Staff Reports
Colorado’s Senate Bill 26-43 represents the latest assault on the Second Amendment, brazenly targeting firearm barrels to choke off lawful gun ownership through backdoor regulations that mock the Constitution. This dangerous proposal mandates that only federally licensed dealers can sell or transfer barrels—criminalizing private citizens for handling basic components essential to maintaining or customizing their firearms, with misdemeanors carrying fines and jail time for everyday gun owners. Democrats in Denver are deathly afraid of armed citizens, so they’re chipping away at rights with surgical precision, ensuring responsible patriots face red tape just to keep their rifles functional.
The bill flouts the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision, which demands gun laws mirror historical traditions—none of which ever banned private sales of barrels or parts in America’s founding era when frontiersmen repaired weapons without Big Brother’s permission. By sweeping in unfinished blanks and partially machined components, SB 26-43 invites abusive enforcement, potentially jailing hobbyists for raw steel or a lathe-turned blank that poses zero threat. This isn’t regulation; it’s disarmament by attrition, part of the left’s playbook to render firearms useless without outright confiscation.
Lawmakers know direct bans fail post-Bruen, so they pivot to “common-sense” component controls, mirroring schemes nationwide that burden lawful commerce and self-reliance. Colorado’s gun grab ignores surging crime rates where armed citizens deter threats, prioritizing urban elites’ fantasies over rural hunters and defenders who embody the Framers’ vision. Private transfers fueled innovation and freedom historically—no government chokehold existed because the right to arms was absolute, not licensed.
This precedent threatens red states too, as blue strongholds export their tyranny through federal mimicry, demanding national vigilance from the NRA to everyday carriers. President Trump’s judicial legacy arms patriots with Bruen’s clarity, poised to shred such nonsense in court, but inaction lets radicals advance unchallenged.
Gun owners must flood hearings, sue preemptively, and vote out these rights-eroding zealots—SB 26-43 isn’t progress, it’s provocation. The Second Amendment stands as a bulwark against tyranny; yielding an inch invites the mile, ensuring only criminals remain armed while law-abiders submit. Fight now, or surrender your sovereignty.
