{"id":2560,"date":"2013-02-13T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/02\/13\/a-look-at-gun-prohibitionists-in-state\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:20:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:20:59","slug":"a-look-at-gun-prohibitionists-in-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2560","title":{"rendered":"A Look At Gun Prohibitionists In State Legislatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14242,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/who-cares-about-jobs-when-ideology-is.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260420014203\\\/https:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/who-cares-about-jobs-when-ideology-is.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 08:37:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 16:55:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 00:11:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-29 00:11:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14243,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.shootingwire.com\\\/features\\\/227068&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260420014205\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.shootingwire.com\\\/features\\\/227068\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.shootingwire.com\\\/features\\\/227068&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 08:37:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-01 23:49:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-01 23:49:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14244,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/michaelbane.blogspot.com\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/colorado-emergency.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260420014215\\\/https:\\\/\\\/michaelbane.blogspot.com\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/colorado-emergency.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 08:37:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 08:37:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14245,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.njleg.state.nj.us\\\/BillsForAgendaView.asp&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14246,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.downrange.tv\\\/blog\\\/down-range-radio-302-dealing-with-guns-and-politics\\\/20236&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.downrange.tv\\\/blog\\\/down-range-radio-302-dealing-with-guns-and-politics\\\/20236&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14247,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.humanevents.com\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/10\\\/gun-culture-vs-the-culture-of-dependency&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.humanevents.com\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/10\\\/gun-culture-vs-the-culture-of-dependency&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14248,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/pjmedia.com\\\/andrewklavan\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/10\\\/the-truth-about-dorner-leftism-is-violence\\\/?singlepage=true&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20191117004322\\\/https:\\\/\\\/pjmedia.com\\\/andrewklavan\\\/2013\\\/02\\\/10\\\/the-truth-about-dorner-leftism-is-violence\\\/?singlepage=true&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 01:39:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-01 23:49:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-01 23:49:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/who-cares-about-jobs-when-ideology-is.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">After my post on gun control legislation in Minnesota <\/a>and its impact on jobs in that state, I started looking at the legislators who were sponsoring this legislation. Other than the fact that they were all Democrats, or as they are called in Minnesota &#8211; Democrat-Farmer-Labor, they had another similarity. They had made their careers, for the most part, in the public sector. Some, like Rep. Alice Hausman and Rep. Phyllis Kahn, even listed their occupation as &#8220;Legislator&#8221;. Look at the list below of the sponsors of HF 241 which is Minnesota&#8217;s version of an assault weapons (sic) ban.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"MsoNormalTable\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 4.8pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 766px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"369\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Alice Hausman<br \/>\n  (DFL-St. Paul)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.75in;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"330\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Legislator\/fmr Teacher<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 1;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"369\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Frank Horstein<br \/>\n  (DFL-Minneapolis)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.75in;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"330\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Community Organizer<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"369\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Erik Simonson<br \/>\n  (DFL-Duluth)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.75in;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"330\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Asst Fire Chief<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 3;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"369\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Jim Davnie<br \/>\n  (DFL-Minneapolis)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.75in;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"330\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Financial Educator<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 4;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"369\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Linda Slocum<br \/>\n  (DFL-Richfield)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.75in;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"330\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Teacher<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 5;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"369\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Rena Moran<br \/>\n  (DFL-St. Paul)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.75in;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"330\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Parent Leader Coord.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 6;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"369\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Raymond Dehn<br \/>\n  (DFL-Minneapolis)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.75in;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"330\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Sustainability<br \/>\n  Consultant<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 7;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"369\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. JoAnn Ward<br \/>\n  (DFL-Woodbury)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.75in;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"330\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Retired Teacher<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 8; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 221.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"369\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Phyllis Kahn (DFL-Minneapolis)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.75in;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"330\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Legislator\/University<br \/>\n  Research Assoc.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This made me wonder if the sponsors of gun control legislation in other states shared the similar characteristics of being primary from the public sector. With hearings on gun control legislation in Colorado and New Jersey scheduled for this week, I looked at those two states in particular. <\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the Colorado House held their hearing on some particularly onerous bills. According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shootingwire.com\/features\/227068\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> I&#8217;ve<a href=\"http:\/\/michaelbane.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/colorado-emergency.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> read<\/a>, the legislators in question had their minds made up and weren&#8217;t really there to listen. Lets look at the list of sponsors for these bills as well as the sponsors for their State Senate counterparts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"MsoNormalTable\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 4.8pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 804px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Lois Court (D-Denver)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 256.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"428\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Community College Instructor<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Crisanta Duran (D-Denver)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 199.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"333\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Attorney<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 11.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Mark Ferrandino (D-Denver)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 210.7pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"351\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Legislator<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Rhonda Fields (D-Arapahoe)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 210.7pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"351\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Legislator<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Randy Fischer (D-Larimer)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 210.7pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"351\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Consulting Eng.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Mike Foote (D-Boulder)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 199.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"333\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Attorney<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 11.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;\">\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 225.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"376\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Dickey Lee Hullinghorst (D-Boulder)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 210.7pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"351\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Ret. Gov&#8217;t Affairs<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Claire Levy (D-Boulder)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 199.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"333\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Attorney<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 11.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Beth McCann (D-Denver)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 210.7pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"351\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Legislator<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Jovan Melton (D-Arapahoe)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 210.7pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"351\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Consultant<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Dominick Moreno (D-Adams)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 210.7pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"351\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Legislator<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Dan Pabon (D-Denver)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 210.7pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"351\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Eng.\/Attorney<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Cherylin Peniston (D-Adams)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 210.7pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"351\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Ret. Teacher<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 13;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Paul Rosenthal (D-Arapahoe)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 199.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"333\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Teacher<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 11.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 14;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Su Ryden (D-Arapahoe)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 210.7pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"351\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Legislator<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 15;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Joseph Salazar (D-Adams)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 256.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"428\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Civil Rights Attorney<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 16;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Sue Schafer (D-Jefferson)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 256.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"428\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Educator\/Small Bus. Owner<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 17;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Rep. Angela Williams (D-Denver)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 210.7pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"351\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Business Owner<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 18;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 199.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"333\"><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 11.1pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 19;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Sen. Morgan Carroll (D-Arapahoe)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 256.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"428\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Attorney-Disability Law<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 20;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Sen. Rollie Heath (D-Boulder)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 256.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"428\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Legislator\/Ret. Pres of Johns Manville Corp<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 21; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 185.0pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"308\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Sen. Mary Hodge (D-Adams)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 40.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: 15.6pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 256.5pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"428\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Property Mgmt\/fmr. Teacher<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Looking over this list, you can see that with few exceptions, the gun prohibitionists come out of the public sector. The only real notable exception on this list is Sen. Rollie Heath of Boulder County who had a significant business career culminating in his being President of building products company Johns Mansville.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s move on to New Jersey where the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njleg.state.nj.us\/BillsForAgendaView.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">holding hearings today<\/a> on a whole host of gun control proposals. Are the proponents of gun control legislation in New Jersey any different than in Minnesota and Colorado? The answer is yes and no. The &#8220;no&#8221; comes from the fact that they are all Democrats and that they mostly come from the public sector. What makes New Jersey different are the number of actively serving law enforcement officers that are State Assemblymen proposing this legislation. To me this seems like an outrageous conflict of interest but I don&#8217;t live in the state of New Jersey and know their local political customs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"MsoNormalTable\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 835px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 300.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"501\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: -44.0pt;\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Assemblyman Joseph<br \/>\n  Cryan (D-Union)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 200.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"334\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Undersheriff<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 1;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 300.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"501\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Assemblyman Jason O&#8217;Donnell (D-Bayonne)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 200.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"334\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Dir. Of Public Safety<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 300.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"501\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-Maplewood)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 104.25pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"174\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Legislator<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 96.35pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"161\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 3;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 300.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"501\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D-Elizabeth)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 200.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"334\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Mun. Prosecutor<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 4;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 300.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"501\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Assemblyman Sean Connors (D-Jersey City)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 200.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"334\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Detective\/Police Officer<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 5;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 300.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"501\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Assemblyman Gordon Johnson (D-Teaneck)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 200.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"334\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Consultant\/Fmr Sheriff<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 6;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 300.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"501\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle<br \/>\n  (D-Englewood)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 200.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"334\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Funeral Director<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 7;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 300.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"501\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Assemblyman John McKeon (D-Madison)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 104.25pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"174\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Attorney<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 96.35pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"161\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 8;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 300.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"501\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman<br \/>\n  (D-Trenton)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 104.25pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"174\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Legislator<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 96.35pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"161\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: .2in; mso-yfti-irow: 9; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 300.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"501\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Assemblyman Charles Mainor (D-Jersey City)<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" nowrap=\"\" style=\"height: .2in; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 200.6pt;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"334\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Detective\/Police Officer<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Summing this up, if you look at just who is proposing the gun control legislation, it is Democrats who tend to have worked their entire lives in the public sector and fed at the public trough. I shouldn&#8217;t find this surprising as the hallmark of all of this type of legislation is the constraint on liberties and the bureaucratic minutiae that their implementation will entail. Is not that the ethos of the modern public service to a tee?<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/b> I wrote this before listening to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/down-range-radio-302-dealing-with-guns-and-politics\/20236\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Bane&#8217;s Down Range Radio podcast<\/a>. The first segment of the podcast is instructive as to why you are seeing legislators from a public sector background pushing the gun control agenda so strongly. Those of us in the gun culture are a threat to them and their progressive agenda. It isn&#8217;t due to our guns but rather our attitudes towards hard work, self reliance, independence, and libertarianism. Hard working, self reliant, independent people are less dependent upon government largesse and less likely to buy into a common good as proclaimed by the progressive elites.<\/p>\n<p>Michael mentions two articles that take this a bit further. First, there is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanevents.com\/2013\/02\/10\/gun-culture-vs-the-culture-of-dependency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an article in Human Events<\/a> which talks about the gun culture versus the culture of dependency. The second is by <a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/andrewklavan\/2013\/02\/10\/the-truth-about-dorner-leftism-is-violence\/?singlepage=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Klavan writing about Christopher Dorner and the left&#8217;s use of violence.<\/a> Both of these articles are relatively short and worth the time to read. The more we understand our enemies and their hate towards us, the better we can tailor our fight to preserve our rights.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After my post on gun control legislation in Minnesota and its impact on jobs in that state, I started&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[744,45,687,420,3319,3320],"class_list":["post-2560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-colorado","tag-gun-control","tag-minnesota","tag-new-jersey","tag-public-sector","tag-state-legislature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8842,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions\/8842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}