Issue Position: Second Amendment

Issue Position

Rep. Van Winkle knows that owning a firearm is a right guaranteed by the supreme law of the land -- the United States Constitution. Restricting citizen's right to bear arms puts good people in danger and empowers evildoers who don't follow gun laws.

In 2015, Rep. Van Winkle sponsored a bill to add Colorado to the growing list of states that allow eligible law abiding residents to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights without first seeking an expensive permission slip from government. Colorado law already allows open carry and conceal carry on your property or in your car without a permit, the Van Winkle bill would remove the unnecessary conceal carry "coat tax".

Also in 2015, Rep. Van Winkle co-sponsored other key 2nd Amendment bills: one to fully repeal the Magazine Ban; another to grant immunity to a business owner who must use lethal force to defend their lives, or the lives of other innocent people.

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