It wasn't until early this morning that the major news outlets were ready to call the presidential race for Donald Trump, but the writing had been on the wall for hours. They just didn't want to admit it.

The Senate had already flipped for Republicans and while it's likely to be a while before we know the results in the House, the indicators as of this writing is that Republicans will hold that chamber, though narrowly.

All in all, it looks like Tuesday was a good day for guns, especially with a couple of notable anti-gunners getting curb-stomped, both in Montana and again in Tennessee.

But it could have been better.

First, let's look at Colorado, where Proposition KK would create a 6.5 percent tax on gun and ammo manufacturers and sellers. The funds would go to pay for mental health efforts, but the issue was doing it on the backs of lawful gun owners.

The hope, though, was that it would lose.

It did not. Instead, as of this writing with 73 percent of the vote in, the measure has a comfortable lead of nearly nine percentage points, currently at 54.2 percent versus 45.8 percent opposing. While it's possible that this could change, it's unlikely.

What does this mean for guns in Colorado? Well, they're going to cost a lot more for law-abiding citizens. A 6.5 percent tax is going to add up quickly and a lot of guns that might be attainable now won't be afterward for many folks, which is the real purpose of this tax in the first place.

Further, what gun and ammo manufacturers are left in the state may well start looking for a new location to call home, costing the state and those local communities jobs.

But for people who live there, moving is probably not a viable choice, all things considered. They're going to be stuck paying this tax until/unless the courts recognize this as what it is, an illegal poll tax. After all, if I have to pay a tax in order to exercise a constitutional right--and that tax is only for exercising that right as opposed to a blanket tax on all goods such as a sales tax--that's a poll tax and should be considered unconstitutional.

That will take some time.

Colorado is one of the worst options out there, but it wasn't the only gun control win of the night.

Memphis held its referendum, where voters overwhelmingly backed three different questions. One was on requiring a permit to carry or store a firearm in the city. Another was regarding an assault weapon ban and the third was regarding red flag laws.

The least popular measure was the assault weapon ban, and as of this writing with 68 percent of the precincts reporting, it still had 80 percent in favor of such a ban.

That's the bad news.

The good news here is that this is just a referendum. It's a glorified poll asking for people's opinions. It doesn't pass anything. It doesn't create any new laws.

That's for the Tennessee legislature to decide, and so far, there's no indication they have any interest in catering to the whims of Memphis. They elect legislators who are free to propose such bills and, if they can sway enough of their colleagues, they can pass the laws. The fact that they haven't yet and won't in the future is telling.

However, it's also evidence that we have work to do to show these folks that gun control isn't the answer. We've got time for that, though.