Rocky Mountain Gun Owners

Federal judge upholds Colorado’s 21+ gun law, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners vow to appeal

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Colorado’s law requiring people to be at least 21 years old to buy a gun can stand, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

The ruling is a definitive win for gun control advocates and a blow to the group Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and two young people hoping to purchase guns, who sued Gov. Jared Polis to block the law in 2023. Chief U.S. District Judge Philip A. Brimmer sided with Polis and said in his ruling that the plaintiffs could not prove that the law violated their rights.

“Plaintiffs cannot establish a violation of a right secured by the Constitution or that they have suffered an irreparable injury from such a violation,” Brimmer wrote.

The law, passed in 2023, changed the minimum age to purchase all guns in Colorado to 21 from 18 and added criminal penalties for purchasers and firearm sellers.

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‘We have to fight with everything that we have’: House Minority Whip Ryan Armagost is leading GOP opposition

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Ryan Armagost has a background of serving as a U.S. Marine, deputy sheriff and firefighter, making him no stranger to challenging situations.

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‘Let there be a run on guns’: Senate Democrats advance semiauto gun ban to Colorado House

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A debate Tuesday on the proper role of government and at what point constitutional liberty has been infringed, led by Senate Republicans, fell upon deaf ears.

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Senate Dems’ whip says ‘I am a no’ to SB 3, the semi-auto gun ban bill, absent of significant changes

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The house of cards on Colorado Senate Bill 25-003 appears to be collapsing in the wee hours before it is set for a vote.

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Rep. Thomas Massie, the 2024 keynote to RMGO, notes irony of President Biden pardon

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In the wake of President Joe Biden pardoning his son, Hunter, for a variety of criminal offenses, including the unlawful purchase of a firearm, one 2nd Amendment advocate familiar to gun-owning Coloradans noted the irony.

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Gov. Polis signs four gun-control bills destined for legal challenges by pro-gun advocates

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Colorado’s governor signed four gun control bills Friday, following the lead of other states struggling to confront a nationwide surge in violent crime and mass shootings, despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that expanded Second Amendment rights.

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