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COVER STORY | A Rittenhouse acquittal in Colorado? Longstanding self-defense laws would allow it
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A young man being pursued down the street attempted to evade his attacker, asking to be left alone until the last possible minute, when he killed the aggressor. The killer could be Kyle Rittenhouse, the then-17-year-old who shot two men and wounded a third in the streets of Kenosha, Wisc. following days of racial justice…
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Colo. Senate advances bill to tackle same issue as House red flag measure: mental health
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The Republican-controlled Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee later Monday is expected to hear the “red flag” proposal on guns, House Bill 1436, and kill the measure, likely along party lines. At the same time, Republicans are pushing for a bill to address the mental health issue that is also embedded in the red flag…
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Political gamesmanship keeps ‘red flag’ gun bill from demise
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The Colorado House of Representatives on Friday evening passed, largely along party lines, the “Zackari Parrish III Violence Protection Act,” aka the red flag bill, which would allow law enforcement or family members to seek a court order that would allow law enforcement to temporarily remove firearms from a person deemed a threat to themselves…
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Debate on red flag bill heats up late night in Colorado House
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Colorado’s House gave preliminary approval Wednesday night to the most controversial gun legislation of the 2018 session: the so-called “red flag” bill, House Bill 1436. The bill would allow law enforcement and/or family members of an at-risk person to obtain a temporary “extreme risk protective order” that would then allow a law enforcement officer to…
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U.S. House passes bill to broaden conceal-carry reciprocity laws despite Buck’s vote against
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Those with concealed carry licenses would be able to carry concealed firearms in other states under a bill passed by the U.S. House. The “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act,” backed by the National Rifle Association and other gun-rights groups, passed 231-198 in the House and now moves to the Senate, where Democrats are expected to block…
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The Hot Sheet – Pistol packin’ teachers, GOP ends Tweet-gate, electors have HIGH hopes, must see ‘conservative’ TV and … MORE!
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VOL. 01 NO. 206 | DECEMBER 15, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – As our grandmothers used to say, “It’s going to be a Merry Christmas for the electric company!” You might also say the same for the attorneys involved in the rogue Hamilton ‘faithless’ Electors legal maneuvers. With billable hours at stake,…
