BB makes some good points. The situation in Colorado isn't good. However, we need to be cautious and thoughtful in how we approach it.

I hear a lot of people talking of leaving or not moving to Colorado. Colorado's political landscape didn't change overnight, it started way back in the 70's with the influx of Californians and their way of thinking. I lived in La Plata and Archuleta counties at the time, and it was apparent to me even then - as a teenager, that Colorado was changing, and not for the better when I'd listen to my neighbors. So, when 2A supporters abandon or boycott the state, that's just making things easier for the next round of Denver-Boulder initiatives to make things even worse. An influx of 2A friendly residents to counter the Caliban on the front range is likely the only way you're going to re-shape the politics. Unfortunately, the ground lost may never be regained. Take note Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. Don't give the progressives an inch or you'll have the same fight on your hands as Colorado does.

The outfitters and 2A supporters there need your help now more than ever. They have a mountain of a fight ahead of them.

"The right of the people to hunt deer and elk shall not be infringed...." Obviously, that's not quite how the 2nd Amendment reads, is it? Those of you who live in Colorado and are "going along" with this legislation as "not having any impact on you" need to consider that you've just given your government a toe-hold to use every time there's a gun crime or suicide to further implement policies that make themselves feel good. Where do you think you're headed? Colorado politics, as seen by this session, certainly aren't becoming LESS progressive, are they?

The gun-grabbers across the country have glommed onto the image of a hunter who extolls the virtues of every manner of gun control initiative - from universal background checks and magazine limitations, to outright bans on some firearms. An artful way to divide the gun-owning community and restrict us piecemeal. It truly is an all-or-nothing game. When a three-gun competitor is forced out of their activity by your inaction or indifference to their cause, do you think they're going to come to your aid politically when Rhonda Fields comes for you?

For this to stop, Colorado needs to become a "battleground state" legislatively. Those of us in 2A-friendly states need to support our brothers and sisters in Colorado who are going to carry the fight, so that the fight doesn't wind up in our state capitols too.

The farmer with the "Obama-Biden" bumper sticker on his wife's car to whom I paid my goose lease to got a letter the day these laws were signed by the Governor that I was not renewing. Pulled the blind out of the ground on Sunday. I'm sure someone will snap that lease right back up, and good leases are competitive enough that my money may be better spent in South Dakota, even Nebraska. So, in reality, I've given up the last remaining tie to hunting I have in Colorado. I can't see hunting my old home ground as a nonresident when I have opportunity where I am now. I still own property there, where a fight ensues to recall Rep Mike McLachlan. If you live in his District, you need to get on board if for no other reason to give him cause not to listen to the overtures of the front range voters and "shoot through the door" Joe Biden. Senate President Morse is also going to be annoyed by a recall effort, as is Evie Hudak. I've written letters as a nonresident landowner (yes, I pay Colorado taxes) to Governor Hickenlooper and to Mike McLachlan. I recently sent a check to support those recall efforts. My gunsmith lives in Colorado. He's in the fight. He'll continue to recieve business from me. My landscaping materials supplier is a hunter, but he's neutral to the passage of the new laws. He may not receive further business from me.

For you gun-owning Coloradoans, and I can't say this strongly enough, YOU need to get organized and rally behind the fight. You magazine-ban, background-checking, "reasonable gun control" supporters aren't helping, regardless of whether or not YOU think they're needed or not. You're emboldening the progressive-leaning legislators and the passage of their gun-control agenda. Mark my words, you'll see even more restrictive legislation next session if you don't get off your tails. They're after the black rifle crowd now. In other parts of the country, they want the brown "sniper" rifles and ALL of your handguns, too.