In Colorado, there is an effort to remove the state senate president, John Morse because of his support for gun control, along with a few other Colorado lawmakers who pushed through new gun control measures after the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado and Newtown, Connecticut. Out of state money is flowing into the state by unnamed sources but it does not take a psychic to figure out where that money is probably coming from.
I find this recall effort very interesting since a large majority of voters, including Colorado voters, support gun control measures to keep guns out of the hands of potentially dangerous individuals. The state legislator of Colorado passed two new laws recently to tighten background check requirements and to limit the number of bullets in a magazine. Neither of these laws is unreasonable and both are supported by a majority of Coloradans. However, some gun advocates obviously think the right to own a gun should be unlimited, including the number of bullets in a single magazine, because 15 bullets is just not enough to bring down that deer on their next hunting trip.
Voters, including Colorado voters, are not dumb, at least not in general. It is possible that those pushing for recalls may succeed in drumming up enough support for a recall election but that does not mean that any recall election will be successful . I am counting on Colorado voters to see what is really going on here and that is an effort to send a wave of fear across the country to any legislator, though they be federal or state, that pushing gun control measures will cost them their seats. Americans want decent gun control. Most of us understand that requiring background checks is not a government effort to take away our guns, and neither is a limit on the number of bullets in a magazine.
We have learned one thing from mass shootings and that is the fact that the shooters were able to unload a large number of bullets in a very short time frame, thanks to large magazine clips. We also know that requiring background checks on all gun purchases will not stop all mass shootings but it is a start and we need to start somewhere.
The Second Amendment does not guarantee that every single American should have the right to assault rifles meant for war though it does give the right to a well-regulated militia to the right to bear arms. It says nothing about the number of bullets in a magazine but then it would not, being that it was signed into law when muskets were the weapons of choice and that weapon could shoot no more than one bullet at a time. Perhaps it is time that the Second Amendment be amended and updated for the modern age.
One thing that the recall effort could very well do and that is remind voters that there are some who do not want sensible gun control but instead wish to override the will of the people. It also keeps the issue front and center and then the next time there is another mass shooting, those who have fought so hard to block sensible gun control, such as those now pushing the recall effort, will end up recalled themselves.
This is a republish from my website: Fidlerten Place