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Jason Crow, other House Democrats find shift on gun-control debate
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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 gun club drops NRA requirement for members
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GLENWOOD SPRINGS – A gun club here has dropped a requirement that its members also be members of the National Rifle Association. Glenwood Springs Gun Club President Ralph Delaney has said NRA membership was required because the club received its insurance through the NRA. City Councilor Jonathan Godes said he was concerned that membership in…
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9NEWS TRUTH TEST | New anti-Coffman ad from Giffords PAC misleads on some issues
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An ad claiming that U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman gets more NRA money than other Colorado representatives is true about that fact, but misleads on others. The ad from the Giffords PAC, co-founded by mass-shooting victim and former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, accurately highlights the 6th District incumbent’s contributions from the National Rifle Association gun lobby. But…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Gun-debate groups choose sides in Colorado’s CD3
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Prominent national organizations on both sides of the gun debate are taking sides in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund this week endorsed U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, the Republican seeking a fifth term, while Giffords, the gun safety organization founded by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, endorsed former state Rep.…
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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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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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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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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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BIDLACK: Searching for answers after yet another horrific school shooting
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In most of my now twice-weekly columns, I try to inject a bit of humor into my writings. I’ve found that touch of absurdity can often help with the messaging. But today, I’m not going to make any jokes and I’m not going to offer any solutions on the issue that breaks the hearts of…
