You’re Not Legally Allowed To Sell The Assembled Magazines, Which Is Stupid Because A Monkey Could Put It Back Together Again
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 1 month ago
A state law banning the sale and transfer of large-capacity gun magazines has not stopped the sale and transfer of magazines that hold more than 15 rounds of ammunition.
An undercover investigation by 9Wants to Know found examples of gun stores in Colorado either ignoring the law altogether or finding a loophole to get around the law.
“It’s shocking to see that people are doing this,” said state Sen. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora.
In 2013, a Democratically-controlled state legislature passed four comprehensive bills dealing with guns, including the bill sponsored by Fields banning magazines that hold more than 15 bullets.
The bill, signed into law by then-Gov. John Hickenlooper, banned the sale, transfer and possession of a large-capacity magazine as of July 1, 2013.
Yet, six years later, magazines that hold more than 15 rounds of ammunition are still being sold in Colorado. Legislators thought that they banned them, but gun store employees describe a loophole in the law.
“It’s just poor wording with the law, which benefits us. We can work around it,” said an employee at Centennial Gun Club at 11800 E. Peakview Ave. in Arapahoe County. “It’s a loophole in the wording that they gave that lets us keep selling.”
Our undercover investigation found gun stores selling these “parts kits” in Arapahoe, Douglas, El Paso and Larimer counties. The kits are large-capacity magazines sold in pieces, ready to be assembled after they are purchased.
“This is a 30-round mag; we have to sell it as parts,” said the employee at Iron Horse Armory. “That’s one of Colorado’s retarded laws.”
Brown, a Democrat elected as sheriff in Arapahoe County in 2018, was aware stores were selling parts kits before viewing the undercover video.
“I went in to purchase these in uniform and he took them apart right in front of me. And I said, ‘Well, you don’t have to do that, I’m a law enforcement officer.’ They say, ‘We do this with all of our magazine sales,'” said Brown.
Law enforcement officers are exempt under the 2013 law.
Of course “the only ones” are exempt. Don’t you just love the shock expressed by the pols? Shock!
I especially loved the part about taking it apart right in front of the LEO.
Small victories, you know.
And remember, there isn’t anything hard about making a box with a spring in it.
On November 13, 2019 at 6:16 am, Jack said:
“I went in to purchase these in uniform and he took them apart right in front of me. And I said, ‘Well, you don’t have to do that, I’m a law enforcement officer.’ ”
Of course you are, you can order thru your Department and get a “Law Enforcement Discount”
Our store is for Civilians.
Have a nice day, CIR.
Funny how some Jobs in this country make people think they are and get special treatment.
On November 13, 2019 at 9:41 am, Houston said:
“It’s shocking to see that people are doing this,” said state Sen. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora.
So this elected official has the same IQ as this other elected official from CO
Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette has been the lead sponsor on a federal ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines in two Congresses, saying it’s one of her top priorities.
But Tuesday at a Denver Post forum on the gun control debate, the senior congresswoman from Denver appeared to not understand how guns work.
Asked how a ban on magazines holding more than 15 rounds would be effective in reducing gun violence, DeGette said:
“I will tell you these are ammunition, they’re bullets, so the people who have those know they’re going to shoot them, so if you ban them in the future, the number of these high capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won’t be any more available.”
Collective IQ of Elected Officials of CO about 60.
Like Ron White says “You can’t fix Stupid”
On November 13, 2019 at 11:31 am, Steiner's PPSH-41 said:
So sad what has happened to Commierado.