SAD TROMBONE: Boulder, Colorado Black Rifle and ‘Hi Cap’ Magazine Bans Struck Down

Don’t pity the bigots in Boulder, Colorado who like to portray themselves as open to diversity. To the contrary, just like the bigots and racists who passed Army-Navy Laws after the Civil War to disarm recently freed African-American slaves, Boulder’s present-day bigots hate black guns and the people who own them. However, their make-believe utopian … Read more

I’m Now a Criminal In My Tolerant Home Town of Boulder, Colorado

Boulder, Colorado resident Jon Caldara woke up a criminal on January 1. Because I own a long gun with a pistol grip and a detachable magazine, I had to the end of December to self-identify to the police, present myself for investigation and my gun for inspection, pay fees in order to receive a police-issued permission slip, … Read more

Boulder is Why the Colorado Legislature Enacted a State Preemption Law

“I can assume that (Colorado’s preemption law was enacted) by the General Assembly in fear that some unit of local government would try to restrict someone’s Second Amendment rights, and now, big surprise, Boulder did it. Our worst fears were realized.” – Mountain States Legal Foundation president William Perry Pendley in ‘We don’t have to accept the … Read more

Boulder City Council Doubles Down on Gun and Magazine Ban

On May 15, the Boulder, Colorado, city government unanimously passed an “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazine ban. The ban is likely illegal and was immediately challenged in a lawsuit. On Tuesday, the Boulder city council doubled down on the ban, adding still more restrictions, and an exemption for competitive shooters who travel through the … Read more

Colorado University Alows Nerf Guns For Zombie Hunt

Boulder Colorado is one of America’s best cities. Disclaimer: this writer is moving there. Well, I was, before I learned that zombies lurk inside Colorado University’s engineering building. And I am again, now that I know that it was all a dream and Bobby was in the shower all that time (Jesus, think of the hot water bills). No wait. Sorry. Now that I know that it’s just a game player by “Nerds for Nerf,” a protest group formed to defeat the University’s ban on guns both real and simulated. See what I did there? There is no such group. But there is such a ban and zombie game, and the campus cops did give them a pass. “This was the second zombie invasion in a month at the University of Colorado, following a weeklong game earlier this month that hosted more than 200 players,” the school paper reports. “But Saturday night’s event was no ordinary game. . .”

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