Gun rights

Gaines: Imagine if journalists covered guns like they do abortion

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I think you can take Democrat House Majority Leader Duran at her word when she recently told CPR News, that she and her colleagues made passing gun control legislation “…routine, just as anything else that we run.”  Since taking over all levers of power at the state level, and suffering no negative consequences, majority Democrats have indeed made gun control legislation “routine” in Colorado.

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Douglas County nullifies SB 131, allowing those with concealed carry permit to do so in government buildings

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The Douglas County board of commissioners voted Tuesday to opt out of a new state law prohibiting individuals from carrying firearms in sensitive places, such as government buildings, schools and polling locations.

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Bill to ban purchase, sale and transfer of so-called assault weapons in Colorado will be shelved

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AColorado bill that would have banned the purchase, sale and transfer of a broad swath of semiautomatic firearms, defined in the measure as assault weapons, will be shelved at the request of one of its main sponsors.

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GOP bill would force immigrants reported to ICE if they illegally try to buy guns

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Republican senators have introduced a bill that would alert immigration authorities when an immigrant in the U.S. illegally attempts to purchase a gun. Undocumented immigrants are barred from buying guns in the U.S., however, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is not required to alert U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or local law enforcement if a firearm applicant is in America illegally.

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Democrats advance first-in-the-nation gun bill, one mandating gun owners to purchase insurance

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The punishment Democrats will assess on Coloradans wishing to pursue their constitutional right of gun ownership will be either the costs of an insurance policy or fines beginning at $500 for a first offense of not having firearm liability insurance, if House Bill 1270 passes.

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Sen. Rod Pelton warns Kit Carson Republicans of extreme gun bills, appointments

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State Sen. Rod Pelton, R-Cheyenne, warned Kit Carson County Republicans gathered here Friday that they might stay on the lookout for a rash of bills coming through the upper chamber before the state’s legislative session is complete.

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