogan did was to shitcan the whole thing. Unfortunately that was about the only thing he’s done that I agree with.
Yeah, but at the beginning of every session the MGA says to NJ and CA “Hold my beer and watch this…”
Just as the civil rights movement of the 1960’s gained the momentum required to overturn Jim Crow laws through acts of civil disobedience, the 2d Amendment Movement is going to need some brave, defiant patriots to refuse to comply with local laws that blatantly deny them their constitutional freedoms.
Whether such civil disobedience results in violence is largely in the hands of the authorities just as it was in the civil rights movement. My suspicion is that this time around, there is a great deal more sympathy in the nationwide law enforcement community for the violators although that may not hold true in very liberal local communities. Only time will tell.
I believe the purpose of such laws is to drive one or more folks into defiant public disobedience, and to gain enforcement funding.
That will justify the “example” SWAT raid, just as Ruby Ridge and Waco were intended to send the twin messages of “obey, or else” and “more budget needed to swat the yahoos”.
I was a bit surprised the 2005 gun grab in New Orleans did not produce such a “disobedience” case.
For those relying on sympathetic local Sheriffs and other LEOs to defy grab orders, note that NOLA imported compliant cops. That template is established, and will be re-used
Remember, as you make your individual choices, that some of the opposition are actively looking forward to killing a loud and proud “Molon Labe” type refusenik as an example to the rest.
If you really believe in Molon Labe, remember the fate of the guy who said it the first time. Do not assume that you will be allowed to reach a court of law, or that the court that sits in judgement of your oppr sorts will in any way be a respecter of your Rights.
The Three Hundred Spartans sold their lives -dearly-, giving the rest of the Greeks time to get their collective heads out of dark places, organize, and respond. It very much falls upon the rest of gun owners to prevent the need for a Thermopylae II,
And not to waste it if the other folks insist on the necessity.
Gohram chingata sheisskoph auto-corrupt!
“Oppr sorts” was supposed to be “Oppressors”
And, some state police agencies, Poe. See the article that Sparky linked to about the New Jersey State Police.
What exactly constitutes an “assault rifle” in the eyes of the Boulder city council? Any rifles I may or may not own would be classified as “defensive rifles”, and therefore exempt. In other words:
Boulder, you can fuck right off.
Which? Yours.
maybe it will be like New York. under the new safe act “Assault weapons” definitions.the estimations between 1 mil- 3.8 mil firearms fall under that heading now. no solid numbers to actually base it on, but i am going with the higher, at least in my area.so far less than 300k registered. unless your naked, drunk and shooting street lights out the chances of you getting hit with a AWB violation are pretty slim by local LEO’s.
as a side note, i seem to be selling at least one stripped lower a day, sometimes 3 or 4 in my little mom and pop shop since “Il Duce” Cuomo and his Ilk have gained control over the state government, i have sold 0 state compliant stocks or uppers, you tell me what to make of that….
To paraphrase an oldie but goodie; “The Tree of Liberty WILL BE watered by the blood of tyrants and Patriots alike.”
It’s only gonna get worse boys and girls. “They” will continue to attempt to chip away at our Liberty one section of the Country at a time.
Just as politicians have never met a tax or a restriction on liberty they didn’t like, thus have I never met a politician I could trust.
Where did they hide the “Like” button?
“Just as politicians have never met a tax or a restriction on liberty they didn’t like, thus have I never met a politician I could trust.”
“Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often and for the same reason.” – Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
“Molon Labe, jackwagons.”
I understand that Boulder has long been heavily infested with stank-ass fleabag moonbats and snowflakes, but hasn’t Colorado been steadily getting infested with migrating Californites since they’ve rendered that State unlivable?
California cares. I read the other day that a nice section of fire country there was approved for residential homes. Brilliant.
Yep, we’re being overrun with the assholes, along with illegals, and all the pot heads that came from all over when the lefties in this state were the first to legalize weed… since then, they’ve been too stoned to find the door to other states that have since legalized it, and the crooked dims make sure all their votes get counted, even if they don’t know they’re voting…
The criminal element in Boulder County have 15 days to certify their weapons.
Has anyone told them
(After all, it’d be a fuggin’ shame for criminals to not get the word on this important requirement).
//sarc off//
Rather, “Has anyone told them?” <(Question mark)
FUNNY you should ask that, WHEN was the last time anyone saw criminals line up to register or turn their firearms in as soon as a new gun law was passed?
IIRC, the courts have ruled that such registration schemes don’t apply to criminals, because it would violate their 5th amendment rights, seeing how, as felons, they’re not allowed to own guns in the first place…
This will come to a head in Boulder when a legally owned but “noncertified” weapon is lawfully used for self defense in a home. Then an aggressive, liberal prosecutor will charge the person with at least not certifying their weapon, even if it is a justified shooting. They will push for jail time and confiscation. Just wait for it.
The doofs of the Boulder police force have yet to solve Jon Benet Ramsey’s murder case. How are they going to find these weapons unless someone is foolish enough to play their game.
I like to travel the west, but I think I may well have spent my last nickel in the state of Colorado.
Colorado is still a fairly pro gun state, more or less.
Boulder is hippie heaven though
Local Government making law abiding citizens criminals.