Make that 12 hours. Debate in Colorado is going strong well into the night as the state senate hears arguments on several gun control bills, including one that would ban concealed carry on college campuses and another that would limit magazines to 15 rounds. As Twitchy reported earlier today, anti-gun tweeters were pushing the #WhatWomenWant hashtag to argue that taking away the choice to own a gun was what all women wanted — never mind the women explicitly asking for the right to carry.
Whoa. Rape survivor in Colorado: "DON’T DISARM ME WITH YOUR VOTE” #COleg #WhatWomenWant http://t.co/0EGy6e49m4
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 9, 2013
@DLoesch @progressnowco
That was hard to read, Dana. Guns are the great equalizer. What if my daughters were attacked? I'd NEED a gun.— mama (@_Mama_Tweets) March 9, 2013
When I Tweeted out this rape survivor's story Democrats in #COleg went bonkers: http://t.co/0EGy6e49m4
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 9, 2013
@DLoesch That's because it broke every single narrative and argument they were pushing in #COleg
— J.B. Harris (@JosephHarris81) March 9, 2013
Yes, they did go bonkers. Women weren’t the only ones targeted in the state’s gun grab, however. Colorado seems to be following the path blazed by New York State with its SAFE Act, making sure the criminals are the only ones without limits.
CO Dems think only law abiding citizens should be subject to bans on standard capacity magazines. #coleg
— Amy Oliver Cooke (@AmyOliverShow) March 9, 2013
SHOCKING. Party line vote AGAINST an exemption to allow trained MILITARY members and VETERANS to own gun magazines. #RSCC #RedCO #COLeg
— Kent Lambert (@KentLambert) March 9, 2013
SenLambert moves amdt to exempt military families&vets from #magban. SenHodge opposes bcz some have mental problems. #coleg
— Dave Kopel (@davekopel) March 9, 2013
Wow! Per sponsor of 1224 returning military do not deserve exemption because of mental health issues. Disgusting. #coleg
— Kevin J. Grantham (@SenatorGrantham) March 9, 2013
Oops CODems bring up mental health problems of returning soldiers saying they should not have guns.
— Greg (@SenatorBrophy) March 9, 2013
http://t.co/Te2HiNg0uY we stand for returing soldiers. They sit for "some mental problems"
— Greg (@SenatorBrophy) March 9, 2013
Motion to exempt military from standard capacity mag ban fails. @SenHodge might wish she had been more politic. #coleg
— Kelly Maher (@okmaher) March 9, 2013
Sen. Steve King provided powerful testimony from his own experience.
This day will go down as Steve King's finest hour in a spectacular career. Proud to #standwithSteve. "..liberty is a well armed sheep"
— Greg (@SenatorBrophy) March 9, 2013
Senator Steve King offers powerful personal testimony about shoot out with criminal. He wasn't up against a deer or a paper target #coleg
— Chris Holbert (@Chris_Holbert) March 9, 2013
#standwithSteve how many rounds should a law-abiding citizen have? One more than the bad guys. Steve King
— Greg (@SenatorBrophy) March 9, 2013
"The nation's watching us, quite frankly the whole world's watching us." ~ CO Sen Steve King http://t.co/fhVQgnlYTN #ColoradoSprings #ocra
— Michelle Morin (@Mom4Freedom) March 9, 2013
What is happening in #coleg right now is the drop that will make the ripples. Pay attention.
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) March 9, 2013
Colorado is having its Wisconsin moment. If you're not paying attention, you should be.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 9, 2013
Update:
Twitchy CEO Michelle Malkin is one of the many citizens paying attention. She followed the hearing as it unfolded Friday night.
RT @ColoSenGOP Approaching 10 hours of debate on the Democrats #guncontrol package.#coleg #cofilibuster
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
#magban RT @KentLambert Thank you Sen Tochtrop. First and only Democrat to vote against HB-1224. #RSCC #COLeg
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
RT @KentLambert ALL WE NEED IS TWO MORE DEM VOTES TO KILL HB-1224. CALL YOUR DEM LEGISLATORS! #COLeg #RSCC
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
Letter from US Precision Mold opposing #HB1224 being read on Colo Senate floor by @Scott_Renfroe #coleg
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
Now @SenatorBrophy on #coleg Sen floor: "Every detachable magazine would be banned" under HB1224. "De facto ban on modern sporting rifles."
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
@Beefareeno It's the radical #magban being debated right now in CO Senate. http://t.co/OMaZN2O3i3
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
MT @davekopel Sen Brophy points out that all 62 elected Sheriffs in Colo oppose #magban because it is unconstitutional & unenforceable
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
Time to put out APB. RT @AmyOliverShow Where are the CO Senate Dems right now? #COleg
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
Hey @VitalyKroy – I think your letter opposing CO gun grab is being read right now on Senate floor! #coleg
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
.@VitalyKroy Thnx for your service & patriotism! Always great to hear from immigs who cherish founding principles. #coleg #keepcoloradofree
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
MT @Chris_Holbert 1 vote away from ending #magban | Dem Senators Jahn & Tochtrop side w/all 15 Repubs to stand with We the People #coloeg
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
Your move, @HickforCo. MT @AmyOliverShow CO ladies less secure & CO jobs headed to other states. Thanks CO Dems. HB 1224 passes #coleg
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
MT @SenatorRenfroe Hard to be happy w/reckless extreme anti-gun anti-biz bills Dems passed in Senate. Gov. @hickforco VETO bills #coleg
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
! MT @SenatorGrantham #magban HB1224 passes on division vote by one. **And then Senator Morse comes up and kills his own bill (SB-196).**
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
RT @timhoover BREAKING: Sen. John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, lays over SB 196, his own liability for guns bill. #coleg #copolitics
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
MT @KentLambert Morse kills SB-196 his own ILLEGAL attempt to ban wrongly-defined "assault weapons." #RSCC #RedCO #COLeg
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
MT @KentLambert CO Dems vote AGAIN (on record this time) NOT to allow active duty MILIT & VETERANS to possess gun mags. #RSCC #COLeg #RedCO
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 9, 2013
By the end of the night, five of the seven measures passed. A final vote is scheduled for Monday.
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