Big John! 2,062 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Colorado got fucked by their own laws. Can't do a gun buy back with FTF being outlawed. This is awesome! Organizers have canceled a gun buyback at the request of Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle, who said Colorado's new gun laws would make the Aug. 4 event nearly impossible to stage. "The bottom line is what we anticipated doing would still be legal -- but procedurally we can't follow through with it at this time," Pelle said Tuesday. A stricter law that went into effect July 1 requires buyers to go to a licensed firearms dealer and undergo a background check. The InstaCheck systems used in the checks are not mobile, which means they couldn't be used at the sheriff's compound where the buyback was planned. "It's not a portable system," Pelle said. "It can't be done at the site." Essentially, for the event to work, Pelle said the group would have to find a licensed firearms dealer to host the event and then pay the dealer per transaction, "which becomes very unproductive," he said. Together Colorado -- a group that bills itself as a nonpartisan multi-faith organization -- had planned the event. In an e-mail announcing the cancellation, Sheila Dierks said: "Sheriff Pelle has stood strong for this event, has done tremendous work to make it happen and he is as disappointed as we are." Event organizers had planned to give gift cards or tickets to sporting events to people who turned in firearms. Students raised nearly $8,000 to purchase the incentives. The idea was to collect guns and then immediately hand them over to the Sheriff's Office for destruction. Some of the remnants of the destroyed firearms would then be passed along to Boulder-area metalworking artist Jessica Adams to use for a sculpture aimed at creating gun violence awareness. After consulting Deputy County Attorney Dea Wheeler, Pelle had concluded earlier that as long as members of Together Colorado passed required background checks, it would be legal for them to purchase firearms at the August buyback. While he said he understands organizers may be disappointed, he said the "larger good" is accomplished by the background check requirement. ___ ©2013 the Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunman1 1,753 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Fuken Jackboots Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ronin38 2,117 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 That's funny... The dealers at the gun shows do background checks for everyone they sell to, and even for some private individuals! "Gun Show Loophole" my fuzzy butt! But it's "not portable?" okaayyy.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scoutjoe 276 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 funny...i thought we had portable phones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haugpatr 972 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Maybe Colorado has their own system that they use in conjunction with the NICS system. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
storm6490 2,768 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 where will MS13 get a REUP now? No more democrat, union, police supplied buyback weapons. darn. guess they will just steal them now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remek 771 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Hilarious! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HappYBallZ 31 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) What is sickening is that Sheriff was for this event... fucking hypocrite POS. And they don't even check if some of these were stolen and needed to be returned to rightful owners? Edited July 30, 2013 by HappYBallZ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
misterT 174 Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 They also do not check to see if they bought a MURDER WEAPON from some gang banger POS. You can BET many a criminal has gotten rid of a murder weapon at one of these! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big John! 2,062 Posted July 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 What is sickening is that Sheriff was for this event... fucking hypocrite POS. And they don't even check if some of these were stolen and needed to be returned to rightful owners? Boulder is where you're gonna find the peace, love, and dreadlocks on white folk. Liberal paradise. Our Sheriff's are kicking ass. There are only a handful that are pussies. The rest are suing the state with Sheriff Terry Maketa leading the charge. Our Sheriff's got shit on at the gun hearings and now they are representing us in a way that I would have never expected. God bless em! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ronin38 2,117 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Big John- what's the local word on the possible "split" into a new state? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big John! 2,062 Posted August 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 I haven't paid a lick of attention to it on the news. Nor has anyone brought it up to me in conversation. Hope that tells you what the interest is in it so far Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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