By Jesse Paul and Lucas Brady Woods | The Colorado Sun
A Democratic state senator who signed on as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 3, which would ban the manufacture and sale of certain semiautomatic rifles, shotguns and handguns that can accept detachable ammunition magazines, says he will vote against the measure.
Sen. Marc Snyder of Manitou Springs said he didn’t fully understand its effect when he agreed to attach his name to it.
Snyder’s reversal doesn’t mean the legislation won’t pass. It still has enough supporters in the Senate to clear the chamber, barring more than one other defection. The bill is scheduled to get a preliminary vote in the Senate on Friday.