May 18, 2023 12:56 PM UTC

Rep. Bottoms Says He’s Going To ‘Buy Guns And Grind the Serial Numbers Off’

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• by: Erik Maulbetsch

(Why make laws when it’s more fun to break them? — Promoted by Colorado Pols)

Welcome to For The Record, the Colorado Times Recorder’s new series where you can hear public figures in their own words. We’ll give you the clip and the context, so can listen for yourself.

Speaking on a right-wing Christian podcast May 11, Colorado state Rep. Scott Bottoms (R-CO Springs) expressed his opposition to “any laws” regulating firearms, including a ban a “ghost guns” that recently passed in Colorado.

He refuses to comply, first saying he’s going to go out and buy a ghost gun, and then that he will grind the serial numbers off other guns he purchases, which is a Class 1 misdemeanor in Colorado, punishable by up to a year in jail.

“Somebody is planning on someday making sure they know where that gun is,” said Bottoms, referring to the fact that federal law requires guns to have serial numbers. “I just got up and told him, ‘it’s none of your business. I’m gonna go out and buy a ghost gun today! None of your business! I’m gonna buy some guns and grind the serial numbers off! none of your business!”

Watch the full interview of Bottoms on the Idaho podcast, in which he also repeats debunked election fraud conspiracies, here. This article first appeared in the Colorado Times Recorder.