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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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Doctors in Colorado and elsewhere clash with NRA over gun deaths
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The photos from doctors came quickly and in succession: blood-stained operating rooms, blood-covered scrubs and shoes, bullets piercing body parts and organs. The pictures on Twitter were an emotional response to a smackdown by the powerful gun industry lobby, which took issue with the American College of Physicians’ call late last month for tighter gun…
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NRA’s Dana Loesch in Denver on what’s to blame for school shootings
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The National Rifle Association’s media-star spokeswoman Dana Loesch spoke Saturday night in Denver about failures in the system, local and national, that she believes led to the shooting at a Florida high school in February. “There were things that led up to this,” she told the crowd Saturday at the Western Conservative Summit, which wrapped…
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AG Sessions, Gardner take center stage at Denver conservative summit
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions came to Denver to talk about President Barack Obama, not President Donald Trump, it seemed Friday as he took center stage at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver. He spoke of the corrections the Trump administration had made, especially on religious liberty and Obama’s signature achievement, the Affordable Care Act.…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Support for candidates piles up as primary ballots drop
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Candidates in the June 26 primary election continue to receive endorsements from politicians and organizations even as ballots arrive in voters’ mailboxes this week and the campaigns near the finish line. Here are some of the Colorado candidate endorsements announced in recent days: ? Citing his “proven record of leadership on our Second Amendment freedoms,”…
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INSIGHTS | Serving up politics with food’s a tradition
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COLORADO SPRINGS – On a rainy Saturday at the foot of Pikes Peak, hundreds of politically engaged Coloradans gathered for politics slathered in tradition to hear candidates for governor answer questions. We had a Colorado Civic Barbecue on May 19, presented by the El Pomar Foundation’s Forum for Civic Advancement, The Gazette and Colorado Politics.…
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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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NRA’s Dana Loesch, Parkland High survivor to speak at the Western Conservative Summit
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The Western Conservative Summit in Denver June 8-9 will step into the national gun debate this year. Organizers tell Colorado Politics the list of speakers has grown to include Dana Loesch, the ubiquitous spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association. And that ain’t all. The Friday night roster includesParkland, Fla., high school shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv,…
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‘Red flag’ gun bill meets its expected demise in Colo. Senate
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A Colorado state Senate committee late Monday put an expected end to a “red flag” bill that would have allowed law enforcement or family members to legally remove firearms from mentally ill people deemed a threat to themselves or others. The Republican-led Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted down the “Zackari Parrish III…
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Family of deputy killed in ambush: Red-flag gun bill will save lives
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The family of a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy killed in an ambush in December spoke with Denver radio station 710 KNUS’ Craig Silverman Saturday about the imperiled bill to at least temporarily disarm people who are mentally ill or who are thought to be a threat to themselves or others. The Zackari Parrish III Violence…
