TGIF Blogcast: Steve Moore; Elliot Ackerman dresses well; The biggest thing

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Just One Thing: CO Dems firearms insanity

Colorado Senate gives preliminary OK to semiautomatic gun ban after adding big carveout

Senate Bill 3 is the most aggressive effort yet by anti-gun forces in the state legislature. These are uniformly people who know nothing about firearms and I suspect that most of them have never fired a gun.

In its original form, SB3 would ban almost all semi-automatic rifles sold today and some pistols as well (not just "AR pistols"). The governor has threatened to veto the bill so the Dems have added a loophole that basically will allow someone to buy the same guns they can buy today if they go through some training. I think it's all unconstitutional but clearly it's been designed to allow Dems to make a case that it isn't so restrictive as to be unconstitutional. SB3 envisions firearms that come with detachable magazines to instead be sold with fixed (welded or epoxied) magazines. That is unworkable and adds significantly to safety risks because of what someone would have to do to try to clear a jam or misfire if unable to remove the magazine.

Dems think their loophole will cause the governor to sign the bill. They might be right but I sure hope not.

And think of the idiocy of it all: "We think these guys are too dangerous so you shouldn't be able to buy them. But, OK, take a class and you can buy them." Which is it? It's all virtue-signaling nonsense. It's unconstitutional. And it's focusing on something that most Coloradans don't care about when they should be focusing on reducing fees and helping Coloradans lower our cost of living.

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Today's Guests

Steve Moore is one of America's most prominent economists, a senior visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, an economic advisor to President Trump, and a friend of mine for something like 35 years.

In item #2 here, note Steve's strong opposition to Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs: Unleash Prosperity Hotline #1203 – Weekend Edition

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Elliot Ackerman served in the Marines, then in the CIA, and now is a best-selling author, including with friend of the show Admiral James Stavridis on a series of realistic but futuristic geopolitical fiction, which include 2034 and 2054 so far, and we expect 2084 sometime soon.

He wrote a piece for The Free Press that I just loved about dressing well. 

(1) How to Dress Like a Gentleman—And Why - by Elliot Ackerman

Amazon.com: Elliot Ackerman: books, biography, latest update

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Paul Beale is a professor of physics at the University of Colorado. We'll discuss the discovery of Quipu, the name given to what astronomers are calling the biggest structure in the universe.

Astronomers have spotted the largest known object in the universe | New Scientist

An Enormous, Branching String of Galaxy Clusters Is the Largest Known Structure in the Universe, Scientists Say | Smithsonian

Paul is giving a public talk on The Big Bang next Saturday 2/22. (See brochure below)

Fifty-Fourth George Gamow Memorial Lecture - Dr. Jennifer Doudna | Physics | University of Colorado Boulder

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Other Stuff

Colorado Dems are playing with fire: Colorado Labor Peace Act repealed for right-to-organize | Colorado-politics | coloradopolitics.com

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This seems like an obvious outcome but it still highlights some of the interesting debates in law: Appeals court rejects parental 'attentiveness' requirement | Courts | coloradopolitics.com

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Follow-up from yesterday’s mention of how terrible Illinois politics are: The King of Illinois Corruption - WSJ

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The Frozen Dead Guy awaits anxiously, wondering if he was properly frozen the first time:

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Abortion stuff:

What Texas is doing: Texas judge fines New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas | AP News

What CO Dems want to do to fight back: Senate Committee approves bill to expand Colorado's shield law for abortion providers • Colorado Newsline

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What congressional Democrats either don't understand or don't want to believe is that normal Americans, including normal Democrats, as they learn about the incredible levels of waste, fraud, and abuse of THEIR/OUR tax dollars, support DOGE and (at least much of) the aggressive reform and downsizing of government, even if it appears somewhat chaotic.

Dems have no idea what they're fighting against and do realize that defending the indefensible is 1) bad politics and 2) what Americans are now realizing the Dems have been doing for at least a quarter-century.

What Americans are waking up to: So You Want Proof of Government Fraud - WSJ

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I'm happy to see a Trump supporter like Paul Mauro agree with my comments yesterday: (1) I Beg Your Pardon - by Chris Flanagan - The Ops Desk

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