gun rights

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…
Legislature takes aim at a package of perennial firearms measures

Feb 8, 2017

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Peter Marcus

The annual effort to rollback gun control and expand firearms rights will fire off again in the Colorado legislature this afternoon. Three measures are scheduled to go before the Democratic-controlled House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee this afternoon at 1:30 p.m. in Room 271. The committee is known as a “kill committee” for the controlling…
School guns bill could add minimum training benchmark

Jan 30, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Senate Republican leader Chris Holbert is taking a second look at his Senate Bill 5 to create training for teachers who want to carry guns in school. “I’m going to take a day or two to talk to the districts, to talk to the sheriffs,” Holbert said Monday morning. He is considering an amendment to establish…
Senate committee passes bill for teacher gun training

Jan 24, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Legislation that allows training teachers to carry guns in Colorado advanced beyond its first step in the Colorado Senate Tuesday. Senate Bill 5 still faces long odds if it passes in the Republican-led Senate because it then goes to the Democrat-led House. Democrats in Colorado annually kill GOP gun bills. The bill would allow teachers and administrators…
Rep. Justin Everett calls Democrats’ olive branch ‘bunk’

Jan 16, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

If you want a straight answer, see Justin Everett, the Republican from Littleton who has no political filter. His view on Democrats’ pledges to make transportation a priority can be summed up in one word: “Bunk.” After Gov. John Hickenlooper’ State of the State message last Thursday, most seemed, well, giddy that Democrats were ready…
State Senate strikes positive notes on opening day, with hints of toxic national politics

Jan 12, 2017

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John Tomasic

On a day that started with political tension already running at a boiling point in one-party dominated Washington, the launch of another bipartisan legislative session on Wednesday in Denver looked like an especially good thing. Because the Colorado governor’s office and the state House are controlled by Democrats, the action at the Colorado Capitol this…
Brown: Politics is local; why I care about the Colorado Senate

Nov 1, 2016

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Debbie Brown

When it comes to politics, seemingly all of the attention this year is focused on the presidential election. While the outcome of the presidential race is important, the reality is that local and statewide elections have a far greater impact on our day to day lives. This year, the stakes couldn’t be higher. In January…
? DC gun rights lawsuit reminiscent for Colorado

Oct 14, 2016

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Tom Ramstack

A lawsuit over gun laws pending in Washington, D.C. is being closely watched by the Denver-based Independence Institute to determine how it could affect the rights of private citizens to carry concealed guns. The Independence Institute is a libertarian public policy group whose advocacy work for personal and economic freedom includes support for laws granting…
Colorado Libertarian Party reaffirms support of self-defense with gun rights resolution

Sep 9, 2016

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SARAH KUTA Fresh Water News

Tired of hearing from major party presidential candidates who they say are soft on gun rights, members of the Colorado Libertarian Party have passed a resolution reaffirming the group’s opposition to any law regulating firearms and ammunition. The resolution, which the state party’s nine-member board passed in August, says Colorado Libertarians oppose any law that…
Reagan daughter Patti Davis tells Trump: ‘Words matter’

Aug 11, 2016

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Associated Press

The daughter of former President Ronald Reagan has a message for Donald Trump: “Words matter.” Patti Davis responded to the GOP presidential nominee’s suggestion Tuesday that “Second Amendment people” could maybe find a way to stop Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton from rolling back gun rights if she’s elected. Davis says on Facebook that while Trump’s comments on Clinton were…