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Colorado lawmakers advance ban on 3D-printed guns
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Colorado lawmakers spent hours Friday debating a pair of gun control measures aimed at tightening restrictions on 3D-printed firearms and key weapon components, advancing both bills after a debate that underscored the Capitol’s deep partisan divide over Second Amendment rights and public safety. In the House, legislators tackled House Bill 1144, which prohibits using a…
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Party-line vote sends ‘red flag’ law expansion to Colorado Senate
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A panel of Colorado state senators voted along party lines Tuesday to advance a bill that would further expand who can ask a judge to temporarily restrict a person’s access to firearms under Colorado’s extreme risk protection order law. The Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted, 3-2, to move the bill to the full…
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Colorado Senate considers bill to track ‘suspicious’ gun and ammo purchases
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A bill being proposed in the state Senate would allow credit card companies to assign codes to the purchase of firearms and ammunition. Sponsors of the bill say such tracking would allow law enforcement to track “suspicious activity” that could lead to crime. Senate Bill 066 was discussed last week by the Senate Business, Labor and…
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Q&A with Tom Sullivan | Centennial lawmaker on being a champion for gun violence prevention
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Colorado Sen. Tom Sullivan has fought to end gun violence since his son, Alex, was killed in the Aurora movie theater mass shooting in July 2012. Over nearly 11 years, Sullivan testified for gun legislation in Washington D.C., advocated for a package of gun control bills passed in Colorado in 2013, was elected to the…
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The Aurora theater shooting: Tom Sullivan remembers
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Tom Sullivan started his day on July 20, 2012, like any other day. He got up at 2:30 a.m. to make coffee, getting ready for his 4 a.m. job at the post office. He turned on the TV to catch up on sports scores, but the TV was turned to a news channel. It was…
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Cole Wist, former House Assistant Minority Leader, leaves GOP
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Former state Rep. Cole Wist of Centennial, who spent two years as assistant House Minority Leader in the 2017-18 sessions, announced Tuesday via Twitter that he’s leaving the GOP and becoming an unaffiliated voter. Wist has not been shy about expressing his frustration with the Republican Party, which he accused of abandoning its conservative principles…
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With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin
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The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
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Colorado House passes ‘red flag’ gun bill, moving it to Senate
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Colorado’s so-called “red flag” bill will proceed to the Senate after the state House voted Monday to approve it, largely along party lines. The vote on House Bill 1177, which would allow a judge to order the removal of firearms from those deemed a risk to themselves or to others, was 38-25, with two Democrats – Reps.…
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ELECTION 2018 | Democrats hang onto control of Colorado House
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As Democrats captured control of the Colorado state Senate on election night, they maintained their hold on the state House and appear to have added to their advantage. That’s despite the fact that, as of Wednesday evening, it appeared two and possibly three races would be heading to an automatic recount. Come 2019, the Democrats…
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In a legislative race where guns are key issue, police union endorses the Democrat
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The Colorado Fraternal Order of Police, the state’s largest police union, Wednesday announced it has endorsed Democrat Tom Sullivan for the state House District 37 seat in Centennial over the Republican incumbent, Cole Wist. Both candidates have made a name for themselves on gun issues, with Sullivan losing a son in the 2012 Aurora theater…