Three laws, one result: A federal suit says Colorado and Denver leave some visitors no way to carry
By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice
He says he passed a background check stricter than Colorado's. He holds a carry permit that is good in more than 30 states. He owns a second home in Weld County. And when Greg Howeth applied for a Colorado permit this spring, a Weld County employee called to tell him no — because he does not have a Colorado ID.
That denial, delivered by email on May 28, is now Exhibit 2 in a federal lawsuit against the City and County of Denver, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, and five other officials.
Howeth, a South Carolina man named Zackary Dougherty, and the National Rifle Association filed the case in U.S. District Court in Denver on Aug. 12.
Their claim is not that any single Colorado law is unconstitutional. It ...