{"id":109590,"date":"2019-05-08T15:27:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T19:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=109590"},"modified":"2019-05-08T15:27:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T22:15:08","slug":"colorado-red-flag-law-unconstitutional-new-lawsuit-says-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/colorado-red-flag-law-unconstitutional-new-lawsuit-says-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lawsuit Claims Colorado&#8217;s Red Flag Law Is Unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" title=\"New Lawsuit Claims Colorado's Red Flag Law Is Unconstitutional\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/moms.gif\" alt=\"New Lawsuit Claims Colorado's Red Flag Law Is Unconstitutional\" class=\"wp-image-109595\" \/><figcaption><em>Colorado Sen. Majority Leader Alec Garnett posted this Facebook photo of anti-gun group Moms Demand Action at a rally at the capitol. The GOP is accusing Garnett of using unconstitutional tactics to pass the state&#8217;s red flag law. (Photo: Garnett for Colorado)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republican state representatives in Colorado have joined forces with a gun rights group to sue the state\u2019s Democratic governor for what they claim were unconstitutional actions during the passage of controversial \u201cred flag\u201d legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDemocrats used illegal and unconstitutional tactics and\nmethods to push a bill that would remove the due process of our citizens,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/news\/even-with-an-aid-in-dying-law-on-the-books-death-is-no-certainty-in-colorado-11332857\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"colorado-red-flag-law-unconstitutional-new-lawsuit-says-yes\" title=\"New Lawsuit Claims Colorado's Red Flag Law Is Unconstitutional\">said<\/a>\nDudley Brown, the Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners. \u201cIn other\nwords, they violated due process at both ends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit claims that House Democrats violated the Colorado\nconstitution by not allowing the text of the red flag bill to be read in full.\nThe constitution states that \u201cEvery bill shall be read\u2026 at length on two\ndifferent days in each house,\u201d and the full reading can only be dispensed with upon\nthe \u201cunanimous consent of the members present.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the day of red flag bill\u2019s passage (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/leg.colorado.gov\/bills\/hb19-1177\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"colorado-red-flag-law-unconstitutional-new-lawsuit-says-yes\" title=\"New Lawsuit Claims Colorado's Red Flag Law Is Unconstitutional\" target=\"_blank\">House Bill 1177<\/a>), Representative Steven Humphrey requested that the bill be read in full. But the Democratic majority ordered several House clerks to begin reading different sections of the bill at once to speed up the process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humphrey withdrew his motion, but state representatives Lori\nSaine and Dave Williams made identical requests, both of which were denied. The\nGOP lawsuit argues that the denial amounts to a violation of Colorado\u2019s constitution,\nand the red flag bill is therefore invalid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt no time was the complete text of HB 1177 read at length in the Colorado House of Representatives, the suit concludes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/colorado-red-flag-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"colorado-red-flag-law-unconstitutional-new-lawsuit-says-yes\" title=\"New Lawsuit Claims Colorado's Red Flag Law Is Unconstitutional\">Colorado Gov. Signs \u2018Red Flag\u2019 Law: Everytown Gloats, Sheriff Vows Non-Compliance<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Colorado Democrats dispute the claim, arguing that they\ncomplied with the first request for the bill to be read at length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Despite claims during the lawsuit announcement that the Majority party failed to read the bill at length, the bill was indeed read at length when the motion was properly made until the motion was withdrawn by the requestor, in accordance with the rules of the legislature,&#8221; House Democrats said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/news\/even-with-an-aid-in-dying-law-on-the-books-death-is-no-certainty-in-colorado-11332857\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"colorado-red-flag-law-unconstitutional-new-lawsuit-says-yes\" title=\"New Lawsuit Claims Colorado's Red Flag Law Is Unconstitutional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo one came to me on the floor and said that they wanted\nthe chair to do anything differently than what had been done,\u201d Sen. Majority\nLeader Alec Garnett added. \u201cThis is not about what happened on the floor. This\nis about the gun lobby trying to unwind a very popular measure to help protect\nand save lives here in Colorado because they liked to build their name\nrecognition and like to be in the news.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/tucker-onfiscation-give-up-my-gun\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"colorado-red-flag-law-unconstitutional-new-lawsuit-says-yes\" title=\"New Lawsuit Claims Colorado's Red Flag Law Is Unconstitutional\">Tucker Takes a Stand Against Gun Confiscation: \u2018I would never give up my gun\u2019<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But this wouldn\u2019t be the first time Colorado Democrats used less-than-ethical tactics to speed up a bill read. Senate Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/news\/story\/colorado-gun-right-group-filing-lawsuit-over-red-flag-law\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"colorado-red-flag-law-unconstitutional-new-lawsuit-says-yes\" title=\"New Lawsuit Claims Colorado's Red Flag Law Is Unconstitutional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">filed another lawsuit<\/a> about a different bill, which Democrats \u201cread\u201d by setting up a bank of five computers to read the bill in a completely unintelligible way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that case, a Denver District Court judge ultimately<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/news\/story\/court-rules-that-state-democrats-cannot-use-computers-to-speed-up-bill-readings\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"colorado-red-flag-law-unconstitutional-new-lawsuit-says-yes\" title=\"New Lawsuit Claims Colorado's Red Flag Law Is Unconstitutional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">&nbsp;sided with the GOP<\/a>&nbsp;and said bill readings have to be understandable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/colorado-red-flag-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"colorado-red-flag-law-unconstitutional-new-lawsuit-says-yes\" title=\"New Lawsuit Claims Colorado's Red Flag Law Is Unconstitutional\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> at the time of its passage, Colorado\u2019s red flag law poses considerable due process concerns for gun owners due to the law\u2019s low evidentiary standards. It\u2019s set to go into effect on January 1, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\" id=\"mce_22\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican state representatives in Colorado have joined forces with a gun rights group to sue the state\u2019s Democratic governor for what they claim were unconstitutional actions during the passage of controversial \u201cred flag\u201d legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":109595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,25,593,240],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-109590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-current-events","10":"category-jordan-michaels","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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