In this episode of Ready Radio, host John Rush delves into the implications of Colorado’s new gun bill, signed by Governor Polis. This controversial legislation has sparked a heated debate, as it represents one of the most comprehensive anti-gun laws in the nation. Discover what this bill means for gun owners and how it might influence future legislative actions across other states. John also offers his predictions on the legal battles ahead and the possible outcomes for gun rights advocates.
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This is Ready Radio, preparing you to be ready for anything, now. Here’s your survival guide for Ready Radio, John Rush. And it is Ready Radio, KLZ 560. Thanks for tuning in today. We appreciate it very much. Normally, Bill Anderson would be joining me, but he had some other things going on today, so just me. And if you’ve got any questions or comments or things you’d want to call in on, feel free to do so. Live program today on April the 11th. Our phone number here, of course, 303-477-5600. 303-477-5600. Text line, as always, 307… 200-8222-307-28222. So I’ve got a couple of things today I wanted to cover. One is I mentioned this on Rush to Reason yesterday briefly, which for those of you maybe that just listen to this program, that’s my daily show from 3 to 6, 3 to 7 actually daily. And that is the gun bill that Governor Polis actually signed. There was all sorts of speculation. I was reading a lot on that again this morning. There were still people that, you know, even up to yesterday were thinking he may just let that sit on his desk. Not sign it, let it become law just by default. That way, you know, if he, which a lot of us, myself included, feel he will make a run for president, most likely in 2028. And I think there’s a lot of us that felt like he would most likely. Just let that bill run through, and that way his name’s not really attached to it in the same way as if he has a big ceremonial signing and so on, which is what he actually did yesterday. Now, I will tell you that I think there is a lot of… individuals out there, voters, those that are in the middle, on the right, not too many Democrats probably, but might find a few that would actually find the bill. And it was SB 25-003. I’ve talked a lot about it during the weekly show. I’ll mention a few things about it here today during this program. And why I want to talk about it today is what do you need to do to be prepared for that? If, in fact, well, it will be challenged. There’s already a lot of groups talking about the lawsuits and so on. So it’s going to get challenged in court. And this is really an overall, it is, from all the reading I’ve done, this is the harshest gun, anti-gun bill that’s now become law in the country. So we’re leading the way when it comes to that, meaning that, again, this will be fought in the courts, most likely will be lost in the courts, whether that’s on it. It will not be lost in the state of Colorado because we have such liberal judges in Colorado, but it will move on up the ladder, and eventually, even if it goes all the way to the Supreme Court, will be shot down. That is my prediction. It’s unconstitutional. It’s pretty simple that it is. There’s been lesser laws. shot down and the key to this one which i’m not sure the democrats what they never really think they have some strategy but they they didn’t in this one the folks that got together and wrote this law just did it out of vengeance more than anything in my opinion what they did though and this is the this is the rub and this is where i want some of you to to see the silver lining and that is because it’s so controversial, I do believe it’ll affect Governor Polis politically. I’ll talk about that. I also feel like because it’s so overarching that, A, it will go to a higher court and be shot down, and the plus side to that is I believe that it will set precedents on maybe some other states that have even current laws nothing is close to this but some other states that have similar uh… overbearing second amendment laws You could see it have an effect there. And then, of course, it’ll set precedents on down the road. So those are things, of course, that the left never looks at. They don’t care. They are out to take your guns away completely. Believe me when I say that they will come out and say, no, that’s not the case. Yes, it is. Yes, it is, because the reality is this particular law now, SB 25003, that now will become law, it will not take effect until August of 2026. Now, I will say this. A lot can happen between now and then, even legally speaking, although given the fact that it won’t become law until then, it’ll be interesting to see how quickly it goes through the court system. Keep in mind that I think it’ll be pushed through a little bit quicker now than what you might see normally just because the vendors and the people that are involved with that particular law, the training aspect of it, which is what this law is all about, which I’ll get to. But remember, you’ve even got gun stores and the like, whereby I’m not sure how that’s even going to work for them. If they’ve got inventory, by the way, at that point in time, what will they need to do with said inventory? Does that have to be transferred out of state? I guess they can still keep inventory. They just can’t sell it to anybody unless they pass through all of the hoops and jumps that… that this particular law has set in motion. So nothing says they can’t stock said firearms, although I will tell you that if I were a gun store and this does pass and it does take place and this all takes effect a year from August, a year from this August, I wouldn’t be stocking as heavily in those particular, you know, arms as what I would otherwise. That’s a whole other conversation. Might even get into that a little bit later. But for those of you that maybe haven’t been following this particular law, most anybody that’s familiar with, you know, the Second Amendment, you know, gun laws and things like that, I think here in Colorado, most… have followed that. I haven’t talked even in public and so on when people ask me different things and so on and they find out what you do. I mean, anybody that’s any kind of constitutionalist, by the way, and or conservative has pretty much known about this. But in a nutshell, this is what SB 25003 looks like. The enactment date, again, as I said, will be August 1st of 2026. So none of what we talk about will take place until then. And the date that it was amended from, it was originally supposed to take place this September, but they did get enough pushback and so on from even the powers that be on the training aspect and so on that it’s pushed back a year to August 1st. Not quite a year, but 11 months. So at its core, it’s a blanket firearm ban, literally. prohibiting the sale, purchase, transfer, and manufacture of semi-automatic rifles, shotguns, gas-operated pistols that can accept detachable magazines. The language around pistols is very nuanced as it tries to exempt those that use recoil operations, but ultimately the Colorado Attorney General would have the power to further clarify what is banned, and what I will tell you is anything with a detachable magazine, I believe, will be banned. will be underneath this particular law. I will give you this much as well. I highly doubt that our current Attorney General, Phil Weiser, even knows the difference in these guns that I just mentioned. You know, recoil-operated versus gas-operated and so on, I highly doubt he even knows the difference in them. And at the end of the day, frankly, this shows you that the ignorance of the people that wrote this, there isn’t any difference in how they operate. To the person pulling the trigger, some experts would know one from another. Most would not. Most would not. How they function? how quickly it can fire a round and so on, there’s no difference one way or the other. Okay, and before somebody that’s a super expert on guns corrects me, yes, I know in certain circumstances you might see a little bit of difference in performance from one to the other, but to the average person, there isn’t. There isn’t. So possession, by the way, won’t be banned under the bill. That’s why I’ve said numerous times on my other program, this literally will do nothing, absolutely nothing, to curtail what they’re trying to go after here with this particular law. Firearms with fixed magazines holding 15 rounds or less are exempt, as are firearms that have detachable magazines permanently affixed like with epoxy or welded, according to the bill’s sponsors. I mean, folks, we’re talking about modifying weapons in a way that they are not meant to be modified. And again, whoever wrote this were complete knuckleheads. I have no understanding of how guns even work. And really what they’re after here, and for a lot of you, you know what I mean by this, you affix the magazine to where it’s not removable any longer. Reloading said magazine becomes very difficult, as you all know that would be in that world. I don’t want to say impossible, but darn near. Now, I will say this. This is where it gets really interesting. Knowing… Knowing… the ingenuity of people in the firearms world, there are certain types of magazines whereby you could probably modify the magazine to where the magazine could still stay affixed to the firearm, and yet you could literally reload said magazine Without ever taking magazine out and not top feed it. In other words, you could bottom feed it. And I’m not going to get into all of the nuances of that. But some of you that are listening know exactly what I mean by that. And the ingenuity of Americans never ceases to amaze me. So once again, they’re trying to pass a law that in the end will do nothing. For individuals who want to continue to purchase these quote-unquote banned firearms, a license to buy scheme was added, and it is a scheme. This requires a potential consumer to obtain a new firearms safety course eligibility card, which will be added to a new firearms training and safety course record system, That will be funded and managed by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Once in the system, the consumer would then need to take training and pass a test. And there’s a breakdown, by the way, that I’ve got here in my notes as to how all of that works. I’m not going to get into that because we will see how all of this even pans out. And this involves the Sheriff’s Department and certain courses and the ability to fire and operate the firearm and, and, and. And basically, like I said, they’re basically making you jump through a bunch of hoops. And what they’re banking on, this is my feeling, what they’re banking on is because you still can obtain these guns. And this is Polis’ rub and what he’ll come back and say, well, we didn’t ban anything. We’re just saying that to own one of these or to purchase one of these, down the road, you have to pass these courts. You’ve got to be quote-unquote approved to buy one of these. I mean, I’ll just be straight up honest. How Nazi Germany is that? Literally, how Nazi-ous is that in that particular regard? Now, I could go on and on and on and talk about all of the nuances of the law and so on. And by the way, if you’ve got a current concealed weapons permit, that doesn’t count. And yes, I know a lot of you that have one, you’ve already taken the steps necessary to pass that course and so on. Doesn’t matter. The Democrats killed that portion of it, and it doesn’t matter whether you actually have a concealed weapons permit or not. So we will again see how this goes. There’s an entire list, by the way, in this bill that now has become law of specific firearms that fall underneath this. And the reality is it will be the majority. Well, it’ll be all firearms with a detachable magazine. It’s that simple, period. Jim, go ahead, sir. What do you got?
SPEAKER 10 :
All right, John, you may or may not like what I’m going to say, but I’m really serious about this. You know what? You know how to hear every time I hear whether you talk about it, Glenn Beck talk about it. You know, Karen, you know all I hear when I hear all you guys go on about this stuff? This is what I hear. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
SPEAKER 08 :
Why is that, Jim? You know what? By the way, Jim, I take offense to that, by the way. What do you mean it’s just blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah? Does it not matter that our governor and our legislature are turning into complete Nazis? That doesn’t matter? You’re really ticking me off, Jim. That’s an insult to say that to everybody on air talking about it. With that, Jim, goodbye. I’m not talking to you any longer when you insult me like that. That’s an insult, folks. To just call in and say me and other talk show hosts are just blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. When it comes to things that are taking your basic rights away, Jim, that’s an insult. You owe me an apology. And by the way, Jim, you owe an apology to all of the other hosts that hang it out there on a daily basis to try to stop this crap. You owe me, Karen, all of the others that you just mentioned in your diatribe an apology. Literally. Because it’s not just a bunch of endless words that we’re talking about. We’re trying to inform people of what’s actually going on and how to put a stop to it. That’s what we do here on a daily basis, Jim. And whether you like it or not, I’m here doing it, you’re not. You call in and add some content from time to time, in this case, crappy content, and that’s a bunch of garbage, Jim. You need to really think about what you just said and reevaluate that and hopefully down the road call in and apologize for being a jerk. I don’t say that too often to listeners, by the way. I’m pretty patient with people, but not when they act like that. And the rest of you that are listening, I hope you understand my point in this. We in this world, we talk about a lot of things to try to put an end to the nonsense that’s going on. And I’m going to give you all, when I come back from break, some ways, I think, to be ahead of this, if you possibly can. So no, Jim, they’re not just endless words, and it’s not just blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I get it. At the end of the day, I told everybody on the front side, this would pass. I told everybody on the front side I felt like Polis would sign this. I wasn’t wrong. I’m not wrong also in the fact that this will be fought in court, and it will be defeated, but there will be a process with all of that. And by the way, that involves cash. Some of us are going to have to pony up and donate some money to these causes that are going to be out there, by the way, fighting against my own tax dollars. So I’m going to pay twice. I’m going to pay to donate to the people that are going to go after this knucklehead legislation, this law. And yet my tax dollars are actually going to go fund the defense of. It’s a bunch of garbage, by the way. It shouldn’t be allowed. But that’s how the system works. So, yes, we will have to use our hard-earned money to go defeat our hard-earned money that will be defending this. How crappy is that? But that’s the way it works. None of us like it, but I told everybody on the front side how this was going to work. And I will also say that this law will do nothing, I understand, but that’s not the point. The point is we have got to put an end to this nonsense happening in the first place. And sorry, Jim, guys like you aren’t helping. You’re hot air. Sorry, you’re just hot air. You’re not helping either. So if you really want to help, put your money where your mouth is and go donate to somebody that’s going to actually help defeat this and take it all the way to the Supreme Court so we can get things straightened out. Like I said, the silver lining earlier, which I’ve heard nobody else talk about, but the silver lining is if, in fact, this goes up to the Supreme Court, which I believe it will, or even whatever court it ends up in, it will be defeated. And that could bode well for other states that have outlandish Second Amendment laws as well. That’s the silver lining to this, because this is the worst law right now in the country. And I’m not exaggerating at all when I say that. No one else, no other state has what we have in regards to this. Now, when I come back… I’m going to help, I hope help you guys stay ahead of this, because there will be ways to work around this, especially up until this particular date. And, of course, there’s always ways to work around it after that. But I’ll tell you, legally speaking, how to work around this on the front side here as soon as we come back. Again, Ready Radio, ready-radio.com is our website, text line 307-200-8222.
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All right, we are back. Ready Radio, KLZ 560. Thanks, by the way, for joining us. I appreciate it. Thank you, by the way, for all the text messages and the majority of you agreeing with my conversation a moment ago with Jim. So thank you very much for the support. I appreciate that. And I’m not trying to gang up on Jim whatsoever, but I’m not going to listen to somebody tell me that I’m just blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. That’s not going to cut it for me. I work too stinking many hours, too long, too hard, do too much prep to come on air daily and have somebody tell me all I do is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I can tell you that right now. I’m not putting up with that nonsense. So, especially after this week, I’m not feeling very good. I feel great today, but as you guys can tell, I’m raring to go, but I’m not putting up with that. Now, I had a couple other text messages, too, that said, I thought you could open carry. You know, in Colorado, in certain places, you can. Yes, you can. Would I? Um… Honestly, no, I wouldn’t. Me personally, no, I wouldn’t. I’ve got a concealed carry permit, which I went through the process of and so on, and even people disagree with having to even do that, but I did it. I have one. I do. There are certain places here where, no, I would not open carry. Now, there are certain places in the state where I would have no problem open carrying. Here in the metro area, no, I would not open carry. I had a couple of other people, which I will get into in a moment, saying, listen, there’s always ways to work around this. And this is nothing more than just de facto registration. Yes, you’re correct. I agree with that. And what I was going to say is there is no way I personally or any of my immediate family is going to go through any of this training that they’re going to put out to get a quote unquote permit to buy this type of a gun. No, there’s always ways to work around that, legally or illegally, which, by the way, this is one of those types of laws meant to be broken. Yes, I said that openly, and I will continue to say that. This is a law meant to be broken. I am not going to jump through the hoops that they have set out. If this goes through and it stands, which I doubt it will, but let’s say that it does, this is a law meant to be broken. This is sort of like the 10-round magazine law, meant to be broken. It’s a nonsense law. In fact, that’s a law, by the way, that you will find few, if any, law enforcement officers willing to even enforce. And that’s been openly said by many an agency, sheriff included. The current one we have on the books. This one, how they will even enforce things on down the road. I mean, I guess they will do it through the fact that right now you have to have a background check and so on to even buy certain weapons. And this will just expand that further. But as we all know, anybody that’s around this end of things at all knows there’s a way around all of this. Always, always will be. you’re not going to put a stop to people wanting to get their hands on these type of guns, which, as I said earlier, this is literally most every gun you would go buy. I mean, there’s a few exceptions to this particular law, I guess you could say, as far as what you could buy and what people would like to go buy. But in general, these are everyday common firearms people buy for self-protection, for even hunting and things like that on a routine basis. So once again, anti-gunners going after things that will have no effect at the end of the day on the safety of citizenry. But you’ve got folks that are in the legislature that have an ax to grind. People that have lost family members to shootings and things like that, Sutherland being one of them. These are the kind of guys that are going to go after this stuff because they’ve got a vendetta, and they think by passing these laws, they’re going to somehow bring their own family back to life. I’m sorry. I hate to be that mean about it, but that’s what they’re trying to do in their own mind. They’ve got a vendetta. They’re trying to somehow, that loved one that they lost, they’re trying to somehow redeem things for that loved one by doing these things. And then, of course, they get the entire anti-gun culture on their side. Yes, they’ve had a loss. Yes, I feel bad for their family loss. But that doesn’t mean they get to take away one of my rights in the process, which is what they’re doing. So I feel bad for anybody that would have loss of life in their family. By the way, we’ve all had it for whatever reason. But that doesn’t give any of us, myself included, the right to take away somebody else’s right because you lost someone in your family. It doesn’t work that way. Now, to Mr. Sutherland, it does because he doesn’t care. I watched enough of that clown this last winter going through this whole process and some of the things that he did, some of his antics, when it came to even people that tried to even have meetings with him and have civil sit-down conversations on where this is going and what it’s doing and so on. The guy’s an absolute jerk. I don’t care if he lost any lives. He’s a jerk. Again, just because you’ve had a loss of life in your life you’ve lost a loved one, doesn’t give you the right to be mean to people, to be a jerk. Period. So, how do you get around this? Well, first of all, what I would do, and this is where it’s going to be interesting over the next several months, really probably the next year, because things will really start ramping up for this. If this law stays in effect, and we’re at this same time next year, kind of winding down or entering that last three, four months as you head into August, it’ll be interesting to kind of see where things are at. So me, personally, my advice to people would be, if there’s a gun that you have wanted to buy up to this point in time and you have not done it for whatever reason, go buy it. Figure out what you want to buy, figure out who you want to buy it from, get it all dialed in, and get it bought sooner than later. Because here in Colorado, I also think you’ll see some premiums on some of these weapons. Maybe not right now, but as we get down the stretch towards this becoming a law, you’re going to see prices on these things increase. That’s my prediction. Again, I may be wrong. But if I were somebody wanting to buy one of these weapons that you don’t own already, and there’s something you want to own, then you better buy it sooner than later. That would be my advice. Soren, go ahead.
SPEAKER 11 :
I have one question. Is this law a little bit like the speeding ticket cameras and red light cameras? where it’s a money grab, too, because I guarantee you that class is going to cost a lot of money.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, you bring up a great point, although, Soren, I will tell you that even the agencies responsible for the training are looking at this saying, time out, there’s not enough money here. So while it can be a money grab, some of these agencies are looking at this saying, wait a minute, we’re not going to be able to charge enough money to even make this happen. We need more funding to even do what you’d like us to do.
SPEAKER 11 :
So it would be a money grab, but it would have to be increased through tax.
SPEAKER 08 :
Correct. Yeah, the CPW, they’re looking at this saying, by the way, they were not for this because they know the amount of money that it’s going to take to make these courses work. Sheriff’s departments and the processing of and so on, they’ve come forward and said the same thing. So believe me, Soren, there’s been a lot of agencies that have come forward against this law saying, we don’t have enough money to make this work.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, and I bet county sheriffs will say, well, I don’t think we’re going to enforce this if it does go through.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, but the problem with the enforcement is, given the fact you’ve got to pass a background check in the first place to even buy said gun, that will be enforced. The gun dealers themselves will enforce that. The sheriffs don’t have to do anything. You won’t find a gun dealer that will, you know, that will knowingly, I mean, I guess if they do something under the table or by mistake or whatever, that might actually happen, but they’re not knowingly going to sell a gun that fits this particular description that would be unlawful to sell. They’re not going to willingly do that.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, because their neck is on the line.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, then their FFL license is on the line, exactly. So yeah, believe me, I know enough gun store owners and such that they’re not going to play around with that. They’ll abide by whatever the law is. They’ll have to.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, otherwise, well… I’m sure there could be a lot of charges put in on that, too.
SPEAKER 08 :
I mean, the other thing about it is you look at some of the weapons that are actually listed by name in the law. It’s like, who wrote this? Because the reality is some of these guns that you listed aren’t even the type of guns that you’re trying to outlaw.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah. Well, probably everybody who wrote that law, none of them knew anything about what guns are.
SPEAKER 08 :
Correct. Correct.
SPEAKER 11 :
Rocks could have done a better job writing than a bet.
SPEAKER 08 :
And by the way, I think that’s where, fortunately, and this is where I think probably a lot of folks that were on our side just sat back and watched some of this get put together. Yes, there was all sorts of petitions and things along those lines to try to stop this, but… I think in some cases the language, they just let ride because there’s so many holes in this that when you start bringing this thing down the line and you start fighting this in court, it’s going to be easy to fight because some of the weapons that they’ve even described in the law don’t even fit what they’re trying to accomplish.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
Go figure.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, it figures there’s a bunch of,
SPEAKER 08 :
people or there’s a bunch of idiots at the golden dome yes there is well you you’ve heard my comments you know during the week on that soren uh these are in my opinion a lot of very low iq emotional individuals at the golden dome not the smartest by any means yeah well that’s a good thing for our gop though well if we can get our act together yes it would be you’re correct
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, it would be a good thing if that would happen.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, if we could ever get that done, it’d be a great thing.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 08 :
So anyways, it’ll be interesting to see how this all shakes out. But, Soren, you know as well as I that a lot of people out there listening, they have got family that live in other places, other states. And in a lot of cases, it’s not against the law to even go to another state and buy some of the rifles. The pistol’s a different situation. But some of the rifles that they’ve got listed here, you could go across state line, buy that rifle, and come right on home. How are they going to stop that?
SPEAKER 11 :
I was wondering on that, is there anything on bans for Wyoming gun stores that if a person with a Colorado ID comes in, they can’t sell them that?
SPEAKER 08 :
If somebody from Wyoming wants to address that, please do, but Soren, to my knowledge, no, there’s not.
SPEAKER 11 :
Because if the idiots at the Golden Dome were smart, they would have put that in there.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I don’t think they can. Here’s the thing, though. Here’s the rubsorn. They can’t dictate what another state does. As much as these guys, as much as these knuckleheads would like to, they can’t.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, that’s for sure. And that’s a good thing that we have 50 individual governments all tied in under one.
SPEAKER 08 :
Correct. I mean, again, they’ve got some rifles, and if you go through the listing of these things, and I’m not going to do it for you, but just really quick, for example, the Browning BAR Mark III is a specific rifle they’ve listed, but it doesn’t even meet the criteria of what they’re trying to outlaw. Yeah, that’s for sure. I mean, it kind of does, it kind of doesn’t, because I know what they’re trying to do. They’re trying to outlaw like an AR-15 or an AR-10 where literally you drop the mag, stick another one in, and off you go. The BAR rifle, for example, is like a five-round magazine. Yes, it’s detachable, but not detachable in the way that you would think that, for example, that a Glock or an AR or that type of a platform has. This rifle is completely different from that. And it’s a hunting rifle, by the way, but yet it falls underneath their specifics of guns you now have to have a permit or a license to go by.
SPEAKER 11 :
What about the belt-fed gun? Does that count?
SPEAKER 08 :
I’ve not gotten into the specifics, but I would assume so, yes.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, I don’t know. I haven’t looked at that law very much.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, and I didn’t get into the—I’ll be honest, Soren, and those of you listening, I haven’t gotten into a lot of specifics of even the models of guns that are listed because, again, I feel like at the end of the day, this thing’s going to get shot down. It’s going to go to a higher court. For sure, it will be challenged. And, you know, and possibly, Soren, maybe that’s why— You know, Polis went ahead and signed it because then he can come back and say, well, you know, I signed what I felt was going to be really good legislation that still allowed people to buy what they wanted to buy with proper training. And, you know, it’s not my fault that the Supreme Court shot it down. That’ll be his comeback, by the way. That’s what he’ll do.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
Because after he’s done being governor, he’s going to run for higher office. Trust me. Trust me.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah. If he keeps doing stupid stuff like that, he’s not ever going to make it.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, he won’t. You’re right. That is correct. You are correct.
SPEAKER 11 :
Because I think America has a three-to-one gun ratio to people.
SPEAKER 08 :
There are a lot of guns in this country, yes. Here’s the thing, Soren, and I talk about this all the time on The Daily Show. There are more guns than I believe, truthfully, I believe people even know exist. I mean, the numbers they throw out as to how many guns are in the country, it’s a guesstimate, not an estimate, a guesstimate.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, because people back in the day probably didn’t have to pass background checks or anything.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah, I mean, these guys today, I mean, the realization of things, Soren, is they don’t know how many guns are actually out there. There is guns that have come from all over the world that have made it into this country legally and illegally. They don’t have the foggiest idea how many are out there.
SPEAKER 11 :
Uh-huh. And no matter what happens, there’s always going to be a black market for
SPEAKER 08 :
That’s exactly right, Soren.
SPEAKER 1 :
100%.
SPEAKER 08 :
That’ll never go away. You’re 100% correct. But my point is, if there are some guns on this list that some of you are listing right now and you want to own those guns, it’s been something where, you know, for example, I just mentioned the Browning BAR. If that’s a particular rifle that you’ve wanted to own, rather than wait to see how things come out and wait to see whether it goes to the Supreme Court and dink around with all of that, if that’s a gun you’ve wanted to own, you better go buy it. Just go buy it and get it done and over with. You’re not going to lose any money on that gun doing it.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah. It’s a little bit like my brother says. The best gun salesman out there is a Democrat.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yep. You got it. You got it. He’s 100% correct, Soren. Yes.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yep. I like to think so.
SPEAKER 08 :
He is. Soren, I’ll let you go. I’ve got to run to break. You’re a good man. Appreciate it. Keep the faith. I’ll come back, give you guys a few more pointers along these lines. Don’t go anywhere. Ready-radio.com is our website. KLZ 560.
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All right, we are back. Ready Radio, KLZ 560. Real quick also, some of you, I’m so used to talking to Soren from not only my Saturday programs, but then during the week as well. Soren represents the young generation. Soren just got his driver’s license and so on, so he’s a younger kid that has listened to me for a long time, has been calling in since he was a young man. He is now a man. I don’t look at him as a young boy anymore, and Soren’s great. So those of you listening, that’s Soren’s background. He and I have talked now for decades. several years and i appreciate him and what he represents and those that listen to us uh so we don’t have all just you know 50 year old 60 year old guys that listen to us we have a wide range of audience that do listen to us and for those of you that are texting in thank you somebody texted a moment ago and said hey i wanted to call in about this particular topic but they’ve got a meeting in about five minutes same texter by the way that said This entire thing is nothing more than just a facto registration. And yes, that person is exactly correct. Somebody also said that, and I’ll talk about this when we come back on Rush to Reason, Michael Bennett announcing that he is now going to make a run for governor. That was kind of a rumor that had been going around. But yes, in fact… Somebody else also texted in and reminded me that I guess Jim called in another show today and wasn’t very nice to that particular host. And Jim, I’ll give you a little heads up. You keep calling in and treating hosts the way that you treated me. You won’t be calling anybody. You won’t be calling anybody because other people listen and know your voice and know what’s going on. And I guess Jim called one of our other fellow hosts in town a very not nice word. I’ll just say it that way. For a female, not a very nice word for a female. And, Jim, you keep doing that, you’re not going to be calling anybody, period. And a lot of you, by the way, texting and giving support for what we’re doing in spite of the Jims of the world, which, yes, thank you very much. I do appreciate that greatly. John and Cheyenne, what’s going on, man?
SPEAKER 03 :
Hey, so, John. When you were talking about Soren, were you inferring guys like me not calling because I’m too old?
SPEAKER 08 :
Ah, no, not at all. No, my point is, you know, I mean, no, seriously, my point is we’ve got everybody from, you know, his generation where he was calling in long before he could even drive, now calling in. Yeah, we’ve got guys like you and I in our age group still listening and being involved.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. So, quick question. I’m a little vague on this new Colorado gun grab or gun law. Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, it’s the beginning of a grab because it is de facto registration is what it really is.
SPEAKER 03 :
Is it to buy a gun or is it just to own one that you have to go through that training?
SPEAKER 08 :
To buy a new firearm that meets, you know, that they have pretty much spelled out. And as I gave you an example a moment ago, John, this includes even a Browning BAR, which I do not consider. Yes, it’s a semi-automatic weapon, but I don’t consider that to be a detachable magazine weapon. Yes, I know it is, but not in the sense of what a typical Democrat would call that weapon.
SPEAKER 03 :
No. So here’s the, you know, John, we got to open that store right here. There’s an empty. I know right across the border.
SPEAKER 08 :
I know we do.
SPEAKER 03 :
How many people are going to now drive up to Cheyenne to buy a gun? A lot. A lot. You know, we don’t have those rules, nor will we ever. I mean, I don’t know if I told you this, but we just our legislature passed. a no-gun-free zone law on public property. So in other words, just because you can’t have the state capitol is now you can carry your firearm into the state capitol. Nice. Into the county. The only places like you can’t is the county courthouse for safety reasons. You know what I mean?
SPEAKER 08 :
Sure, sure, sure. Makes sense.
SPEAKER 03 :
Into the courtrooms. But if you’re going into the courthouse to say register your car, they don’t care. Interesting. The schools have to have Pacific Rules, University of Wyoming, just trustees, they said, we don’t agree with this, but the new law requires us to do it. So we’re living at two opposite ends of the spectrum separated by 100 miles.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, you are right. You are right. John, I can’t argue that. You’re 100% correct.
SPEAKER 03 :
So for people that need to get something that won’t be available in Colorado, in Cheyenne, there’s a couple of small gun shops. Murdoch’s has a big gun selection, Sportsman’s Warehouse. And then, of course, if you want to take a little further ride, there’s always Cabela’s in Sydney. True. So they’ll have a decent selection. Always do. So if you’re coming out of Denver, you take 76, probably get to Sydney about as fast as you would get to Cheyenne.
SPEAKER 06 :
True.
SPEAKER 03 :
Here’s the thing, and you were talking about it, and I wanted to bring it up Monday, but since you brought it up with the Bennett thing, here’s what’s going to happen. Prove me wrong. Bennett is going to get elected governor, and then you know what he’s going to do right after he’s sworn in?
SPEAKER 06 :
What?
SPEAKER 03 :
He’s going to appoint polis to finish out his term in the Senate. Because remember, the governor will appoint to the next federal election.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I don’t think, Charlie and I were talking about that before break, and I may have my timing off a little bit, but I am guessing that it will be Polis that will be nominating or appointing, nominating is not the right word, he will be appointing Bennett’s successor, and can you appoint yourself?
SPEAKER 03 :
Yes, that’s happened before in our history. Governors have appointed themselves to go to the Senate.
SPEAKER 08 :
Because the way the timing works, it’ll be polis doing the appointing.
SPEAKER 03 :
But will it? Yes. Yeah, I looked at the dates. Well, isn’t your governor sworn in the first of the year?
SPEAKER 08 :
January 10th is what I looked up. That was the last inauguration was the 10th of January.
SPEAKER 03 :
Right. So there’s nothing that says Bennett, if he’s a sitting senator, has to resign until the day he’s sworn in. There’s nothing in the federal rules for senators. So Bennett could do that, or Bennett could not resign the same day he’s sworn in.
SPEAKER 08 :
Charlie and I were talking about this prior to the show today, and all of those scenarios could happen. That’s where it gets a little interesting to see how they would do it. I’m not going against what you’re saying either, John. You could very well be correct. You could very well see Polis serve out Bennett’s term. Yes, you could be correct on that.
SPEAKER 03 :
And that would give him the D.C. stepping stone to go and run for president.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, keep in mind, he’s already been a House of Representatives. He’s already got a pension from that already. So keep that in mind. So, yeah, that could be years. What’s that?
SPEAKER 03 :
Was he there the six years?
SPEAKER 08 :
I believe I’d have to go back and look, but I think he served at least three terms. Yes.
SPEAKER 03 :
OK, I don’t I didn’t remember. I wasn’t. I didn’t follow Colorado politics.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, the only reason I know that is because he was, you know, because when I lived in Boulder, he was, you know, unfortunately, he was my rep.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah. So it’s going to be interesting, but if it’s just to purchase the guns.
SPEAKER 08 :
Charlie just looked it up, John, really quick. Charlie just looked it up. Five terms. So I was correct. Yeah, he did five terms.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay. Okay. 09 to 19. So here’s the deal with going back to the guns. If you live close to Kansas, you’ll drive over into Kansas. If you live in the southern part of the state, you’ll go to New Mexico. Western part of the state will go to Utah. And the northern part of the state will come into Wyoming or Nebraska. So, I mean, does he really do the people in your legislature in Colorado really think passing this law is going to do anything to stop a legitimate person from buying a gun?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I would venture to guess that these mentally ill, insane individuals that are our representatives at the Golden Dome believe that. Yes, John, I think in their hearts, yes, they believe that. Yes, I think they do.
SPEAKER 03 :
Do they issue drugs, marijuana, to every representative when they get elected?
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, as I’ve said before, John, and I will stand by this one, and I’m being 100% serious. I’m just being straight. I’ve interviewed a lot of these people, and this is true on both sides of the aisle. These are not the sharpest tacks in the box, period.
SPEAKER 07 :
No, they’re not. They’re electable. They were really sharp.
SPEAKER 08 :
They’re electable, but they’re not sharp.
SPEAKER 03 :
They make money in business.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right, right.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yep. So, I don’t know. It’s going to be interesting, but… I tell the people in Wyoming that are listening, if you need a gun, go get it now.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 03 :
Because there might be a shortage. It’s just because of the people.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, yeah, I mean, you bring up a whole nother realm of this when it comes to getting a gun now. And I talked about, you know, if you want one, go get one now because you don’t have to jump through all the hoops and so on. On the same token, and I did say this, John, you have no idea what this is going to do to the prices of some of these firearms. You’re better off doing it now than later. Exactly.
SPEAKER 03 :
Exactly.
SPEAKER 08 :
And I say that, John, just because some of the guns that are listed in this listing are guns that you and I would look at and say, that’s not an assault-type gun. That’s not something anybody’s going to use in a quote-unquote crime because the reality is these are just not those types of guns, period. Like the Browning BAR. That is not your typical assault-type weapon people use to commit crimes with.
SPEAKER 03 :
The prime example of the lookup is when they say, people, you show a gun, anti-gun nut, you know, like the guy that son got killed at the Aurora shooting. He’s like the worst. Right. When it comes to anti-gun. Yes, Sutherland. With good reason, but he’s lost all common sense when it comes to guns. If you showed him an M1 Garand, he would say that’s not an assault rifle. But if you told all the guys that landed on Normandy Beach carrying one, they would say it is.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, that is one that actually did make the list because of that probably.
SPEAKER 03 :
You’re kidding.
SPEAKER 08 :
I’m not kidding you. That is on the list.
SPEAKER 03 :
I did not see the list. I’ll have to go home when I get home and look it up. John, I’ll talk to you later. You’re a good man, John.
SPEAKER 08 :
I appreciate it. Thank you. And, you know, John’s from Wyoming. For those of you listening, maybe that don’t tune in all the time, John’s our Wyoming listener, calls in frequently, gives us some updates of what’s happening up in Cheyenne, their legislature, and so on. And he is 100% correct. Again, this law, in most cases, especially on the rifles, the handgun’s a little different situation, but all the rifles that are listed here, he is spot on. You may very well see some business opportunities or some folks that want to take an opportunity along these lines and actually jump through the hoops necessary, get their FFL license, and open up literally like a firework stand right across the line. for the sole purpose of selling guns to people that will not want to jump through all of these hoops. For one, I will tell you this straight up. I’m going to be 100% honest. There’s no way, even though I could pass it, even though I could go through all of the safety courses and so on, and I’ve even got my hunter safety from years ago, so I’ve already got some of the stuff that they want done completed, but the reality is there’s no way I’m jumping through all of these hoops and going to be their guinea pig and be a quote-unquote registered individual in regards to this. There’s no way I’m doing that. Not going to happen. Not going to happen. I’m like John. I will figure out other ways around this for guns that I want to buy in the future, even if Colorado goes this route. And then the other thing, too, that Colorado’s not realizing is there’s individuals out there that have means that will establish residency somewhere else, And the reality is they won’t even say they’re a Colorado resident. Now, they won’t be able to vote, but anymore, does that matter? They won’t be able to vote in Colorado, I mean. Does that even matter? Follow where I’m going with this, folks? I mean, at the end of the day, you could establish residency in Wyoming or Arizona or Utah or other places where you don’t have to jump through these hoops. And the reality is people with means will figure out ways around this. Will this keep the thug from buying a gun and going out and committing a crime? Of course not. We already know that. The amount of crimes that are committed that are already illegal in the first place, not only is it illegal currently to murder someone, but the type of individuals and the guns that they’re owning and committing the crimes with, it’s already illegal. So this particular law is not going to stop any of that. Period. Not going to stop it. What you’re going to do is make some people that don’t know any other ways to acquire a weapon, they will then go through and jump. If this stays and it ends up being law and it stays on the books and so on and it doesn’t get fought to the Supreme Court and it isn’t shot down and so on, pardon the pun, will you find some people that will jump through the hoops to buy a gun? Yes, there will be some. But I will tell you, by and large, most will be like me and they just won’t do it. They’ll refuse to do it. They’ll figure out another way around this. And in a lot of cases, they’ll be like me looking at, okay, what if I wanted to always own that I’ve waited to buy that I’m going to go ahead and buy now and just stick in my gun safe in half, period, regardless. Even if they never pull it out and shoot it, they just want to own it. And they don’t want to jump through those hoops on down the road. Those are the things that will happen starting now. Polis signed it. Those things will be starting now. So, guys, with that, that is Ready Radio for today. If you’re listening to a replay of the program, thank you so much for doing so. The website, once again, ready-radio.com. This is KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 04 :
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