By Alasyn Zimmerman | KOAA-TV NBC-5
Colorado first passed its “Red Flag Law” in 2019. It allows family members and household members as well as law enforcement agencies to petition a judge to have someone’s guns removed from them if they are deemed a risk to themselves or others.
The bill was first introduced in 2018, but it failed in a divided legislature where Democrats controlled the House and Republicans controlled the Senate.
In 2019, numerous counties, including El Paso County, declared the counties to be “2nd Amendment Sanctuary Counties” or in El Paso County’s case a “2nd Amendment Preservation County” meaning it would not enforce the Red Flag law.