guns
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Colorado gun rights group seeks TRO against new law banning gun purchase by people under 21
A gun rights group on Thursday filed a temporary restraining order to stop a new state law that bans the purchase of firearms by those under the age of 21 from going into effect on Aug. 7. The new law was one of five major gun bills Democrats in the legislature successfully pushed for this…
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State Supreme Court to hear case implicating constitutionality of ‘red flag’ law
The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal that questions whether the House of Representatives violated the state constitution in enacting a landmark gun safety law, even though the lawsuit omits several key factual details about what actually unfolded on the floor of the legislature. On Monday, the court announced it will re-examine…
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‘Lies, lies and damn lies’: Boebert’s GOP challenger swings back at ads alleging hemp scheme
The gloves came off quickly in the Republican primary for the Colorado congressional seat held by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. Boebert’s campaign announced on Thursday that it was launching a barrage of attack ads aimed at state Sen. Don Coram, the Montrose Republican who made it official last week that he’s challenging the incumbent. The…
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COVER STORY | Kids’ mental health challenged in a culture of guns
Dec. 14 marks nine years since Jane Dougherty told her sister hello and goodbye, but for a disturbed young man’s access to guns in Newtown, Connecticut, a New England village that was decked out for a Christmas, that was emotionally obliterating. Her older sister, Mary Sherlach, a school psychologist, was in the principal’s office that…
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Jason Crow, other House Democrats find shift on gun-control debate
WASHINGTON – House Democrats are warming to gun-control legislation once considered risky for all but the safest incumbents, but remain uncertain whether they will vote this year on some of the more far-reaching bills. In a sign of the changing political climate around gun-safety legislation, some of the more vulnerable House Democrats, including those who…
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Colorado Republican’s bill protecting medical-pot users’ gun rights is defeated
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
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
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
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?
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…