Another legislative session chipping away at gun rights Well, another new year, and more gun control bills led by state Sen. Tom Sullivan and his Democratic colleagues. Now he wants to make it unlawful to purchase a barrel for your existing firearm, unless it is in person through a licensed gun deal er. Last year, when Senate Bill 3 was passed, people claimed they were not trying to take our Second Amendment rights away. Well, what in the heck do you call Senate Bill 43? It sure isn’t a bill that is going to decrease crime, but rather to build a registry of gun owners in Colorado. I ask you, Sen. Sullivan, is it your intention to try to shut down lawful gun shops and make it hard to impossible to own a firearm in this state? I personally think that you are using your tragedy in your life to carry out your vendetta on the Second Amendment here in the state of Colorado, and that is very sad. Dennis Kurtz, Littleton “1984” parallels arrived during Biden administration Re: “‘The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect,” Feb. 5 commentary The commentary by Fintan Steele is a perfect example of how far apart today’s intellectualists are from regular folks. He quotes George Orwell’s “1984” in terms of the “parallels between the current U.S. political leadership” and the growing police state, but does not have the intellectual integrity to say what he is really talking about: Donald J. Trump’s leadership and his growing police state. Steele completely ignores the attempt to take over the government via the fake Hillary Clinton dossier in an attempt to impeach and dispose of Trump. He talks of Orwell’s “Newspeak” but somehow missed the left’s war on words over the last few years, especially when Joe Biden was in power and used censorship to limit speech that wasn’t in line with what they thought. Biden even attempted to start a Disinformation Governance Board, or what Orwell would call a Department of Right Speech. What Democratic congressman or senator can survive if they don’t toe the company line? None. Elon Musk took over Twitter to save free speech from being destroyed by the left. I believe “1984” already happened during the Biden administration, and the Trump administration is only a reaction to that. I also believe we need to watch both political parties so “1984” does not happen, but don’t lecture me about the “1984” parallels to the Trump administration when the Democratic Party had already set up the “1984 scenario” during their time in office, and thus have no moral authority on the subject. Steve Gehrke, Aurora Ditch Project 2025 by impeaching Trump We, the Citizens of the United States, have to clean up the national and global mess created by the thinking of those who created Project 2025, to guide US policy. The first task has to be to impeach and convict the man they picked to carry out their policies. After we accomplish this national goal, we have to keep going and address two growing global threats to life on Earth, global warming and nuclear war. Recognizing the simple fact that global problems require global solutions, our second task has to be to let the rest of the world know we are ready to cooperate globally in an effort that ends when we have created a version of human activity that is conducted sustainably without war. Bob McCormick, Denver Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more. To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail. ...read more read less