Greg Lopez on Gun Control

	Greg Lopez on Gun Control

Red Flag bill violates constitutional rights of gun owners

We must recognize the threat of mental illness or criminal intent when it comes to gun violence, but the Red Flag Bill is not the answer. It violates the constitutional rights of a person who hasn't committed any crime by ordering law enforcement to confiscate their firearms without due process simply based on another person's belief or claim that they are a danger to themselves or others. The issue of gun violence is too important to get wrong. Source: 2022 Colorado governor race website LopezForGovernor2022.com , Feb 15, 2021

Don't like mass murder, but Second Amendment is important

The Second Amendment is one of the founding principles of what makes America great. And I truly believe the Second Amendment isn't only so that we can protect ourselves from harm, but it's also for us to protect ourselves from a government that may go rogue on us. If the government decides to do something, we should have the ability to defend ourselves with the same amount, or close to the same amount, of weaponry that they have. So I would not look at doing anything that would ban anything.

I don't like to see people mass-murdered. Nobody does. But we can't weaken the document put together by our founding fathers, because that's really what gives us freedom and liberty. And most people don't understand the true cost of freedom and liberty. It costs a lot. That's why they call America an experiment. When they start thinking they're no longer entitled to that, the experiment will start to fail.

Source: Westword.com blog on 2018 Colorado governor race , May 23, 2018

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