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Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House on Sunday passed a bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms, a major step for the legislation after roughly the same bill was swiftly killed by Democrats last year. 

The bill, which passed on a 35-27 vote, is now on its way to the Democratic-led state Senate. If it passes there, it could bring Colorado in line with 10 other states — including California, New York and Illinois — that have prohibitions on semiautomatic guns. 

But even in a state plagued by some of the nation’s worst mass shootings, such legislation faces headwinds.

Colorado’s political history is purple, shifting blue only recently. The bill’s chances of success in the state Senate are lower than they were in the House, where Democrats have a 46-19 majority and a bigger far-left flank. Gov. Jared Polis, also a Democrat, has indicated his wariness over such a ban.

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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Really? Because Germany managed it. Nazism is illegal there. They prosecute anyone who professes Nazi ideas. I don't care how hard it would be. You think confiscating all the guns is easier?

I don't care who you trust. I care that this nation is too foolish and cowardly to root out the cancer it has harbored since long before it was founded. Ban sympathy for the Confederacy. Ban Nazi ideology. Prosecute those who profess it. Ruin those who fund them. Cleanse the police departments of all the Nazi cops. We will never be free of them until the day we make their ideologies illegal.

Until then, piss off trying to disarm the millions of people who only wish to defend their homes from exactly those people pushing for civil war.

Gee whiz, you sure don't want to address the fact that cops only use gun bans as an excuse to murder black people.

[–] bloodfart@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago

just a heads up, west germany famously integrated nazis into the government and still has them to this day.

[–] blazera@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I would love to do how Germany does, no one gets a gun.

Most of their nazi ban entails antisemitism, which i dont think covers a lot of people you wouldnt want to have guns. It also entails self labeling nazis, people wearing nazi uniforms, using swastikas, etc. Again, i dont think thats gonna cover most of the people youd want it to. Its better than nothing and id support it here, but its not gonna be very effective at keeping guns away from people with various nazi beliefs.

Gee whiz, you sure don’t want to address the fact that cops only use gun bans as an excuse to murder black people.

What gun bans?

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Every gun ban we've ever passed.

If you want to ban guns, disarm the Nazis first. That's all I ask.

[–] blazera@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We dont have any gun bans. The countries that do, like Germany, have a lot less cops killing people, including black people. Im saying a sweeping gun ban takes guns away from more people with nazi ideologies than a ban on just self identifying nazis.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago

Then you haven't been paying attention.