Wayne LaPierre's NRA trying to oust Democrats in Colorado.
Hosting two of the biggest gun massacres in recent years, Colorado decided to get serious about gun safety and
passed several strong control measures last March.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed three gun control measures into law on Wednesday.
Hickenlooper signed the bills restricting the size of gun magazines, expanding background checks for firearms buyers and adding a fee for background checks for gun transfers. The bills become effective July 1.
The gun lobby vociferously opposed these measures, and they're now angling for revenge—
recall efforts against several key legislative Democrats.
Three senators and one representative are targets by different groups across the state, but those organizing the recalls have an uphill battle. Under Colorado law, each recall petition needs to have 25 percent of all the votes cast in the previous election for the targeted lawmaker.
Senate President John Morse, who is term limited, is being challenged by two different groups, "I am surprised," he said by phone Sunday. "It's not really an affective, appropriate way to deal with political issues."
I actually have no problem with recalls. I have a problem with
the NRA trying to recall legislators. They've historically used their electoral heft to control wavering legislators, making it difficult for them to do the right thing. But that is now changing, with the public increasingly favoring stronger safety measures and
big money entering the pro-control side.
I promised that 2014 would be the year we go to war against the NRA. Well, that timeline was accelerated in February when we took out their primary candidates in IL-02. Now we go head-to-head against them in Colorado.
They're targeting state Senate President John Morse because he shepherded this legislation through his chamber. It's up to us to send a similar message: That the days of one-sided NRA politics are over. Wherever they engage, we engage.
Give $3 to John Morse today, to show the NRA that they can't bully legislators into voting against the American people.