Eight gun-control bills were passed by Colorado’s legislature and signed by the governor. Here’s a look.
Gov. Jared Polis signed into law eight bills passed by the legislature this year that tighten Colorado’s gun statutes.
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Swearer: These accounts of defensive gun use speak volumes
By Amy Swearer | The Daily Signal It seems that many gun control activists want to take your guns so badly that they’re willing to take your voice, too. And increasingly, the war for the Second Amendment involves battles waged on a First Amendment front. Just ask the National Rifle Association, which last week needed the
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Gaines: Imagine if journalists covered guns like they do abortion
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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Federal judge rules against Biden’s expansion of gun background checks
President Biden‘s attempt to expand the universe of gun sales subject to background checks likely violates federal law, a federal judge ruled Sunday.
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Douglas County nullifies SB 131, allowing those with concealed carry permit to do so in government buildings
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.
Bill to ban purchase, sale and transfer of so-called assault weapons in Colorado will be shelved
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.
GOP bill would force immigrants reported to ICE if they illegally try to buy guns
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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ATF sued by 26 states over rule targeting lawful gun owners, including Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming
Twenty-six states sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Wednesday arguing a new federal rule it’s implementing targets lawful gun owners and is unconstitutional and illegal.
Democrats advance first-in-the-nation gun bill, one mandating gun owners to purchase insurance
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.
Colorado House advances measures on concealed carry, gun licensing and liability
House Democrats voted to pass three gun bills late on Saturday night, including one that would require gun owners to obtain a liability insurance policy for their firearms.
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