firearms
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10th Circuit clears path for Colorado’s increased firearms purchasing age to take effect
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The federal appeals court based in Denver cleared the way on Tuesday for a 2023 Colorado law to take effect that will generally raise the age limit for purchasing firearms to 21. Senate Bill 169 was originally intended to take effect in August of last year, creating a misdemeanor offense for those who sell guns to…
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Federal judge declines to block Colorado’s ‘ghost gun’ prohibition
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A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request from gun rights advocates to block a recent Colorado law prohibiting the possession and transport of certain firearm components not imprinted with a serial number — known as “ghost guns.” To address the proliferation of guns privately assembled from kits or 3-D printers, the General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 279…
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Colorado Republicans claim bill to ban lawmakers from bringing guns in Capitol is unconstitutional
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Senate Republicans on Tuesday charged that legislation seeking to effectively ban lawmakers from bringing firearms into the state Capitol is unconstitutional. Senate Bill 131, as introduced, would have banned firearms, including concealed weapons, from 19 identified “sensitive spaces,” including schools, colleges, parks, recreation centers, protests and rallies, and local government buildings. The bill’s Democratic sponsors,…
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Colorado Republicans claim bill to ban lawmakers from bringing guns in Capitol is unconstitutional
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Senate Republicans on Tuesday charged that legislation seeking to effectively ban lawmakers from bringing firearms into the state Capitol is unconstitutional. Senate Bill 131, as introduced, would have banned firearms, including concealed weapons, from 19 identified “sensitive spaces,” including schools, colleges, parks, recreation centers, protests and rallies, and local government buildings. The bill’s Democratic sponsors,…
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10th Circuit declines to allow Colorado’s new gun law to take effect during appeal
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The federal appeals court based in Denver declined on Tuesday to suspend a trial judge’s order preventing Colorado from enforcing a new law that increased the firearm purchase age from 18 to 21. Previously, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer granted a preliminary injunction to two Colorado residents who challenged the constitutionality of…
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Federal judge blocks Colorado law raising firearm-purchase age, lets waiting period take effect
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A federal judge on Monday granted the request of two Colorado residents to block a new Colorado law generally raising the age limit for purchasing firearms to 21. At the same time, in a separate lawsuit, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer declined to bar enforcement of another recently-enacted law establishing a three-day…
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Federal judge upholds constitutionality of law against possessing guns without serial numbers
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Although a major U.S. Supreme Court decision last year made it easier to strike down gun safety regulations as unconstitutional, a federal judge agreed on Monday that a law banning the possession of guns that lack serial numbers does not run afoul of the Second Amendment. Within months of his indictment for possessing a firearm…
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State Supreme Court to hear case implicating constitutionality of ‘red flag’ law
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The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal that questions whether the House of Representatives violated the state constitution in enacting a landmark gun safety law, even though the lawsuit omits several key factual details about what actually unfolded on the floor of the legislature. On Monday, the court announced it will re-examine…
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Colorado lawmakers advance election bills, reject measure eliminating vote by mail
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Colorado House and Senate committees this week worked through a slate of election bills intended to tighten internal security controls, ban firearms at polling places, help residents who lost homes in last year’s Boulder County fires deal with voter registration issues, or eliminate the state’s mail-in-voting system. The House State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee…
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Lawmaker drops gun while rushing to vote, speaker says that created ‘dangerous situation’ at Colorado Capitol
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Rep. Richard Holtorf, R-Akron, on Monday dropped a gun in the lobby outside the House chambers as he was rushing in to cast a vote on an amendment to a state House bill that would affirm the right to abortion in state law. The gun did not go off and no one was injured, according…
