The Denver, CO, City Council passed a Public Nuisance Abatement Ordinance that supporters claim will give the city's law enforcement a powerful tool to fight gangs and public nuisances. Supporters claim the ordinance is the product of extensive research efforts by the mayor's Public Nuisance Abatement Task Force.
Opponents claim the ordinance is a thinly screened attack on legitimate gun owners.
The ordinance is Denver Municipal Ordinance 37-50 Et. Seq., which gives Denver's police the authority to seize cars, houses, and other property used in what the officer may determine is an unlawful act. The private citizen must hire an attorney, represent his or herself, or simply give up and let Denver have their personal property. The US Supreme Court has held that the amendment does not guarantee the right of any individual to carry firearms, but only the right to the states to maintain militias within the federal framework. Muse also maintains the new ordinance will not be abused.