Columnist Mike Littwin notes that the latest draft of a bill to ban purchase of so-called assault weapons in Colorado wouldn’t ban possession. But it would be a starting place.
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Opinion: In the name of liberty, we’re turning our schools into dismal fortresses
The new definition of ‘freedom:’ Children drilled in lockdowns, listening for the footsteps of a killer stalking the halls.
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Silverman: Club Q victims deserve better law enforcement and criminal justice. Let the feds take over.
El Paso County law enforcement bears responsibility for enormous errors with the Club Q gunman
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Littwin: The more we know about Club Q suspect, the less we know about why red flag law wasn’t invoked
Whatever the El Paso County DA and sheriff say, the measure was passed to address cases just like the Club Q suspect’s earlier arrest
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Jim Morrissey: In 2022, Colorado reached a heartbreaking mass shooting milestone
Cartoonist Jim Morrissey observes that the only real winner in Colorado’s mass shooting calculation — 2022 marked the most in state history — is the Grim Reaper.
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Club Q suspect said they were going to run errand, committed mass shooting instead, unsealed court document says
Anderson Aldrich was armed with multiple rifle magazines, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. While in the hospital, an officer overheard Aldrich tell nursing staff “sorry” and that they had been awake for four days.
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Littwin: It took yet another mass shooting to put gun safety front and center at the Colorado Capitol
Two looming questions: Could state legislators possibly pass a ban on assault-style weapons and, if they do, would Jared Polis agree?
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Littwin: The Club Q shooting demands an answer to a key question — why wasn’t red flag law invoked?
What the law’s opponents don’t seem to get is that the red flag law was designed to keep guns away from those with mental health issues.
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Nicolais: The Club Q monster began life in a volatile family
While an unstable, troubled family raised a killer, our society cannot escape condemnation for its role in creating one
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Littwin: A good guy without a gun is a Club Q hero, but the killer, sadly, isn’t the only villain
The motive remains unclear, but the shooter faces preliminary charges of murder and hate crimes. But that’s only part of the story.