gun legislation
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States join lawsuit to overturn federal gun registration rules
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Fifteen Republican-led states have backed a sweeping federal lawsuit that could dismantle much of the nearly century-old National Firearms Act. The lawsuit argues that Congress’s repeal of most taxes on certain regulated weapons stripped the government of its constitutional authority to require their registration. The amended complaint, filed Friday in the United States District Court for the Northern…
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Silverii: Congress should follow Colorado’s lead on gun safety
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The shocking violence committed against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans in Florida, on June 12 has horrified us all. The attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando has brought together the combined threats of terrorism, gun violence and hate our nation faces today. Here in Colorado, our state’s painful history of mass murder has…
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McCarron: Douglas County School District acquires war weapons for security
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Seventeen years ago, Colorado was horrified at the massacre at Columbine High School, where 12 students and one educator were shot and killed. Families who sent their children off to study in the morning spent terrifying hours awaiting word of their survival. Twelve never heard those words of relief. A sad and misdirected marking of…
