Senator Rob Hernandez' bill 089 would subject practically every gun transfer in the state of Colorado to mandatory background checks. Hernandez' brazen attempt to treat all honest gun owners like criminals should demonstrate to Republicans once and for all that the more they compromise on the right to bear arms, the more compromises the gun-grabbers will demand. Background checks on all honest citizens who dare exercise their Second Amendment rights are inherently unjust. In addition, many background checks wrongfully deny lawful citizens permission to purchase a gun based on inaccurate records. Faced with such daunting red-tape, many simply give up and risk victimization at the hands of criminals.
Background checks do little if anything to prevent crime.
Criminals can easily resort to theft or the black-market to get their guns. If the gun-grabbers' agenda continues on its present course, background checks will ultimately lead to government lists of gun owners which will ultimately lead to attempts to confiscate guns. The CBI already keeps faulty or incomplete records on untold hundreds or thousands of honest Coloradans. Adding juvenile records will only further contaminate the process, making it even harder for honest citizens to buy a gun for self-defense. In addition, many juvenile crime records are for non-violent offenses.