HR2 Rush To Reason March 25, 2025 by John Rush
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All right, hour number two, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Larry Barron’s joining us now. Communications Director at Power of the Future. Larry, welcome back.
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Oh, it’s so great to talk with you. Thanks for having me.
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Always a joy, and I’ve got to start with this. Did you ever think the day would come, because you and I have done plenty of segments over the years, in some cases an entire hour, where we’ve talked about everything from EVs and all the different things that were going on and the different policies and so on, but did you ever think there would be a day whereby you would be seeing Teslas, Cybertrucks, and so on literally being defaced because of the guy that owns the company?
SPEAKER 09 :
It was. And you’re absolutely right. We’ve talked a lot, especially about EVs so many times. And, you know, I would say if someone asked me, would they turn against their own? I would say yes. But in this way, when it was Elon Musk, I would say, oh, no, they’ll probably know that’d be too sacred for them. But I would have been wrong, as we’ve seen over the past month or so.
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By the way, I would have said the same, and I’ve taken my share of pot shots at Tesla over the years, and I will be the first to admit that way back when, especially when Elon was on the other side of the aisle, and I thought a lot of the things that went on, subsidies and so on, were not correct. I’ll still stand by that. I still think to this day they weren’t correct in how that was done. But at the end of the day, I honestly, Larry, never thought that true, hard-core,
SPEAKER 09 :
tesla fanboys and girls would be this way yeah and and well and that’s just it right because when we disagree with a company on our side we will speak about it we’ll talk about it maybe protest but resort to just destruction never destruction never yeah the destruction of property and destruction that hurts other people right you know lighting an electric vehicle on fire is the zone above lighting just an internal combustion vehicle on fire. There are leftists out there in mass deciding that this is the way they’re going to get back. They see something on the news that they don’t like, and the first thought in their head is, you know what, I’m just going to turn violent. The only way that I’m going to stop this is become violent. It is completely irrational thought, and we have to realize that this is a long, long pattern. of violence, sadly, from the left, and it is something that is not new.
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And I can’t argue with anything that you just said, and you’re the same way. I will always protect somebody’s right to protest. I will never, ever take that away. Free speech, protest, it is the fundamentals of what we as a free country have, and I will protect somebody’s right, even when I don’t agree with them, I will protect their right to do those things. But, Larry, that stops at the destruction and vandalism and so on of somebody else’s private property. The reality is it’s theirs. They own it. It’s not yours. Leave your hands off of it.
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Yeah, I mean, listen, Ben & Jerry’s, I happen to be on spring break with my kids, and we see a Ben & Jerry’s shop. You know what I do? I just say, I’m not going there. Ben & Jerry’s takes stances that I don’t appreciate, so I don’t spend my money. It was the same with the beer company. I’m not a drinker, but I was boycotting it, I guess, before beer was cool. But it’s the same. We just say, you know what? We’re just not going to spend our money there. We don’t feel the need to run in there. overturn tubs of ice cream to set beer delivery trucks on fire we don’t feel the need to do any of that and that is a key difference and and it’s a historical difference i mean the left has been doing this with for a long time they will take something that they tell you is sacred it’s electric vehicles like we’re supposed to all be buying or even a forest and they will insert spikes into trees they will kill trees to save the trees And in the leftist mind, you have to get into the mindset of, it’s like a religion, because they are able to look at their opponents, demonize them as less than human, and so it makes their actions completely acceptable. And there has been no massive outcry from the left saying, stop this. This should not be happening.
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And to your point, Larry, there should be. And folks that are listening, I’ll give you other examples. personally of things that like you larry that i have done i’m i’m a you know gun toting america i conceal carry uh not long ago i shouldn’t say that a while back so it is it’s been a few years time flies panera bread one of those companies that basically came out and said you know if you’re one of those individuals we we don’t want you in our store in fact we don’t allow you in so larry i was one of those that just kindly said okay fine i’ll take my business elsewhere What’s interesting about the Panera Bread story is I must not have been the only person that did that because, frankly, they’re not doing as well as they once were. And you have to wonder at times, do some of these policies that some of these corporations put out, like Ben and Jerry’s, at the end of the day, really affect them? Now, I’m going to say all that to say this. This is my prediction, Larry. I think you’re going to actually end up seeing some EV owners out of this whole Tesla debacle that the left is doing. And frankly, I think you might see some people actually buy Teslas that wouldn’t have otherwise bought them just because of what’s going on with the destruction.
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You’re absolutely right, John. It’s interesting to see folks on our side who decried Tesla for a little while saying, you know, those Cybertrucks don’t look bad. Just like you, I stand by what I said with electric vehicles. I don’t think they’re more environmentally friendly.
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They’re not.
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They’re not. I think they’re okay in some specific use cases, and if you want to buy one, great. I just don’t want to have to subsidize as a taxpayer, and I don’t want to be forced to buy one as a consumer. And that’s all we’re trying to do. But again, it gives us a glimpse into the left, right? And so when they are in power, they have to force you to buy their products. When we are in power, we give people a choice, and the left just cannot handle that because they know that, by and large, the people are not going to choose what the left demands they choose.
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And this whole reverse psychology on this end of things might actually come back to, I don’t know whether you say bite them, but at the end of the day, you may actually see more Tesla owners that wouldn’t have otherwise driven Teslas. And I, like you, I own an EV, have since 2020, only so I could sit on this program and my other… my other auto program I do on Saturday, so I could really be educated about them, talk about it, and I’m like you. Number one, nobody should be forced to buy them. Number two, nobody should be subsidized to buy them. Number three, are they going to work for everyone? That’s an absolute big fat no, because no, they will not work for everyone.
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Yeah, and you have the Chevy Volt, if I remember correctly, right?
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That’s right.
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The OG of some of those electric vehicles. So good for you getting in there and understanding things before a lot of people did. But my favorite thing that I’m seeing right now, and I’m sure you are too, is you’ll see those Teslas out on the road in your neck of the woods, and they’ll have the sticker on it like, against Elon, or bought it before I knew. I didn’t like Elon, and I have to giggle to myself. It’s like, okay, you bought this car to virtual signal to everybody else how much better you are, and now you have to throw a sticker on that same car to virtual signal to yourself.
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It’s so ridiculous. Well, and here’s what they really should be thinking inside of their own head is, okay, wait a minute. I’m now having to put a sticker on this saying who I am because otherwise my like-minded individuals will now eat my lunch and damage my car. How ironic, Larry. They’re having to put a sticker on something to prove who they are so that their own kind won’t destroy their property. How ironic.
SPEAKER 09 :
That’s such a great point, and I never thought about that. It is self-protection of them signaling to their fellow leftists of like, yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s okay if you destroy Tesla, it’s just not mine.
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Right. Go do that to somebody else’s that doesn’t have this sticker, but leave mine alone.
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Yeah, it is absolutely insane, and it tells you, I mean, listen, they don’t, go by their principles. If they went by their principles that EVs are good for the environment, that they wouldn’t be destroying EVs. If they go by their principles that trees are good for the environment, they wouldn’t spike them. If they went by their principles, they wouldn’t, you know, Colorado was home to one of the biggest eco-terrorist actions in the nation, and they went after a ski resort. So they go after nature, and they go after these things that they say are all-important And it just leads me to believe, and folks, it’s all about power for them. It’s not about the things that they say. That’s right. It’s all about they have to have the power to force us to impose their will on us.
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You’re right. Talk to us about Power of the Future. How do folks learn more?
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They can head on over to the website anytime they want, powerofthefuture.com. They can send me those Elon bumper stickers at Larry at powerofthefuture.com anytime they want.
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You’re awesome. Larry, always appreciate it very much. Thank you.
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You have a good one. Appreciate it.
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You too, man. Appreciate you. Have a great night. Larry Behrens again, Power of the Future. Veteran Windows and Doors is up next. We learned from Dave yesterday that he’s got a special going on right now. 35% off three windows or less. Or if you buy four or more, it’s 40% off and free labor to install them. Find Dave today at klzradio.com.
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putting reason into your afternoon drive this is John Rush
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Dovetailing back into what we were talking about with Larry in regards to a lot of the literally vandalism that you’re seeing on Teslas especially, coast to coast. And it is only Teslas. You’re not seeing this with a lot of the other EV makers. Now, keep in mind, there are more Tesla EVs on the road than there are anybody else because they’ve been made the longest. Now, all that being said… None of the vandalism is ever correct, period. I don’t care who’s doing it. Never right. Doesn’t matter which side is doing it. It’s something that I just abhor. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous that you would harm somebody else’s property. I guess it’s the way I was raised. I mean, I was raised to where if you’re walking by and the keys are in the car, keep on walking. Not your property. Doesn’t matter. House unlocked? Doesn’t matter. Not your property. It’s just how I was raised. Evidently, others haven’t been raised the same way because they feel like it’s okay to either steal or damage or set on fire someone else’s property. I just can’t think. And my brain doesn’t work that way, folks. I just cannot think in my mind how that’s okay or how someone can justify that. Destroying someone else’s property, it’s unjustifiable, period. Period. I was even, and I’m sure Charlie can maybe relate to this, and all of us might be able to, some better than others. So when Charlie and I were young, and some of you listening are probably the same way, there were those kids that would run out and toilet paper someone else’s house. You’re getting back at somebody, it’s a prank, and it’s a silly prank, and I get it, and it’s sort of somewhat harmless, or people would egg Charlie. other houses and cars or things like that. Personally speaking, I didn’t participate in those things. I might have maybe, maybe, maybe. And I got to really think back onto this. TP’d someone else’s house. And TP’ing meaning you take rolls of toilet paper, you throw them over the trees and different things, and when somebody woke up the next morning, they’d see that their house had been TP’d. And my house got targeted more often than not and always made my dad mad. And I had to be the kid that always went out and cleaned it all up, which was a pain in the neck. And Charlie, I’m sure that you were very much the same way. Again, I guess because I had to clean it up as much as I did, I didn’t participate in the other much because it was just one of those things I didn’t want to do. And Charlie never did it, he said. I might have, I’m saying, and I’m not joking, I may have done it once or twice my entire life, and I’m not sure I even did that much, but somebody probably knows me and would correct me and say, well, remember the time? Well, okay, maybe I did. But let me just say this. It was not a regular thing for me, and I never egged anybody’s house. I can tell you that right now because I also know that when you egg somebody’s house or car, depending upon that car and what’s happening, it actually can cause damage to the paint and other things. So I didn’t do that. And it’s just me. I think because I’m so particular, and I even was as a kid, that I looked at all of that as just not right. You’re still affecting someone else’s belongings and property by doing so, and I would never do that. So in my book, it definitely isn’t okay to light somebody else’s property on fire. I know this is going to sound really gross. There’s actually video running around where there are these weirdo folks from I don’t know where. I don’t even know if I want to call them lefties because they’re just gross individuals that literally are rubbing feces on Teslas, Cybertrucks, things like that. Yes, literally. I’m not exaggerating. It’s the most disgusting thing you’ll ever watch. And I can’t think of anything more disgusting and what goes on in someone’s mind to do things like that. You’re mentally ill when you’re doing these sorts of things. I honestly think you’re mentally ill when you’re out destroying other people’s property like this as well. OK, so with all that being said. Would I go out and buy a Tesla? I mean, it makes you really want to support Elon Musk and a lot of what he’s doing. And I’m a car guy. That’s my problem with Teslas. I’m a car guy. And even to this day, even as long as he’s built these cars. Unfortunately for me personally, the fit and finish of the car still isn’t up to my standards. And I’m saying this is, and maybe Elon, somebody can pass this along, but you can literally go buy one of the cheapest models of any other vehicle out there, Toyota, Mazda, Chevy, I can go down the list, and the fit and finish of those will be better than a Tesla that costs twice as much. And I’m not exaggerating. So Charlie says, explain what that is. And when you, for example, walk up to the car and look at how the doors are lined up, and yes, I’m very critical of these things, but does the gap around the entire door, is it equal? And is it equal to the other side? So is the left side equal to the right side? Is the back door equal to the front door? Is the deck lid equal to the hood? And you get my drift. In other words, are the gaps all around? You know, when you fit the hood and you look at the left side versus the right side versus the nose versus what’s up against the cow, is all of that equal? If it’s not, then that’s a problem for someone like me. It drives me crazy. I look at it, and I’m just like, this thing’s crap. How could you drive that? Now, I get it. Others do. The problem, though, is I think a lot of Tesla owners aren’t car people. I’ll just say it straight up. Now, some are. Some folks that have bought a Plaid, which is their fastest version, and they are really, really fast. Some of those guys might be car guys, but most Tesla owners aren’t car guys. And those sorts of things, body gaps and things like that, just drive me crazy. I was over at Roy from ProTech, who’s one of my sponsors on the weekend, and he does wraps and clear bras and all sorts of things. And he had a couple of Teslas in there that he was working on. And I look at this one Tesla, and I’m like, is that a new car? He’s like, yeah, it’s brand new. And I’m like, the bumper itself isn’t the same color as the rest of the car. He’s like, yeah, we know. I’m like, really? I said, does the owner know that? Yeah, the owner knows that. They told him that prior to it being shipped. There was some damage at the factory, and they had a choice of fixing it there. Or he could skip and get another car and so on. But at the end of the day, he was okay with it, and he just took the car. I said, well, it’s like a shade off. It’s not even close. He’s like, yeah, we know. That’s the stuff I’m talking about when it comes to the Tesla fit and finish versus what you’ll find buying other cars. They’re not the same. Sorry. Even today, and again, I love everything Elon’s doing with Doge and all of that, but his car company, while it’s technologically advanced and they’re super fast and the autopilot is fabulous, I mean, all these things he’s got going for him, that’s all great. But the fit and finish and the car itself does not meet my standards. Maybe that will continue to improve, and maybe I shouldn’t be as judgmental as I am, but I’m a car guy. Always have been. And these sorts of things bother me. You know, body panels that aren’t the same color as the rest and there’s a different shade or there’s a body gap difference between one door and the other or the top to the bottom or, or, or. I can go down the list. And the other thing that I just am struggling with when it comes to Tesla is when you get inside the car and all that’s there on the dash is one big screen and some vents and nothing else. It just looks cheap to me. You climb in the interior of a Tesla, and it just reminds me of cheap. And yet the cars cost a pretty good penny. You go out and buy a full-bore Model X, for example, you’re pushing in the 50s to 60s. If you go buy a full-bore Model S, they’re way above that. They’re in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, low hundreds. A Model 3, most of those are $40,000 or above. You go look online and see what the different prices are. And I may be off on some of those because I don’t know their prices off the back of my hand, but I think I’m fairly close. And some of the Cybertrucks are in the high. They were over $100, but I think they’re in the $90s to $100 now. And there are some deals on Tesla right now because sales have softened. That’s true for every manufacturer out there, not just Tesla. And they’re still making Ebola. The other complaint I have with Tesla, just might as well get it out there while I’m talking about it, A 10-year-old Tesla versus a new one, not much difference, if any. In other words, if you’re driving a Tesla that’s a 2020, is it any different than a 2025? Not really. That, to me, again, that’s another one of those things that drives me crazy. You’re buying a brand-new vehicle that looks no different than the one a decade ago. I get some of the updates of late are a little bit different, but all in all, you can’t tell what model you’re driving. You can’t tell by the year. You can’t tell the year you’re driving, guess what I should say. Again, that to me, as a car person, that bothers me. I get it. Most Tesla drivers, it makes no difference. Most Tesla owners, it makes no difference. Now, I will say I’ve ridden in some Teslas. I’ve never driven one, but I’ve ridden in quite a few of them. And I will say that the way they perform, the way they drive, how quiet they are, a lot of that, no issues. That part of it works well. They’re fine. Again, very, very close to the point where I could literally look at one. If they could just get the fit and finish a little bit better than it is now, I think I would potentially look at one. Because, again, I own an EV. I understand its limitations and how it works and all of that, and I’m okay with all of that. For what I do with them, they work fine. And I’m one that I’ve got other transportation where if I need to go coast to coast, I can. I’m fortunate as far as that goes. I don’t own just one car. You guys all know that. So at the end of the day, though, this is a problem for me as a car guy is there’s just issues they have to get around when it comes to their fit and finish and their quality. And hopefully they’ll hear some of us in the car world and adjust and make advancements in that particular realm. 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And we are back, and yes, lines are open, 303-477-5600. Text line, in case some of you may not know it, 307-282-22. All right, Colorado House bill that regulates semi-automatic firearms and banning bump stocks and so on has passed. the House. And not surprised, and a lot of us have done as much as we possibly can to try to get that to not pass, although when the Democrats have essentially full control of the legislature, it’s just going to happen. Now, my prediction is, and this is where it gets a little dicey, will Governor Polis actually sign this? I think he will. I think that he’s got enough pressure from his own party that he’ll be forced to. I think he signs it. I think then there will be a big fight, legally speaking. This thing will go all the way to the Supreme Court, and they’ll lose. And this will not be in effect once that takes place. It’ll be in effect until then. It goes into effect August 1st of 2026. How quickly will this go to the Supreme Court? I don’t have that answer. I don’t know. This will be fought in the courts, guaranteed. The minute Governor Polis signs this, it’ll be a lawsuit and the process will get started. And yes, I do believe this is one of those, like a lot of other states have done, where it’ll go to the Supreme Court and it’ll get shot down because it has already in other states. It’s far too intrusive. And it takes away Second Amendment rights, period. And despite what those on the left would say, it’s not going to do anything to prevent gun violence. I’ll quote some of the Democrats down at the Statehouse. The gun violence prevention legislation answers the call to action from our neighbors and will save lives. No, Representative Meg Froelich, it won’t. She’s from Inglewood, by the way. No, Meg, it’s not. And the reason it won’t is criminals don’t abide by the law anyways. And before some of you on the left come out and say, well, John, that’s a weak answer. No, actually, that’s a very good answer. The simple word criminal, it’s interesting that they even use this. The simple word criminal in and of itself means they’re breaking the law. So how would a gun law of any kind keep that individual from buying guns and doing the things that they do with them? We know that semi-automatic weapons become especially deadly when they’re paired with high-capacity magazines. Again, that’s not totally true. We’ve talked about this many times in the past. There’s many different weapons out there that can have a high capacity, by the way, depending upon how they’re actually fed. They don’t have to have an interchangeable magazine to be high capacity. This is, again, gun ignorance on the part of the left. I’ll just say it like it is. It’s total ignorance on the left. They don’t even understand how guns work. They’re going after the big, bad, black rifles, the AR-15s, or so they would call them, assault rifles, things like that. That’s really what they’re going after. Although this particular bill, and if it is signed into law, it affects a lot more than just that weapon. And I’ll get into some of that here in a moment because most of you have been following this and probably already know, but maybe some don’t. There was a law, by the way, passed in 2013 that prohibit high-capacity magazines. It’s unenforceable. It doesn’t work. The reality is there’s still a lot of them in the quote-unquote marketplace. There’s already a lot of quote-unquote magazines. And I hate the word assault weapon because a hammer can be an assault weapon. There’s already a lot of semi-automatic rifles and pistols in the marketplace that are already owned by legitimate gun owners or even non-legitimate gun owners. should say law-abiding gun owners versus non-law-abiding gun owners. The reality is there’s already a ton of those in the marketplace. You’re not stopping anything with this. This is a really big feel-good measure from the left that at the end of the day will not do anything. We’ve raised a generation on lockdown drills. One in 15 people have experienced a mass shooting. That’s actually not true either. Not true. That figure is sorely, sorely distorted. We’re passing this bill today so we can save lives and prevent more Coloradans from having to go through the pain of losing a loved one to senseless gun violence. This bill will do none of that. This law, if it becomes that, will do none of that. Sorry, left. It’s not going to. And as much as I value life and I don’t want to see anybody killed, murdered, maimed, anything along. I don’t see anybody die, period. The reality is this bill, it’s in and of itself, it’s not going to change anything. It will make it harder for regular law-abiding citizens to actually obtain what they need to protect themselves against others and the government, which is what the Second Amendment is all about, by the way. Opponents of this bill say the measure will cost millions of dollars to local sheriff’s offices and Colorado Parks and Wildlife to administer the new requirements. That’s true, by the way. That statement is very true. The requirements are they have to complete a hunter education course certified by CPW and within five years of making the purchase, complete a basic firearms safety course. Within five years before making the purchase, complete an extended firearms safety course or complete an extended firearms safety course more than five years before making the purchase and complete a basic firearms safety course within five years before making the purchase. To make this happen, the sheriff’s offices would be required to issue firearm safety courses, eligibility cards with requirements for that card, including a completion of fingerprint based criminal history, record check and so on. Governor Jared Polis responded to the bill’s forward movement with a statement from his office. Governor Polis appreciates the sponsors working on our administration on amendments to help make Colorado safer while upholding our freedom and Colorado’s rich hunting and sporting rights. and shooting culture, and we’ll review the final version of the bill. A Colorado governor’s office spokesperson says, Governor Polis remains focused on improving public safety, including gun safety, additional funding for law enforcement and safer streets, and tougher penalties against theft of guns. Now, again, doesn’t say that he’ll sign it. I think he will. Because what he’s going to come back and say is, well, we’re really not taking anybody’s rights away. You just have to do this. You just have to pass this. Now, the only thing that may stop him from signing this is the cost. Is the cost. The state’s already running behind when it comes to their budget, trying to figure out what they’re going to cut and what they’re going to do to make ends meet. This isn’t going to help that. Because all of these counties are going to cry foul and say, wait a minute, you’re imposing this on us, yet you’re not giving us any funding to make this happen. There’s no way this can be self-funded. And again, if they make it where it has to be self-funded, in other words, putting erroneous charges on this particular program, therefore making it be self-funded, another reason why it’ll get shot down by the Supreme Court. Because you’re adding undue burden onto the citizen, taking away their Second Amendment right in doing so, and it’ll even fail more miserably than it would right now. So my feeling is he’ll probably sign it. Again, I do believe it will get shot down when it’s all said and done because it’s not constitutional. And all of the work and things that have gone into this, by the way, are going to be for naught because at the end of the day, this is just going to get shot down. And the amount of hoops that folks will now have to jump through, and here’s my other prediction, you’ll just see people doing other things to get around this law. They will figure out ways around it. People have relatives in other states. They’ll get those guns bought there. They’ll still end up with the gun that they want. They’ll go get it. They’ll bring it back. All of these things will happen. And again, at the end of the day, you’re not going to stop anything. And I get what I just said is not legal, but it’ll still happen. Because when you push people far enough, they’ll figure out ways around the rules. Especially when they’re arbitrary rules like these that have been set by a bunch of Democrats. that infringe upon your Second Amendment right. So again, at the end of the day, I’m sorry. I’m sorry, all of you lefty legislatures. This isn’t going to change anything. So I’ll quote another one. As gun violence continues to devastate communities across Colorado, which, by the way, that’s not totally true either. It’s not like we read about this every single solid day. Yes, there are shootings every day in Colorado. Happens constantly. And this bill is not going to change that. Leadership, I talked about Mayor Johnston during the first hour, that would change things. That would have an impact. But see, it’s not because we have government that only cares about certain things and your Second Amendment rights aren’t one of them. I, on the way here today, passed three motorcycle cops on I-70 that were doing traffic control on I-70, writing tickets. And I always think to myself when that’s going on, what else could those guys be doing? There’s not a car being stolen. There’s not some domestic violence going on anywhere in town. There’s nothing else happening that we should be paying more attention to instead of running three motorcycle cops on I-70 doing traffic control. Speed control. Speed trap, basically. And that’s my complaint. And you guys all know my feelings on speed traps and so on. And while I have all respect in the world for the blue, and I get it, these guys are only being told, you know, these particular officers are only being told what to go do by those that are in charge of them. This is most likely not what they really want to be doing. There’s other things that they could be doing instead. Now, some of them probably do enjoy it, but I think that’s a minority. Most of them do it because they’re told to. They’d rather be doing something else. But they do this because it’s what they have to do, and it’s a revenue collection for the city of Denver. Literally, it’s a revenue collector. You know, if you’re going X over the speed limit, it’s a big fine. And they can collect those big fines in those particular areas. You know, somebody being in the HOV lane going 80 in a 55, that’s a huge fine. Huge. In fact, there’s lots of points associated with that as well. So my complaint is… you want to stop gun violence and some of the other things that are going on, then change the system. Don’t change, you know, don’t pass a law that’s penalizing law-abiding gun owners. Because that’s what you’re doing in this particular situation. They go on to say, when semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines get into the wrong hands, it presents a major threat to the health and safety of our communities. And this bill, by the way, is not going to change that. This law won’t change. If this becomes law, it won’t change that. This is the misconception that folks on the left has. Oh, if we pass a law, it will end it. No, it won’t. We already have a law against murdering someone else. There’s already laws on the books for the very same things they’re trying to protect the citizens of. Criminals don’t care. They don’t care. 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SPEAKER 15 :
Back to Rush to Reason. And we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Joe, you’re next. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 19 :
John, I haven’t had a chance to read the bill, but I’m sure you know the answer to this question. Now, you are correct that you can’t drive to another state. You personally buy a pistol from a gun dealer and take possession of it. It would have to be shipped. But that doesn’t apply to long guns like AR-15s. You can legally drive to Cheyenne, buy an AR-15 with a 30-round magazine. and take possession of it on the spot in the store in Cheyenne.
SPEAKER 15 :
Correct.
SPEAKER 19 :
So what mechanism is in the bill to prevent bad guys from doing that?
SPEAKER 15 :
None. Joe, there’s no mechanism to keep them from going to downtown Denver on the street and finding somebody that just acquired one, stole one, did whatever, buy it out of the back of a truck. Nothing keeps that from happening. Zero. Zilch.
SPEAKER 19 :
John, you’re not telling me that they’re so stupid that they don’t have a mechanism to prevent bad guys and evil people from driving up to Cheyenne. and buying one of these banned weapons. You’re not trying to tell me that, are you?
SPEAKER 15 :
No, they do not, Joe.
SPEAKER 19 :
Oh, my goodness. Talk about stupid pieces of legislation that can be evaded.
SPEAKER 15 :
Joe, this one can be, and again, as I said earlier, yes, it’s against the law, but if you had a relative, let’s say, for example, living in Nebraska or Kansas or New Mexico or any other place, and you decided that, hey, you know what, can you pick me up this particular gun and these particular magazines, and oh, by the way, I need several boxes of ammo, And, you know what, I’ll just come by one day and, you know, we’ll get a family get-together and I’ll stop in and grab them and I’ll pay you then. And, you know what, nothing keeps that from happening, Joe.
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, John, and that’s only necessary if we’re talking about pistols. If it’s long guns, there’s nothing at all preventing you personally from legally, well, under federal law, from legally walking into that out-of-state gun store. And buying an AR-15, you know, filling out the form yourself and taking possession of it.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s right.
SPEAKER 15 :
And driving home.
SPEAKER 19 :
And driving home. Now, bringing it back to the state, you broke the law, but it is perfectly legal for you to drive to Kansas, buy a long gun. and walk out of the store with it in Kansas or Wyoming.
SPEAKER 15 :
Correct. And I had several different people texting in on, you know, even the whole, you know, high-capacity magazine thing and all of that. You know, the way around all of that is just, Joe, it’s so easy, it’s ridiculous.
SPEAKER 19 :
Go up to, you know, go up to, so as you know, John, most semi-automatic, full-size semi-automatic pistols come with a 17, 19, 20-round mag. And you can still drive up to Cheyenne, take a 90-minute drive to Cheyenne. And hanging on a rack, if you want a 20-round Glock mag, go buy half a dozen and come home. You don’t even need an ID. You don’t even need a library card.
SPEAKER 15 :
And the reality of that, too, Joe, that most people don’t understand, including these Democrats, is none of those are traceable in, I guess, if you really wanted to get down to it and you could figure out through the manufacturer when the actual date stamp was and so on. But the reality is, Joe, none of that’s ever going to happen. You could drag those things back here and say, oh, yeah, I bought those six months ago. No one would know the difference, Joe.
SPEAKER 19 :
Absolutely, gentlemen, 100 percent correct. And a lot of mags don’t even have that.
SPEAKER 15 :
And by the way, Joe, here’s the other thing the Dems don’t understand. Law enforcement doesn’t even care about what I just said. They have got such bigger fish to fry. That is non-issue to them.
SPEAKER 19 :
They do. And this is part of a larger – I think many of them know that this will never pass a legal challenge, but it’s called lawfare. They are trying to bankrupt the groups.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yes, that’s right.
SPEAKER 19 :
That’s all this is. And that’s a stated – we’re trying to bankrupt them with these – and we’re trying to make them spend all of their contributions.
SPEAKER 15 :
I think the only thing they’re not understanding in this particular one is there’s enough folks running around in Colorado, folks like myself, that’ll give, you know, $100, $200, whatever it is to the cause, that, yeah, they’re not going to bankrupt them over this particular one. It might in some other situations, but not this one.
SPEAKER 19 :
Right, and there’s one more coming, John. You know how these things… Bloomberg and every town in the USA is behind these. They have a boilerplate, and if it passes in one state… They’ll do it again. They just send legislators here… The boilerplate with the fill-in-the-blank, fill-in-the-name of your state.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s right.
SPEAKER 19 :
California has passed this, and their argument was that the magazine is not part of the firearm. It’s an accessory. It’s a mere accessory. Now, this is the same state. You’re familiar with what’s called a magazine disconnect, right, that the gun can’t fire. So California, many years ago, passed a law that required any pistol sold in the state must have a magazine disconnect feature, meaning if you drop the magazine, even if there’s a bullet in the chamber, the gun won’t fire if the magazine isn’t inserted. Well, so they made the magazine an essential integral part of the pistol, and here they are in court arguing that the magazine is not an essential integral part of the gun. It’s a mere accessory. That’s why we, the state of California, have the right to ban it, because it’s not a firearm, it’s a mere accessory, yet you made it an integral part of the gun.
SPEAKER 15 :
That’s right. Joe, I’ll leave it at that. I’ve got one more call. I appreciate you very much. Ben, go ahead. I’ll give you a couple minutes. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, I just had three comments. One, the Politburo, if they quit allowing so much crime and allowed the police to do their job, they’d probably get more people locked up and nip a lot of crime in the bud correct and then uh secondly you know on this tesla thing i’m not that i i’ve said on your show before i’m not a big fan but i’m against it’s like the protest for me would be just don’t buy the car you don’t have to burn anything that’s right don’t buy it anymore trade it off if you own one trade it off yeah and then thirdly you know off the topic i just heard that cummins came up with a new inline gas engine cylinder yes and i’m thinking i i’d like to see how they run but uh they’ve got like huge torque yes and relatively making it very much like a diesel only running on gasoline yeah and i was wondering how they did that did they do like uh stroke over bore, bore over stroke, I’m guessing, and high compression. Very high compression.
SPEAKER 15 :
I have not looked at the specs, but, yeah, that’s essentially what they’re doing, yes.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, and, you know, I was looking at diesels, but the maintenance is so high. Oh, this will be a game changer.
SPEAKER 15 :
If this ends up working like they claim, Ben, this is a game changer.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, I’m thinking there’s going to be a lot of guys running around with one-ton trucks or whatever.
SPEAKER 04 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 07 :
And when the engine goes bad or isn’t worth fixing, they’re going to drop that thing in. And by the way, the electric car, I think overall is healthy because it forces developments of internal combustion.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yes, I agree.
SPEAKER 07 :
I think to be more efficient, get better mileage because they kind of rest on their laurels. A lot of these cars, they’re running around getting 26 miles per gallon or whatever. And you could get that. out of a small block in the 70s.
SPEAKER 15 :
That’s right.
SPEAKER 07 :
You know, if you did it right. That’s right.
SPEAKER 15 :
Nope, you’re right. Ben, I’ve got to run, but no, you are right. By the way, I appreciate the phone call. We can talk more about this even in the last hour. I’ll have time. I’ve got one guest, so we’ll have more time. Real quick, Cub Creek Heating and Air Conditioning. Find them at klzradio.com.
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All right, great first and second hour. Hour number three is next. Phil Kirpin’s going to join us here at the top of the hour from American Commitment. We’ll be right back, though. This is Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 14 :
I’m a rich guy.
