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Colorado Republican’s bill protecting medical-pot users’ gun rights is defeated
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A Republican lawmaker’s bid to keep Coloradans authorized to use medical marijuana from being deprived of the right to own and carry firearms was rejected Wednesday by Democrats. Senate Bill 93, proposed by state Sen. Vicki Marble, R-Fort Collins, died along party lines in the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. She said the…
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Gun ‘bump stocks’ to become illegal this week
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The Justice Department said Tuesday that it has amended Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regulations to clarify that bump-stock-type devices are “machine guns,” and are thus illegal. A Justice Department official told the Washington Examiner that acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker signed the rule Tuesday morning, and it should be published and thus…
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NRA affiliate sues over Boulder’s new assault-weapon ban
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BOULDER – The Colorado affiliate of the National Rifle Association has filed a lawsuit against the city of Boulder in an effort to push back against the city’s new assault-weapon ban. Lawyers for the Colorado State Shooting Association, Boulder-based Gunsport of Colorado and two private citizens say the new ordinance, which took effect Friday, is…
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Gun self-defense in 4th grade? No, says Colorado education board
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The Colorado Board of Education voted June 13 along party lines to changes in standards for teaching health and physical education, but omitted a proposal to teach fourth graders about the benefits of guns for self-defense. The proposal was first floated last month by Republican Debora Scheffel, who represents the 4th Congressional District on the…
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Guns for self-defense by 10-year-olds?
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Update: 11 a.m. June 8: Board member Debora Scheffel, who proposed the amendment, told Colorado Politics she’s withdrawing the amendment because it’s “misunderstood.” The Colorado State Board of Education next week will decide on whether to add amendments to the state’s comprehensive standards for Colorado public education – including one proposed amendment that would promote…
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TRAIL MIX: Colorado candidates take aim at gun issues
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As Colorado’s primary-election campaign hits the home stretch (ballots get mailed in early June) and the general election lies within sight, some of the sharpest jabs thrown by candidates and their supporters lately have involved guns and legislation aimed at curbing gun violence. With news of the May 18 shooting that left 10 dead at…
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Wash. Gov. Inslee in Colo. to back gun control, Dem candidates
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Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee spoke at the Colorado Capitol to back gun control efforts and to encourage support for Democratic candidates for governor. Inslee – chair of the Democratic Governor’s Association, and mentioned by some as a potential 2020 presidential candidate – was joined at Thursday’s event by state Democratic Party chief Morgan Carroll…
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How Colorado’s congressional delegation voted this week
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H.R. 3053: Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017 This was a vote to pass H.R. 3053 in the House. This bill provides the authorizations and procedures to begin building a repository for the nation’s nuclear wastes at Yucca Mountain in the southern Nevada desert. The U.S. Energy Department planned to transport radioactive waste from…
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Boulder passes ‘assault’ weapons ban — again
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The Boulder City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night at a third meeting to ban the sale and possession of assault-style weapons, bump stocks and high-capacity magazines within city limits. The proposal was given tentative approval May 2. The ordinance defines “assault weapons” as semi-automatic firearms designed with military features to allow rapid spray firing for…
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Colo. domestic-violence gun law is often ignored
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A five-year-old law that aimed to keep guns away from alleged domestic violence abusers is frequently ignored or unenforced, a 9Wants to Know investigation has found. In 2013, Colorado lawmakers passed a bill that aimed to protect victims of domestic violence by ordering alleged abusers to relinquish guns and ammunition while under a protection order.…
