gun rights

Insights: Common ground on guns remains slippery and muddy in Colorado

Feb 27, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

Maybe if partisans didn’t go too far. I don’t know. It confounds me why we can’t talk constructively about guns in this state, or this nation, without both sides shutting down. Indecision lives in gridlock. If one side didn’t insinuate the other doesn’t care about dead children, would that be so hard to do for…
Democrat Jason Crow calls on Mike Coffman to return NRA money, ‘take action’ on gun measures

Feb 16, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Democratic challenger Jason Crow on Thursday called on U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman to return campaign donations the Aurora Republican has received from the National Rifle Association and urged the incumbent to “act now to pass commonsense gun safety reform” the day after a mass shooting at a Florida high school left 17 dead and 14…
Arizona’s Giffords backs Colorado Democrat Jason Crow, says combat vet has ‘courage to stand up for gun safety’

Nov 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The gun violence prevention organization founded by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was wounded in a shooting in Arizona six years ago, has endorsed Democrat Jason Crow in next year’s 6th Congressional District primary. “Jason Crow has shown the courage to stand up to the gun lobby and help lead the effort to reduce…
Tipton onboard with House bill to loosen gun laws for hunters and allow silencers

Sep 13, 2017

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Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON – A congressional committee considered a bill this week to expand recreational opportunities for hunters and fishermen, but the legislation also would make it easier to buy gun silencers. The bill’s Republican supporters said during a hearing that silencers would protect the hearing of hunters and gun enthusiasts. Colorado Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, is…
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…
Colorado conservation leaders, gun owners rally around gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler

Jul 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Dozens of leaders in Colorado’s wildlife conservation and gun-rights communities gathered to launch the Sportsmen and Gun Owners for Brauchler coalition in support of Republican gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler last Saturday in Douglas County. “This coalition solidifies statewide support for the Brauchler for governor campaign with a very important, reliably Republican constituency,” said coalition co-chair…
#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…
Noonan: Political parties must change or die. What then?

Mar 17, 2017

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Paula Noonan

Our political parties are approaching an end game. A quick look at March registration numbers tells the story. Among active voters, Democrats and Republicans are even in registration. Unaffiliated voter registrations exceed both parties by 200,000 people. The short-term problem for Democrats in 2018 when voting numbers will be low is that Republicans have about…
Former Missouri Senate candidate Jason Kander set to keynote Democrats’ annual dinner

Feb 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Jason Kander, the Missouri Democrat who might have had the best campaign ad of the 2016 election season, will deliver the keynote speech at the Colorado Democrats’ 84th Annual Dinner, the party announced Monday. In a 30-second TV commercial that won widespread praise and became a viral internet sensation, Kander, an Army veteran and then-Missouri…
Old enough to fight overseas, old enough to conceal-carry at home?

Feb 14, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

It’s a judgment call, of course. But here’s a sure thing: GOP-backed Senate Bill 6 is Republican enough – overwhelmingly so – that it will meet its doom as soon as it leaves the Senate and enters the Democratic-controlled House. The bill, introduced into the upper chamber by former Weld County Sheriff John Cooke, now a state senator…