The new laws edge the once politically purple Colorado nearer the Democratic bastions of California and New York
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Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado governor seeks reversal of federal judge’s decision to block new law banning gun sales to anyone under 21
Lawyers for Jared Polis last week asked Chief U.S. District Judge Philip Brimmer to postpone his preliminary injunction against the law until the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decides an appeal to the ruling
Posted inOpinion Columns
Littwin: Judge blocks Colorado age requirement for guns because — wait for it — no one had such a law in 1791
You can blame Judge Brimmer for this ruling. Or you can blame the right-wing Supreme Court for ruling that judges must be historians.
Posted inPolitics and Government
Federal judge temporarily blocks Colorado’s new law raising the age to purchase all guns to 21
The ruling was handed down by Chief U.S. District Judge Phillip A. Brimmer in a lawsuit filed by Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, a hard-line gun rights group based in Colorado
Posted inTechnology
Colorado-based company has first commercially available “smart guns” for sale in U.S.
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 inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Police in Denver schools will not reduce violence
It’s a reactive, fearful — and classically American — reflex to throw guns at every problem.
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Littwin: Happy Fourth of July. Let’s just hope those fireworks you’re hearing are actually fireworks.
As I write this, there have been 11 mass shootings over the extended holiday weekend. That can’t be what we mean by American exceptionalism.
Posted inPolitics and Government
Jared Polis isn’t going to ban guns. But that might not be the point of the Colorado Capitol sit-in.
Part of asking for such a radical — if unrealistic — change is to garner attention, regardless of whether their demands will actually be met
Posted inEquity
Protesters hold sit-in outside Colorado Capitol to demand that Jared Polis ban guns
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
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“What’d I Miss?”: Regulation doesn’t mean infringement
In “What’d I Miss?” Myra wonders why some things covered in the Constitution — like speech — can be regulated while some folks think others — like guns — can’t.