Opinion | Kafer: Leave virtue signaling to signs, not canceled PrideFest or gun shows
A dog decked out in a rainbow suit watches the Denver PrideFest Parade on Colfax Avenue on Sunday, June 26, 2022. Douglas County officials have proposed canceling PrideFest events in their community this year.There is nothing wrong with virtue signaling.
It’s a mostly harmless human inclination. However, when elected officials conduct public policy as virtue signaling, they waste taxpayers’ money and further erode respect for the institutions they represent. Sadly, elected officials in several Colorado counties are guilty of doing just that. The Denver ban, like the threat to take over Daniels Park, is itself a kind of virtue signal as it will likely not affect gun crime. According to data compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigations and Colorado sheriffs analyzed by law professor David Kopel, “an adult with a concealed handgun permit is about 39 times less likely to be arrested than an adult without a CHP.” In other words, the Denver ordinance targets those least likely to commit gun crimes.
The gun show ban won’t meet constitutional muster either. California gun owners are challenging a similar law on 1st and 14th Amendment grounds. As their lawsuit notes, gun owners have already succeeded in quashing a gun show ban on the Del Mar Fairgrounds. A judge issued an injunction because the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in their constitutional claim.
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