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Libertarian4life
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While Republicans are busy pissing off Americans with their own issues,
the Democrats are driving away voters as well.
It's like the 2 parties are both in self destruct mode.


Colorado gun-rights advocates plan another recall effort
Published October 08, 2013
FoxNews.com



FILE: Oct. 3, 2013: Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Bender, left, shakes hands with Republican state senator Bernie Herpin, as state senator George Rivera looks on after the two Republicans were sworn in, having defeated Colorado Democratic senators in a recall over new gun restrictions the previous monthAP

Gun-rights advocates in Colorado have started gathering signatures in support of another recall effort against a Democratic state senator following two successful recalls of lawmakers over votes in support of gun control laws.

Recall organizers received certification Friday from the Colorado Secretary of State’s office to gather signatures in the effort to recall Sen. Evie Hudak, a Democrat from Westminster, Colo., who backed the controversial gun measures, the Denver Post reported.

“She has infringed upon our constitutional right to keep and bear arms. She has voted to make all citizens less safe and to drive hundreds of jobs from Colorado,” Mike McAlpine, a spokesman for the group behind the recall effort, said in a statement emailed to the Denver Post.

In May, a different group suspended a separate recall effort targeting Hudak after they were unable to collect enough signatures. The group must gather 18,900 valid signatures within a 60-day time frame to force the recall question onto the ballot, the newspaper reported.

Hudak received criticism from gun-rights activists earlier this year over remarks she made to a rape victim at a committee hearing on a bill that would ban concealed weapons on public college campuses.

The legislator told Amanda Collins, testified that she may have been able to defend herself during the attack at University of Nevada, Reno, if she had been carrying her gun.

Hudak responded, "I just want to say that, actually, statistics are not on your side even if you had a gun...And chances are that if you would have had a gun, then he would have been able to get that from you and possibly use it against you."

Two Republicans were sworn in last week to replace Sens. John Morse and Angela Giron, the defeated Democrats who remained firm over their support for the new gun laws. The limits on ammunition magazines and expanding background checks to private and online firearm sales were reactions to mass shootings at a suburban Denver movie theater and a Connecticut elementary school last year.

Former Colorado Springs Councilman Bernie Herpin and retired Pueblo police officer George Rivera took the oath of office Oct. 3 in front of a Senate packed with Republican lawmakers and other supporters in the gallery.

The recalls last month marked the first time in state history legislators were ousted from office and reflected the continued debate over what gun restrictions, if any, are needed.

The wins boost the GOP's power in the Senate, narrowing the Democrats advantage in the chamber to an 18-17 margin. Democrats control the House 37-18.

Democrats will have leadership elections in the coming days to select a new Senate President.

Although Democrats still control both legislative chambers, the slim margin in the Senate is sure to make it difficult for the party to continue the aggressive policy agenda Republicans criticized them for this year.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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If this recall is successful, the Republicans will take away the majority in the Senate.
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They are in self destruct mode, look how many Americans didn't vote for either candidate in the last election. It doesn't matter to them, because they take care of their class whatever party they are in. Why don't the dopes repeating the "it's the law of the land" mantra about Obamacare explain how that can be true at the same time their president is arbitrarily changing parts he decided he doesn't like, and exempting whoever he feels like from this "law"? Shouldn't he be at least impeached for that?
I wish the Coloradans luck, putting the power back where it is supposed to be.
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If the Reps weren't acting so irresponsibly in congress, they could get allot more attention for this and turn around the momentum in the country towards their views. Alas, this is overshadowed....
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Quoted from A Better Rotterdam
If the Reps weren't acting so irresponsibly in congress, they could get allot more attention for this and turn around the momentum in the country towards their views. Alas, this is overshadowed....


Irresponsibly?  Do you believe they are acting against the will of THEIR constituents?

It doesn't matter how much they shift "momentum".  There are 20% of Americans that expect their constitutional rights guaranteed in our republic to be preserved.  They are not looking to convince people of this.  

This country is entering dangerous territory.  


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