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Colorado politicos react to young people’s marches on gun violence
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DENVER – Saturday was a day for Democrats across Colorado, as the next generation marched on gun violence across the state and across the country. Before the marches even started in Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and other parks and streets, Sen. Mike Merrifield of Colorado Springs said young activists were winning the debate on guns…
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The real story behind the student walkout over ‘gun violence’
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According to the major news media, American high school students are in open revolt against the National Rifle Association and the 2nd Amendment and are demanding “immediate action” to “end gun violence.” There are plenty of headlines and cable news student interviews that say as much. But is that really what is happening? Is this…
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Colorado’s Independence Institute isn’t shy about its NRA tie
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Denver Public Schools may have decided to trade weapons for plowshares – it announced last week it would turn down National Rifle Association grants for assorted school programs in the wake of the Parkland, Florida school massacre – but the Second Amendment-friendly, Denver-based Independence Institute is sticking to its guns. As the Associated Press reported over the…
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Colorado Senate Republicans: Still a ‘NO’ on banning bump stocks, but yes to RMGO money
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The Trump administration is OK with a ban on bump stocks. The Florida Legislature, despite opposition from the National Rifle Association, last week approved a package of gun control measures, including a ban on bump stocks that increase the firing capacity of normal rifles. Colorado’s state Senate is a week away from hearing a bill that…
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Colorado Republicans cancel contract with Best Western over nonexistent NRA snub
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The Colorado Republican Party had arranged to hold a fundraising dinner and a slew of district assemblies at the Best Western hotel in Longmont on the eve of the party’s state assembly in Boulder next month. But after party officials got wind that the hotel chain had ended its affiliation with the National Rifle Association…
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BIDLACK: Marco Rubio was right
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You have no idea how hard it was for me to write that headline. In the wake of the horrific events in Parkland, Florida, Senator Marco Rubio appeared at a Town Hall event, and got pretty well slammed on the issue of guns. Now, first off, there is a certain irony that some in the…
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Out West Roundup: New Mexico governor’s tense tenure with state lawmakers nears end
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New Mexico New Mexico governor’s tense tenure with lawmakers nears end SANTA FE – The rocky relationship between New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and state lawmakers is coming to a close as the Republican governor prepares to leave office and both sides ponder what might have been. Democratic leaders said they wished there had been…
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BIDLACK: More guns? Sure, why not? What could go wrong?
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Problems rarely have simple, clear answers upon which everyone agrees. I offered a few rather depressing thoughts on guns in my last column, and in today’s missive I’d like to suggest what the White House might call alternative facts that are worth considering. Like most of you, I suspect you have been bombarded with a…
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Conservative website calls out Democrat Jason Crow for law firm’s lobbying history on behalf of gun interests
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The conservative Washington Free Beacon on Monday pointed out that Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow works at a high-powered law firm that has lobbied and done legal work for gun interests at the same time he’s attacked the “gun lobby” and been calling on U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman to return campaign contributions from the National…
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Tom Sullivan to challenge Cole Wist in House District 37 race
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Democrat Tom Sullivan of Centennial plans to take on House Assistant Minority Leader Cole Wist, R-Centennial, in November, he announced Monday. Sullivan, the only Democrat in the House District 37 race so far, ran for state Senate against incumbent Jack Tate in 2016, losing by about 7 percentage points. The south-metro Denver district includes Centennial,…
