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Colorado GOP lawmakers and sheriffs press AG Bondi to examine SB3 for 2A infringements

kdvr.com, Approved, National, State / April 29, 2025 / 75th Colorado Legislature, AG Bondi, Colorado Sheriffs, Congressman Gabe Evans, Congressman Jeff Crank, Congressman Jeff Hurd, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, Constitutional rights, SB25-003, Second Amendment

DENVER (KDVR) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was sent a formal letter on Monday urging a Department of Justice investigation into the state of Colorado’s gun laws, specifically citing a newly signed law that Second Amendment advocates have called an infringement on their rights.

The letter was sent by the Colorado State Shooting Association, which is the official state association of the National Rifle Association. The groups announced immediately after Gov. Jared Polis signed the bill into law that they would be filing a lawsuit against the measure.

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Montana governor urges gunmakers to ditch Colorado after new weapons ban

Fox News, Approved, National, State / April 24, 2025 / 2nd Amendment, 75th Colorado Legislature, Democrat Lawmakers, Governor Jared Polis, Gun manufacturers, Gun rights, SB25-003

FIRST ON FOX: GOP Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is launching a video campaign to remind gun manufacturers in Colorado that if they move just a few hundred miles to the north, they can be free of one of the nation’s most restrictive gun control bills signed into law earlier this month in their state.

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Not political theater: Montrose federal intervention request grounded in Constitutional oath

Rocky Mountain Voice, Approved, National, State, Top Stories / April 22, 2025 / 75th Colorado Legislature, Colorado Constitution, Constitutional rights, Democrat Lawmakers, Government overreach, Local Government, Montrose County, SB25-003

What does it mean to defend the Constitution? Two commissioners say this is what it looks like. On April 16, the Montrose County Board of County Commissioners voted 2–1 to send a formal Request for Federal Intervention to former President Donald Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Colo. Sheriffs call SB25-003 a ‘nightmare’ for rights, businesses and public safety

The Truth About Guns, Approved, State / April 18, 2025 / 75th Colorado Legislature, Colorado Sheriffs, Democrat Lawmakers, Governor Jared Polis, gun control, Public safety, SB25-003, Second Amendment, small business

Following Gov. Jared Polis’ signing of the sweeping gun ban measure last week, some Colorado sheriffs, who have opposed the bill all along, are still speaking out against the action.

The measure bans the sale of the most popular selling rifle in America—the Modern Sporting Rifle (MSR)—unless Coloradans obtain from their county sheriff approval, based on subjective criteria, a permit-to-purchase semi-automatic firearms capable of accepting detachable magazines.

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Outnumbered but not outmatched: House Minority Leader Pugliese’s grassroots push

Rocky Mountain Voice, Approved, State, Top Stories / April 17, 2025 / 75th Colorado Legislature, Grassroots, HB25-1312, HB25-1315, HB25-1321, House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese, SB25-003

At the Colorado Capitol, House Republicans are outnumbered two to one. But House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese is still swinging—and she’s not swinging blindly.

She’s drawing from somewhere real.

“My father started his life with 50 cents in his pocket and a dream to own his own restaurant.” Pugliese added, “Almost every day it feels like I’m back to having spare change and a big dream—only this time it’s at the legislature.”

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Self-defense on hold: House GOP announces letter to AG Bondi at capitol press conference

A young woman in her twenties stood outside Rep. Scott Bottoms’ church recently and asked him for help—she needed a firearm. Not for sport. Not to make a point. For protection.

“She was worried, she was frightened… She had no way to protect herself,” Bottoms said during a House Republican press conference Wednesday. “She has to wait three days. She can’t even get her own firearm to protect herself.”

That delay, he argued, could be the difference between safety and tragedy.

It’s the kind of real-life scenario House Republicans say they had in mind when they gathered on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol the morning of April 16 to speak out against SB25-003.

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Polis signs SB25-003 into law after months of protest and 95,000 petitions

In the end, Governor Jared Polis didn’t make a speech. He didn’t stand before cameras or take questions. He didn’t even put the signing on his public calendar.

On April 9, behind closed doors and without public ceremony, Polis signed Senate Bill 25-003 into law—legislation that critics say is one of the most restrictive gun ownership laws in the country. The signing came after months of resistance from Colorado citizens, lawmakers, and small business owners who warned the bill was not only unconstitutional, but economically and socially devastating.

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Daniel: This is your moment, Governor—veto SB25-003 and protect liberty

Yesterday, the Mesa County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt a resolution opposing Colorado Senate Bill 3. We took this action out of a deep commitment to the foundational principles that have shaped not just Mesa County, not just Colorado, but the very idea of America itself.

The Colorado legislature passed Senate Bill 3 with a troubling disregard for the constitutional framework that defines our Republic. It imposes sweeping restrictions on the lawful ownership, sale, and transfer of commonly owned firearms by burdening individual citizens with costly, bureaucratic hurdles and treating law-abiding people as if they are criminals.

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Enos: Abortion, parental rights and gun grabs—Colorado’s radical trifecta

State, Approved, Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice, Top Stories / April 7, 2025 / 75th Colorado Legislature, Abortion, Democrat Lawmakers, Governor Jared Polis, Gun grab, Parental Rights, SB25-003

While continuing to grapple with Colorado’s $1.2 billion dollar shortfall, the state will be losing $250 million in pandemic-related federal funding for healthcare from the American Rescue Plan Act. The federal government is implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Cost Efficiency Initiative. Coloradoans may believe that our Democrat-led state legislature will surely cut back on bills with a fiscal impact, but that would be an incorrect assumption; they just tweak the fiscal note.

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Colorado’s gun control déjà vu: D.C. law failed, will Polis repeat it?

COLORADO PEAK POLITICS, Approved, State / April 4, 2025 / Crime & Safety, Governor Jared Polis, SB25-003

Gov. Polis’s head must be heavy under the weight of his crown as he contemplates whether to sign a bill denying Coloradan’s their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, or be a Constitution loving Democrat as they all claim these days.

Misleading headlines suggest the bill merely requires gun owners take a class before buying a gun, and yet the legislation on Polis’s desk grants government authority over who can buy commonly used guns for self protection.

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