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This cartoon is one of the props Senate Republicans plan to use Friday when debating gun bills on the floor.
When the House debated four gun bills on the floor, Democratic House Speaker Mark Ferrandino told Republicans they could take as long as they wanted. Despite predictions the debate could go past midnight, the House began around 9:30 a.m. and ended around 10 p.m.
Senate Republicans are not going to go as quietly into that good night. It’s not going to be Wisconsin, but it’s not going to be over quick.
There now are seven Democratic gun bills to be heard on the floor starting at 9 a.m. Friday — the four passed by the House, and the three introduced in the Senate.
Sen. Scott Renfroe, R-Greeley, said Republicans plan to read testimony from people who showed up Monday to speak against the bills when they were heard in two Senate committees but didn’t get a chance too because of the size of the crowds.
But it’s not just that there are more gun bills. It’s the intensity of the gunfight in Colorado has mushroomed since the House debate on Feb. 15, when Colorado already was in the national spotlight.
Two Democratic lawmakers’ fumbling rape comments — Rep. Joe Salazarand Sen. Evie Hudak – have gone viral. Republicans are charging the gun legislation has been orchestrated by the White House and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun group.
And the Colorado GOP, long frustrated over the seeming invincibility of Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, now believe they have found something to go after him on. The governor backs three of the gun bills, including House Bill 1224, limiting magazine rounds, although the largest producer in Colorado, Erie-based Magpul, has threatened to leave the state if it passes.
The Magpul cartoon, which was provided to the Denver Post, refers to marijuana, which voters in November chose to legalize. Hickenlooper, by the way, opposed that ballot measure.
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