James Stout
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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It's interesting they're going after Denver and not like, for instance, California.
Well, Denver has a specific, they specifically banned VAR-15 as opposed to California doesn't ban any specific guns.
They ban features on firearms.
So I suspect that would be why.
Like it's absolutely the equivalent of a musket in its day is the argument that they will be making because Clarence Thomas has made that argument before.
So California never tried to ban AR-15s.
They just made it a giant pain in the ass to own them.
And that's a lot, I think, safer from this sort of
Although I guess we'll see, you know.
I'm just reading from the Denver Municipal Code, Section 38-130.
The categories or the way it defines an assault weapon is a semi-automatic centerfire rifle with a detachable magazine magazine.
Capacity at 21 rounds or higher.
There's subsequent legislation after that which further limits magazine capacity in Colorado.
All semi-automatic shotguns that can take more than six cartridges or have a folding stock or a weapon which can be converted into one of those things.
So that's actually a pretty, it's not the same as a California ban.
It's interesting to see them picking this one.
It's also pretty old.