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gun safety

Posted inTechnology

Colorado-based company has first commercially available “smart guns” for sale in U.S.

by KUNC 3:41 AM MDT on Jul 8, 202312:29 PM MDT on Jul 7, 2023

Biofire in Broomfield has produced a gun that can only be used by someone with the right fingerprint or face scan. Experts have differing visions of what a post-smart gun world might look like.

Posted inEquity

Protesters hold sit-in outside Colorado Capitol to demand that Jared Polis ban guns

by Tatiana Flowers, Ciara Zavala and Parker Yamasaki 3:28 AM MDT on Jun 5, 20238:39 PM MDT on Jun 5, 2023

People from across the U.S. and from other countries are lining the statehouse lawn hoping their peaceful act of civil disobedience leads to radical change in gun policies

Posted inHealth

Turning semi-automatics into mattocks: How faith communities in Colorado are fighting gun violence

by John Ingold 3:29 AM MDT on Jun 1, 20237:59 AM MDT on Jun 1, 2023

Faith-based organizations like Guns to Gardens and RAWtools are using gun buybacks to turn unwanted firearms into garden tools

Posted inCartoons

“What’d I Miss?”: A new dimension in the gun debate

by R. Alan Brooks and Cori Redford 2:05 AM MDT on May 19, 20237:43 AM MDT on May 18, 2023

With 3D-printed guns a reality, Myra wonders in “What’d I Miss?” what’s so threatening about simply regulating firearms like society regulates other things.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Littwin: There’s an unexpected glimmer of hope from Tennessee’s GOP governor on gun legislation

by Mike Littwin 2:04 AM MDT on Apr 12, 20238:06 PM MDT on Apr 11, 2023

After the Nashville school shooting and the expulsion of two Black legislators, the heat is turning up. Could it possibly spread?

Posted inOpinion Columns

Littwin: Tennessee GOP shows one way to respond to school shootings — by kicking out the protesters

by Mike Littwin 3:05 AM MDT on Apr 9, 20231:39 PM MDT on Apr 7, 2023

Two Black Tennessee state representatives were expelled for not being sufficiently decorous while leading a protest for gun safety

Posted inOpinion Columns

Nicolais: I’m a gun owner, but it’s now time to get guns off of our streets.

by Mario Nicolais 3:03 AM MST on Mar 5, 20233:39 PM MST on Mar 3, 2023

After their East High School classmate Luis Garcia died from a gunshot wound suffered two weeks ago, students directed their pain and anger at the Capitol to demand action

Posted inOpinion Columns

Zornio: Men don’t need access to guns, they need therapy

by Trish Zornio 3:00 AM MST on Feb 27, 20232:01 PM MST on Feb 27, 2023

Most gun deaths in America are perpetrated by men, reflecting a general lack of knowledge in effectively managing negative emotions.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: I left teaching because, decades after Columbine, not much had changed

by Stephanie Dungan 1:30 AM MST on Feb 19, 202310:23 AM MST on Feb 17, 2023

When students can bring loaded weapons into the building, and nothing is done, it’s time to leave.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Littwin: The mass shootings never seem to end, but one analysis says there may still be hope

by Mike Littwin 3:05 AM MST on Feb 15, 20233:46 PM MST on Feb 14, 2023

A Washington Post story five years ago showed 187,000 kids had been affected by school shootings since Columbine. Now it’s 338,000.

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