Tag: gun control
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EDITORIAL: A legislature in denial on gun control
In its repeated attempts to “get guns off our streets,” Colorado’s legislature is a lot like a compulsive gambler who’s sure he has a winning hand — every time the cards are dealt. One difference, though: The gambler actually has a chance of success. The legislature, of course, hasn’t a prayer. Each round of gun…
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GUEST OPINION: New firearm laws motivate Colorado gun owners
Every electoral cycle, political strategists devote endless attention to suburban women, Hispanic voters, union households, independents, and younger Americans. Pollsters slice the electorate into increasingly narrow demographic categories, searching for the coalition that will decide the next election. Yet one of the nation’s largest, most organized, and most dependable voting blocs is routinely underestimated: America’s…
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Colorado State Shooting Association files constitutional challenge to firearms dealer law
A firearms group has filed a lawsuit challenging a recently signed law expanding regulations for firearms dealers in Colorado. House Bill 26-1126 clarifies that firearms dealers must hold both a federal and state license to operate. The bill also allows the Department of Revenue to fine dealers up to $100,000 for second or subsequent violations…
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Colorado State Shooting Association files constitutional challenge to firearms dealer law
A firearms group has filed a lawsuit challenging a recently signed law expanding regulations for firearms dealers in Colorado. House Bill 26-1126 clarifies that firearms dealers must hold both a federal and state license to operate. The bill also allows the Department of Revenue to fine dealers up to $100,000 for second or subsequent violations…
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High-profile measures on guns and plastics go by the wayside at state Capitol
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With lawmakers now hard at work on the 2020-21 state budget and dealing with the pandemic, it leaves little oxygen in the room for some of the priorities outlined in the first two months of the 2020 session. Case in point: two bills introduced in…
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High-profile measures on guns and plastics go by the wayside at state Capitol
With lawmakers now hard at work on the 2020-21 state budget and dealing with the pandemic, it leaves little oxygen in the room for some of the priorities outlined in the first two months of the 2020 session. Case in point: two bills introduced in early March dealing with guns. House Bill 1355 was postponed…