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Colorado Gun Laws

Tiny Southwest Colo. Town Makes Gun Ownership Mandatory

Posted 05.20.2013 | Denver

As much of the nation continues to debate gun control and as Colorado gets ready to implement sweeping new gun control laws just passed in the latest ...

Colorado Sheriffs Sue Over New Gun Control Laws

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 05.18.2013 | Denver

DENVER -- Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challen...

Colorado Sheriffs Sue Over New State Gun Laws

Posted 05.20.2013 | Denver

Nearly all of Colorado's county sheriffs have signed onto a federal lawsuit against the state of Colorado arguing that the new laws pushed by Democrat...

Forgiving the Man Who Killed My 3-Year-Old Son

Sharletta C. Evans | Posted 05.09.2013 | Parents
Sharletta C. Evans

This Mother's Day, I will go to church and spend time with my mother and my son, Calvin. Calvin and I will reflect on the fun times he had my other son, Casson Xavier "Biscuit" Evans, who was killed in a drive-by shooting when he was only 3 years old.

Rural Colorado School District Arms Administrators

Posted 05.06.2013 | Denver

A rural Colorado school board has given two of its top administrators a new title: Security Officer -- a title which grants the administrators the abi...

Colorado House Passes Last 2 Gun Bills

Posted 04.22.2013 | Denver

Colorado Democrats moved the last two bills of their gun control package through the state House Monday morning, sending one to Gov. John Hickenlooper...

Colorado Sheriffs Plan Lawsuit To Block Gun Control Laws

Posted 04.10.2013 | Denver

Over half of Colorado's elected sheriffs are planning a lawsuit to overturn the state's recently-passed gun restrictions. The Denver Post reports t...

Gun Control Finds Unlikely Savior Close To GOP Heart

Howard Fineman | Posted 04.04.2013 | Politics
Howard Fineman

WASHINGTON -- Let's hear a round of applause for the Founding Fathers, those dead white men whom conservatives love to lionize. Had it not been for th...

Colorado, Connecticut Advance Stricter Legislation Over Opposition

AP | ADAM GELLER | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics

From Colorado to Connecticut, a handful of very different states have advanced new gun control laws over opposition that has made such legislation a s...

Shooting Match Canceled Over State's New Gun Control Laws

AP | Posted 04.02.2013 | Denver

MONTROSE, Colo. — A regional shooting competition that would have brought hundreds of people to Colorado has become the latest casualty of the s...

Colorado Lawmakers Wouldn't Agree To This Gun Ban

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.25.2013 | College

Colorado tightened its gun laws last week when Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signed three bills that limit ammunition magazines, require universal backgr...

Friday Talking Points -- Happy Sestercentennial Column!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

The sequester was set in stone for the next six months, so America is now going to learn what "budget cutting" really means.

Does GOP Gun Nuttiness in Colorado Portend the Upcoming Gun 'Debate' in Congress?

Jason Salzman | Posted 05.19.2013 | Denver
Jason Salzman

Lawmakers are in the home stretch of passing a set of gun safety bills. This new legislation wouldn't take a single gun away from a real-life, law-abiding person. Yet, by the reaction of some, you'd think the government was on the verge of confiscating every firearm in Colorado.

Colorado Sheriff: I 'Won't Bother Enforcing' New Gun-Control Measures

AP | Posted 03.18.2013 | Denver

GREELEY, Colo. -- A Colorado sheriff says he won't enforce two aggressive gun-control measures waiting to be signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper...

Colorado Lawmakers Approve Sweeping Gun Control Measures

Reuters | Posted 05.14.2013 | Denver

By Keith Coffman DENVER, March 13 (Reuters) - Both chambers of the majority Democratic Colorado legislature approved a package of four...

Study: Nearly All Coloradans Live Within 10 Miles Of A Gun Dealer

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 03.13.2013 | Denver

According to a new study by gun control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, 98.1 percent of Coloradans live within 10 miles of a gun dealer in the stat...

Colorado's Gun Control Bills Poised To Become Law

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 05.13.2013 | Denver

DENVER — Fiercely debated ammunition limits cleared Colorado's Democratic Legislature on Wednesday and were on their way to the governor, who ha...

Colorado Passes Another Bold Gun Bill - This Time Aimed At Colleges

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 02.14.2013 | Denver

After already passing two new controversial gun bills in House committee Tuesday, on Wednesday Colorado Democrats passed another bold gun bill that wo...

NRA Chief Slams Gun Control Measures In Colorado

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 02.08.2013 | Denver

In an interview with The Denver Post, head of the NRA David Keene criticized Colorado's overburdened background check system for gun purchases as well...

What's On The Docket For The Legislature This Year?

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 01.09.2013 | Denver

It'll be a busy year for Colorado lawmakers, who are expected to revive the debate on civil unions, gun control, ASSET and other headline-grabbing bil...

Udall, Bennet Call For Stricter Gun Control Laws

Posted 12.21.2012 | Denver

On Wednesday, two more Colorado lawmakers came out in favor of stricter gun control laws: Colorado Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet. Udall spoke...

Hickenlooper: It's Time To Talk Gun Laws

AP | IVAN MORENO and KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 02.12.2013 | Denver

DENVER -- Colorado's Gov. John Hickenlooper said "the time is right" for state lawmakers to consider gun control measures, offering his firmest stance...

Professor: I Will Cancel Class Regardless Of Their Right

Posted 08.21.2012 | Denver

A physics professor and chair of the CU-Boulder Faculty Assembly says that though the Colorado Supreme Court ruled to allow students the right to bear...

Man Arrested For Bringing A Gun Into Theater

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 09.29.2012 | Denver

Thornton Police arrested a 48-year-old man after he alarmed movie goers and theater staff for openly carrying a gun into the theater complex. Jam...

Jennifer Bendery

Scalia: There Are 'Undoubtedly' Limits To A Person's Right To Carry Guns

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 07.29.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Sunday that there are "undoubtedly" limits to a person's right to bear arms under the Second A...