In switcheroo called out by RMGO, Rep. Mauro cast anti-2A vote to get HB 1133 to floor before she voted against it

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By Brian Porter | Rocky Mountain Voice

In a matter of 12 days, Pueblo County Democrat Rep. Tisha Mauro cast a vote to place an ammunition ban on the Colorado House floor, and then voted against it on the floor in a switcheroo being criticized by Rocky Mountain Gun Owners.

House Bill 1133, by Democrat Reps. Monica Duran and Lindsay Gilchrist, prohibits the sale of ammunition to anyone under the age of 21. It passed out of the House on final reading, 38-27, with five Democrats joining Republicans in opposition.

The bill would have died in the House’s Business Affairs & Labor Committee if Mauro had been a pro-Second Amendment vote on Feb. 13, but by Feb. 25 she had supposedly become one.

“When it got to the floor, she knew Democrats had just enough votes to get it over the finish line,” said RMGO executive director Ian Escalante in a video he released via Twitter/X, “so she switched her vote and voted no, so she could deceive her constituents when she runs for re-election next year that she’s pro-gun.”

If she had cast a “no” vote 12 days earlier, it would have killed the bill in committee on a 6-7 outcome, instead of the 7-6 majority.

Mauro “cast the deciding vote to get this bill out of [committee],” Escalante points out, saying he’s “mad as hell”.

“We’re not going to stand for this type of waffling on the Second Amendment,” Escalante said.

The committee vote was along party lines, with Republicans Ryan Armagost, Max Brooks, Rebecca Keltie, Bob Marshall, Chris Richardson and Larry Don Suckla all opposed. Mauro was the only committee member among the 13 to switch her vote on the floor.