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Boulder County residents cannot sue over firearm discharge on federal land, appeals court rules
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that two residents of Boulder County could not sue the county’s commissioners for walking back a policy originally banning firearms discharge on nearby land owned by the U.S. government. Boulder County leaders enacted a resolution in 2022 expanding the area near Sugarloaf Mountain in which it was unlawful to…
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Federal judge partially allows challenge to proceed against gun ordinances in Boulder County
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A federal judge on Thursday permitted firearm owners and two gun-rights organizations to proceed with their constitutional challenge to certain provisions of gun safety ordinances enacted by Boulder County and three of its municipalities. Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, the National Association for Gun Rights and five individual Coloradans filed suit in 2022 over local firearms…
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Federal judge begrudgingly dismisses Club Q survivors’ claims against El Paso County, ex-sheriff
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A federal judge vented his frustration on Monday with El Paso County leaders, criticizing their lackluster approach to a key gun safety law while acknowledging he was obligated to dismiss the claims against them brought by survivors of an LGBTQ nightclub shooting. “Plaintiffs can take some slim solace in the fact that, while the individual county…
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Appeals court upholds firearms prohibition as part of involuntary mental health treatment
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Wednesday upheld the process for barring firearm possession for anyone who is involuntarily committed short-term to mental health treatment. A man identified as R.Z. argued his rights were violated when a Denver judge entered an order affecting his ability to own guns because he met the criteria for short-term mental health…
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Federal judge bars evidence from pat-down, finds Sterling officer had no grounds to search motorist
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A federal judge barred evidence from a pat-down search from being used against a defendant on Monday, concluding a Sterling police officer violated the man’s rights by searching him without a legal basis. Federal prosecutors indicted Jorge Sigala-Baray for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Police discovered the gun on Sigala-Baray after pulling him over for…
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Federal judge upholds Colorado law increasing gun purchasing age
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A federal judge on Thursday upheld a 2023 Colorado law generally increasing the age to purchase firearms, after the challengers acknowledged a recent federal appeals court decision dictated the outcome. Senate Bill 169 created a misdemeanor offense for those who sell guns to people younger than 21. Similarly, it became a misdemeanor for someone under 21…
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10th Circuit rules defendant wrongly convicted for gun possession
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The Denver-based federal appeals court ruled last week that a man sentenced to 48 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm was not, in fact, prohibited from having a gun. Prosecutors indicted Omari Davis for a violation of the federal prohibition on possessing a gun after being convicted of a…
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Divided Colorado Supreme Court upholds police’s pat-down of man in ‘wrong place at the wrong time’
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The Colorado Supreme Court decided on Tuesday that police had not unlawfully seized a man when they patted him down in a chance encounter after he suddenly appeared outside the motel room where they were preparing to make an arrest. By 5-2, the justices believed Oscar Jonas Ganaway consented to the pat-down search, which resulted in…
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Appeals court agrees municipal domestic violence conviction is grounds for denying gun purchase
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled for the first time last week that a domestic violence conviction under a municipal ordinance will bar a person from purchasing a firearm, thanks to a recent revision in federal law. The question required a three-judge Court of Appeals panel to answer whether a Denver man’s local domestic violence charge, while…
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Federal judge allows excessive force claims to proceed against Moffat County, Craig officers
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A federal judge last week permitted a man’s excessive force claims to proceed against law enforcement officers from Craig and Moffat County, who allegedly rammed him with a car as he was walking away with his hands in the air. Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak noted that plaintiff Tanner Sholes, as alleged, was…