concealed carry

Steve Lebsock calls it ‘disgusting’ that foes just want to ’score political points’ bashing Lori Saine

Dec 9, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Rep. Steve Lebsock, the Thornton Democrat facing complaints he sexually harassed a fellow lawmaker and a former lobbyist, on Friday chastised social media denizens who’ve been heaping criticism on state Rep. Lori Saine, the Firestone Republican arrested and jailed this week at Denver International Airport for bringing a loaded handgun to a security checkpoint.…
Gabby Giffords to Mike Coffman after concealed-carry vote: Thoughts and prayers aren’t enough

Dec 8, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democrat Gabby Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman wounded in a mass shooting six years ago, called out U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman on Twitter after the Aurora Republican voted to make it easier for gun owners to carry concealed weapons across state lines without running afoul of conflicting state laws. Giffords, who has endorsed one of…
Concealed handgun permits jump in Colorado and across the nation

Jul 31, 2017

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Peter Marcus

The number of concealed carry handgun permits in Colorado jumped 56 percent in recent months, according to a recent report. Under President Obama, concealed handgun permits grew – a reaction to concerns that the administration would push a heavy gun control agenda. Permits grew to more than 16 million under Obama, underscoring a 256 percent…
Group picks up where legislature left off on training school staff for gun use

May 15, 2017

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Dan Njegomir

Remember the GOP bill in the legislature that would have provided gun training to designated staffers with concealed-weapons permits on Colorado’s K-12 campuses? The one that was approved by the Republican-controlled state Senate but, as anticipated, never made it past a “kill committee” in the Democratic-dominated House? Well, Coloradans for Civil Liberties isn’t about to let it drop. In a…
‘Moms’ are back at the Capitol — to oppose a gun bill that’s as good as dead …

Apr 26, 2017

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Dan Njegomir

…and in fact has been on life support for some time. But knowing they’ve already won won’t put a damper on plans by the Colorado chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and their allies to turn out in force today at a House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee hearing and denounce Senate Bill 116.…
Neville rides wave with ‘constitutional carry’ gun bill, fails to win over Dems

Mar 23, 2017

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John Tomasic

The floor vote in the state Senate on Tim Neville’s “constitutional carry” bill on Tuesday went as expected. His Senate Bill 116 passed with full Republican support, but Democrats took turns voicing opposition. The immediate future of the bill is all but carved in stone. It will pass in the Republican-controlled Senate and fail in…
Bad week for guns on the Great Plains?

Mar 21, 2017

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John Tomasic

You would think every week of the next couple years would by a good week for the gun-rights lobby. Washington is being run by hardline pro-gun officials. Even before Trump and the Republican Congress, the Obama-Biden efforts in Washington to pass any gun-control laws at all met stiff resistance and failed. So what’s happening this…
#Coleg Week 11: GOP tax proposal shot down, Transpo bill grumbling, fracking school setbacks, gay conversion, gun bills, budget countdown

Mar 21, 2017

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John Tomasic

The week is already moving fast. Republican-sponsored House Bill 1187 was shot down by Republicans in the Senate State Affairs committee. It was an important bill. Here’s a magazine-like summary of what it proposed to do, as best as I can write it at this stage: The bill aimed to allow the state to collect…
As if GOP guns bills weren’t already facing summary execution in the House…

Mar 20, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

…Gun-control activists will be rallying at the Capitol Wednesday to ensure the condemned legislation – Senate Bills 5, 6 and 7 – meets its anticipated fate. An array of groups comprising the Colorado Coalition Against Gun Violence will hold a press conference at noon in the Capitol Building to drum up opposition to the bills shortly before they…
‘Moms’ aim to send ‘constitutional carry’ to its room

Mar 4, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Critics of gun legislation billed as “constitutional carry” – an envelope-pushing proposal allowing Coloradans to carry concealed weapons without a permit – will converge on the Capitol Monday to meet with lawmakers and rally opposition. As announced in a press release this afternoon: Volunteers with the Colorado chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense…