Colorado Supreme Court says guns may not be "deadly weapons"

**def90** · February 13, 2012, 17:35

Not sure what the ramifications are or what this means legally but the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that guns stolen during a burglary are not classified as deadly weapons. Does this then mean that mere possession of a gun would not constitute possession of a deadly weapon while committing a crime or any other time?

http://www.9news.com/news/local/arti...deadly-weapon-

"The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that guns stolen during a burglary are not classified as deadly weapons.

The court threw out the first-degree burglary conviction of Mark Montez and ordered his conviction reduced to second-degree burglary. Montez was convicted of breaking into a Lakewood home in 2005 and stealing money and two shotguns.

The court on Monday said the legislature has not classified firearms stolen in burglaries as deadly weapons, regardless of the manner intended to use them."

**L Haney** · February 13, 2012, 17:45

I guess a duck ain't a duck if it's a stolen duck.

Ain't judges great? Such insight, such reasoned responses.

I know what they were saying but it does sound dumb in this context.

Deltaten · February 13, 2012, 22:54

well.......??
I sorta agree. They ain't "deadly" until some mook uses 'em so!
:
An inanimate object or tool has no intent, deadly or otherwise. The jurist's malaprop *may* give us inroads on the anti-gun agenda??

one hand clapping · February 15, 2012, 11:25

One can only hope. Given the recent statements by ruth master-bater ginsburg about not using our "outdated constitution" as a model for the new egyptian gov, I'm not gonna get toooo giddy bout it just yet.
Although, after being robbed ,with his wife,for a grand at the bussiness end of a machete' just last month, one of her contempories, justice Bryer, might just start to reconsider the wisdom AND necessity of CC.

February 13, 2012, 17:35	#1
def90 Old Fart Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 50609 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Peoples' Republic of Boulder, Colorado Posts: 9,107	Colorado Supreme Court says guns may not be "deadly weapons" Not sure what the ramifications are or what this means legally but the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that guns stolen during a burglary are not classified as deadly weapons. Does this then mean that mere possession of a gun would not constitute possession of a deadly weapon while committing a crime or any other time? http://www.9news.com/news/local/arti...deadly-weapon- "The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that guns stolen during a burglary are not classified as deadly weapons. The court threw out the first-degree burglary conviction of Mark Montez and ordered his conviction reduced to second-degree burglary. Montez was convicted of breaking into a Lakewood home in 2005 and stealing money and two shotguns. The court on Monday said the legislature has not classified firearms stolen in burglaries as deadly weapons, regardless of the manner intended to use them." __________________ There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Chuck Norris allows to live. Public libraries cannot let the public decide what is allowed in the library, or it would be brimming with pornography and gun magazines.

February 13, 2012, 17:45	#2
L Haney Seriously Ponderin' Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 20446 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NW Ga Posts: 8,502	I guess a duck ain't a duck if it's a stolen duck. Ain't judges great? Such insight, such reasoned responses. I know what they were saying but it does sound dumb in this context. __________________ "...while statists in both parties have refined appealing to the lowest common denominator voter to an art, they’ve largely forgotten what happens to a culture that panders to the slow, stupid, and lazy at the expense of the clever, intelligent, and industrious. It dies." Bob Owens

February 13, 2012, 22:54	#3
Deltaten Registered FALaholic #: 124 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lancaster, PA USA Posts: 8,502	well.......?? I sorta agree. They ain't "deadly" until some mook uses 'em so! : An inanimate object or tool has no intent, deadly or otherwise. The jurist's malaprop may give us inroads on the anti-gun agenda?? __________________ All or Nothing! Senator McCarthy was right! and as always......FYB!

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February 15, 2012, 11:25	#4
one hand clapping Registered Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 35299 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: WV mountains Posts: 4,120	One can only hope. Given the recent statements by ruth master-bater ginsburg about not using our "outdated constitution" as a model for the new egyptian gov, I'm not gonna get toooo giddy bout it just yet. Although, after being robbed ,with his wife,for a grand at the bussiness end of a machete' just last month, one of her contempories, justice Bryer, might just start to reconsider the wisdom AND necessity of CC.