March 05, 2018 12:31 PM UTC

Moms Demand Shakes Up Senate Permitless Carry Hearing

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: Watch Colorado Senate business halted after the passage of permitless concealed-carry bill by the GOP majority:

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Today, a large contingent of citizen activists from the group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America showed up at the Colorado Capitol to rally against the passage of Senate Bill 18-097–legislation sponsored by Sen. Tim Neville that eliminates any permit requirements to carry a concealed weapon in Colorado.

Following the narrow passage of that bill by the Senate, 9NEWS’ Brandon Rittiman reports that the Senate galleries erupted. We’ll post he video once it’s available, but by all accounts it was quite the ruckus:

Now: gun control advocates yell “shame on you” as #coleg Senate advances permitless concealed carry bill.
Sergeants escorting then out for violating decorum rule.#9news https://t.co/QM9kBebUOE pic.twitter.com/GWXadEJsIQ

— Brandon Rittiman (@BrandonRittiman) March 5, 2018

Once again, we’re struck by the difference in the passion–more to the point, who is passionate and who isn’t–from 2013, when Colorado passed gun control measures over the wild-eyed objections of gun rights supporters and provoked recall elections, to today with supporters of gun control firmly on the right side of the so-called “intensity gap.”

It’s hard to imagine 2018 ending the way 2013 did.