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Colorado gun sales have spiked in the past week amid coronavirus fears
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation received 14,604 background check requests between March 10 and Monday, compared compared to 7,357 from the same timeframe last year
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Colorado gun owners who don’t safely store their weapons could face jail time under new bill
By Jesse Paul Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Will Michael Bloomberg’s deep financial ties to Colorado translate into votes on Super Tuesday?
By John Frank Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Denver school board to parents: It’s important to store guns safely at home
By Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Education Primary category in which blog post is published
Gun owner in fatal shooting of CSU student will avoid prison as judge questions botched investigation
After Snapchat image reopened case, Larimer County prosecutors said gaps in the original Fort Collins police investigation hurt attempts to pursue stronger charges.
Colorado’s guidance to police on the red flag law doesn’t include what to do if someone won’t give up their guns
The lack of a roadmap on the crucial — and potentially deadly — question of what to do when someone refuses to hand over their guns underscores broader law enforcement unknowns around the complicated new law
Colorado Supreme Court weighs legality of state’s 15-round limit on gun magazines
The magazine-limit law was passed in 2013, a year after the Aurora theater shooting
Colorado gun stores still sell high-capacity magazines despite 2013 law banning them
Magazines that hold more than 15 rounds of ammunition are still being sold in Colorado. Legislators thought that they banned them, but gun store employees describe a loophole in the law.
These five bills are designed to make Colorado schools safer. None touches on guns.
Colorado’s School Safety Committee pushed forward legislation that could better address students’ behavioral health needs. Lawmakers left guns out of the conversation largely for the sake of bipartisanship.
Shootings and shock value: Hoodies, video use similar tactics — including invoking Columbine massacre
Both used shock value to make a point about gun violence — and both are dealing with different levels of reaction, some positive and, in the case of the fashion show, a lot of it negative
A Snapchat leads police to reopen investigation of CSU student’s death and raises questions about gun violence
The family of Finnegan Daly didn’t believe Fort Collins police and pressed the Larimer County district attorney to take a new look at a case mired in questions
STEM School guard who accidentally shot student while trying to stop May attack wasn’t supposed to be armed
The Colorado Sun learned of the school's stipulation to BOSS High Level Security through an open records request. The guard's possession of a gun during the May 7 mass shooting may have violated Douglas County School District policy.
Recent mass shootings have renewed debate about universal background checks. Here’s how they’ve worked in Colorado.
President Donald Trump has floated the idea of seeking expanded background checks on the federal level and also for legislation on so-called red flag laws, which Colorado recently enacted
