Another year, more ineffective gun laws
Re: “Gun bill debate begins; labor law overhaul gets initial OK,” Feb. 14 news story
Well, here is another New Year, and here we go with new gun laws for 2025, and state Sen. Tom Sullivan, a Democrat, and his colleagues are leading the charge. Sullivan seems to have a real vendetta against us lawful gun owners and lawful gun shops. Does he really think we are the ones causing the crime in Colorado, which is ranked No.3 in property and violent crimes in the nation, according to a 2024 U.S. News and World Report?
According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Senate Bill 3 would cost $4.6 million to implement, and the CBI, like every other state department, is stretched to the limit as far as budgets go. Colorado is already facing a $700 million budget hole, and as history has it, the Democrat’s gun laws in the last few years have done nothing for the crime in this state, but their famous saying is, “We think it will make the state safer.”
Again, all this bill is for is to put lawful store owners out of business and make it harder for lawful gun owners to purchase firearms. Nothing more.
Dennis Kurtz, Littleton
Will the governor recognize will of the people?
Re: “Colorado Senate passes gun control and labor union bills, sending Democratic priority measures to House,” Feb. 18 online news story
Our governor is a sometimes-Democrat.
Given that our state’s population is largely other than Republican, why is it that Gov. Jared Polis, who ran as a Democrat, is so inclined to vote against the will of our state’s majority?
The great benefits of unions to our families and overall economy are many. Nonetheless, Polis stands as anti-union. We pray for gun safety. Polis bends to the gun lobby and the minority. Our state’s air quality stinks. Who believes that if Suncor’s blatant air quality violations were happening in the Cherry Creek area, he wouldn’t take immediate action to change the obliging CDPHE leadership? His anti-Colorado stances are indeed shameful.
For now, I thank the Good Lord that Polis can’t run for another term.
Alfredo A. Cantu, Denver
Breach of contract? My tax dollars, my elected officials
I have been a taxpayer for over sixty years. I have willingly paid my taxes because I have always understood that in doing so, I was paying the government to act as my agent.
By combining the revenue of taxpayers, the government provides me agency to accomplish what I could not do by myself. I have agency in ensuring the highways I drive on are in good repair. I support libraries, museums, parks, recreation areas, national monuments, and cemeteries and help keep them free or affordable for all citizens. I help pay for my safety and security with police and military services and with oversight of food inspection and response to disasters to the degree that I could not do if I had to purchase private services. I could not afford to pay a private research company to keep me apprised of current health concerns. I could not afford to send my children to private schools and could not afford to participate in the kind of philanthropy that expresses my faith and values.
I realize that my government does not always provide the degree of agency I would expect but that I have some control over that because I can vote for a representative to argue my concerns. Lately, Congress has failed to do its job.
At present my government is threatening to breach this contract. I would like to join a class-action suit with other abused taxpayers and sue the government if they, in reality, breach this contract. If I don’t pay my taxes I can be fined and imprisoned. What happens when the government doesn’t uphold its part of the contract?
A. Lynn Buschhoff, Denver
Time for a more motivating motto
I believe it is time you drop the “There is no hope for the satisfied man” motto on your opinion page and replace it with the far more appropriate “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” This is suited not only to today’s situation but also one that will endure for decades.
Good men and women rallied Monday at the U.S. Capitol, and such actions demand not just reporting but the full-throated support of a free press.
Bob Priddy, Westminster
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