Comment on Gun tax on Colorado ballot would pay for victim services; opponents see an “attack” on law-abiding owners

In 2015, Clay Higgins started his climb to Congress with a series of videos promising to hunt down lawbreakers. As a spokesman for the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana, Higgins generated national attention by making Crime Stoppers public service announcements as straight-to-camera monologues. His menacing promises got him billed as the “Cajun John Wayne” in coverage by CBS News and the Washington Post. In reality, public information officer Higgins was neither Cajun nor much of a street cop.

For the first time in a generation, Colorado voters will have a direct say on how the state treats firearms.  Proposition KK, put forward by the state legislature, asks voters to approve a new 6.5% excise tax on guns, firearm parts and ammunition sold in the state. In total, it would raise an estimated $39 million a year, $30 million of which would go to services for crime victims. Displayed is a Glock 17 pistol fitted with a cable-style gun lock in Philadelphia on May 10, 2023.

With another election days away that could return Donald Trump to the White House, Vice President Kamala Harris will be making her closing arguments to voters next week at The Ellipse, an expansive, 52-acre oval lawn in Washington between the White House and the National Mall. The location is no accident.

If you look at the data and run the numbers, you’ll see that it’s entirely possible and likely.

Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo and much of the Republican party claimed VP Mike Pence had a duty and the right to refuse to certify the election on January 6, but he refused to do so. Any credible person understands the vice president doesn't have this authority, but truth doesn't aid the BIG LIE. As the saying goes, 'What's good for the goose is good for the gander." Radical Freedom Caucus member Rep.

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