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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.…
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Debate on red flag bill heats up late night in Colorado House
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Colorado’s House gave preliminary approval Wednesday night to the most controversial gun legislation of the 2018 session: the so-called “red flag” bill, House Bill 1436. The bill would allow law enforcement and/or family members of an at-risk person to obtain a temporary “extreme risk protective order” that would then allow a law enforcement officer to…
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Boulder ready to pull the trigger on assault-weapons ban
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Boulder – a city where a local bank once handed out rifles to customers – is about to pass a law far less friendly to firearms. The Boulder City Council Tuesday night gave tentative approval to a ban on the sale and possession of what the city defines as “assault weapons” – a proposal that sparked…
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Gun control backers urge Boulder to pass assault weapons ban
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BOULDER – Gun control advocates in Boulder are urging the City Council to pass the city’s proposed ban on assault weapons, bump stocks and high-capacity magazines as soon as possible. The Daily Camera reports Councilman Sam Weaver said after a public hearing earlier this month that the proposal should be left to voters. But some…
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Capitol M: Week ending March 30
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A look at the lighter side, usually, of what goes on at the state Capitol. This week, however, Capitol M feels the need to call out some ill-thought-out behavior this week. If you aren’t reading…The Facebook page of Senate Majority Leader Chris Holbert, Capitol M says “do it!” Holbert has taken upon himself to…
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Greeley’s KUNC will help search America’s soul on the issue of guns
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Purple Colorado is a battleground for a lot of hot-button issues. And one of the state’s most prominent public radio news teams is now going to apply its experience covering those issues to a new, national media endeavor that aims to get to the bottom of the country’s endlessly debated relationship with guns. Reports the…
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Pueblo’s March for Our Lives: ‘I got tired of things not happening’
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PUEBLO – Upwards of 200 activists gathered outside the Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library in downtown Pueblo Saturday afternoon to protest gun violence as a part of the national March for Our Lives movement. About 70 local high school students congregated outside the county courthouse at 1 p.m. and made the nearly two-mile march to the library, where…
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Colorado Springs’ March for Our Lives: ‘Vote with us in mind’
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Just over a month ago, Andrew Torgashev was leaving the gym in Coral Springs, Fla., when he found out a gunman armed with an AR-15 assault-style semi-automatic rifle had killed 14 former classmates, two coaches and a teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Watching from his home across the street, he saw police, EMTs…
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Unlicensed concealed carry gets initial OK in GOP-led Senate, House defeat awaits
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The Colorado Senate gave preliminary approval to a gun bill Monday that would do away with concealed carry permits in the state. Republicans have a one-seat edge in the Senate, so when the recorded vote happens in the next few days, they should have enough lift to send Senate Bill 97 to the House. The…
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Jeffco’s superintendent has some ideas about preventing school shootings — and none of them involve gun control or armed teachers
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Superintendent Jason Glass of the Jefferson County school district isn’t interested in talking about gun control in the wake of yet another deadly school shooting. Home of Columbine High School, Jefferson County is no stranger to these tragedies or their aftermath, and Glass doesn’t think calls for restricting firearms will get any more traction this…
