{"id":307,"date":"2025-04-16T11:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T11:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yakbeetlepress.net\/?p=307"},"modified":"2025-04-28T11:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T11:26:29","slug":"colorados-new-barrier-to-own-semiautomatic-guns-is-unconstitutional-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yakbeetlepress.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/colorados-new-barrier-to-own-semiautomatic-guns-is-unconstitutional-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado\u2019s new barrier to own semiautomatic guns is unconstitutional (Letters)"},"content":{"rendered":"

There should be no requirements before we enjoy our freedoms<\/h4>\n

Re: “Semiautomatic weapons: Gun-control law signed<\/a>,” April 11 news story<\/p>\n

Lawmakers who took the oath to protect the Constitution, pictured on the front page Friday, lied. The law will be overturned, like similar laws in other states were, at a great loss of the state’s treasure.<\/p>\n

In the United States, no one needs to prove they are qualified to express their rights guaranteed by the Constitution. We should all study civics to understand that, but we should not have to pay or be forced to do so before enjoying our rights.<\/p>\n

Jack Monturi, Wheat Ridge<\/em><\/p>\n

Who will be left to speak for us?<\/h4>\n

It\u2019s 2026. You attend a protest and you\u2019re caught up in a sweep and jailed. You make bail, but you\u2019re saddled with imaginary charges and ordered to court in a couple of months to defend yourself. You look for a lawyer to assist, but none will take your case, leaving you to face the full power of the government in a completely unfamiliar arena.<\/p>\n

Does it seem unlikely you can\u2019t find a defense lawyer? That\u2019s exactly what the Trump administration is trying to orchestrate right now. The attacks on large law firms for representing perceived enemies of the administration or having hiring practices the administration doesn\u2019t like have been well-publicized.<\/p>\n

On April 6, Michigan attorney and U.S. citizen Amir Makled<\/a> was pulled aside at the Detroit airport by federal agents as he returned with his family from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. During the 90-minute interrogation, the agents demanded Makled\u2019s cell phone, but he refused. Ultimately, he was released after the agents viewed his contacts list. Makled\u2019s apparent infraction: representing a pro-Palestinian protestor who had been arrested at the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration is attacking lawyers because it knows that if it can scare lawyers away from taking cases against the administration, one more restraint on Donald Trump\u2019s power will fall away. If you think these attacks on lawyers won\u2019t affect you because you\u2019re not a lawyer, think again. Where are our congressional representatives in standing up to this unconstitutional abuse of power?<\/p>\n

Geoffrey P. Anderson, Denver<\/em><\/p>\n

We can reform immigration policy without sacrificing our humanity<\/h4>\n

As a Christian pastor committed to following Jesus, who was himself a Jewish rabbi committed to following Jewish practices of welcoming the stranger and caring for the foreigner, it is not optional for me to care for people who make their way to the United States.<\/p>\n