As Colorado takes legislative steps toward gun safety, cartoonist Jim Morrissey offers his condolences to the “victims” of the reforms.
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What’d I Miss?: Isn’t there a “well regulated” part of the 2nd Amendment?
Myra has missed 30 years of her life, due to a coma, but has found a new friendship with her young neighbor, Ossie. Together, they both are searching for their place in this world. < Previous | Start from the beginning | Next >
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Nicolais: Want to end mass shootings? Don’t get distracted by other issues.
After another tragic, commonplace massacre of school children in America last week, the monotonous debate on what needs to be done began again. Nearly a quarter century after Columbine, we have yet to implement changes to protect our most vulnerable. The simple truth is that nothing will happen until gun control advocates become single-issue voters […]
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The ACLU has become a powerful player at the Colorado Capitol. But at what cost?
The ACLU of Colorado team credited with helping pass a slate of sweeping criminal justice reform measures abruptly resigned this month amid questions about whether the organization — powered by a jump in donations and a favorable political climate — was too aggressive in wielding its new status as one of the most influential groups […]
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Gun control groups are investing millions in Colorado as gun rights spending has dramatically waned
Gun rights and gun control groups spent $15 million on congressional and state-level races in Colorado from 2012 to 2020, according to a Colorado Sun analysis. Gun-issue groups dropped an additional $2 million to lobby state lawmakers. The big spending is expected to continue this year following the shooting deaths of 10 people last month […]
Posted inColoradans, Crime and Courts, News, Politics and Government
Before the King Soopers shooting, Boulder had an assault-weapons ban. It violated state law.
By Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press Nearly three years before a gunman walked into a crowded supermarket in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with an AR-15 style weapon and killed 10 people, the city of Boulder, Colorado, voted to ban assault weapons. Leaders had hoped to prevent the kind of mass shooting that’s struck […]
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Colorado Democrats will pursue mandatory waiting period for gun buyers, safe-storage measure in 2021
Democratic state lawmakers in Colorado are planning to introduce at least three pieces of gun-control legislation this year, including a measure that would require a waiting period — potentially of five days — between when someone purchases a firearm and when they can access that weapon. The other two bills would require gun owners to […]
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Dudley Brown: Rocky Mountain Gun Owners — bullies and proud of it
In a very odd year, the Boston Bruins won the NHL 2020 abbreviated regular season, taking the Presidents Cup – awarded to the team with the best record in the regular season. Their winning percentage? 71.4%. That’s not just a solid record, it’s astounding. By comparison, the Colorado Avalanche won 65.7% of their games until […]
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She blames America’s gun culture for her son’s death. But the NRA may profit from a plea deal with the gun owner.
FORT COLLINS – Regina Daly never really liked guns, but she tolerated them. Then her son, a senior at Colorado State University, died at the end of a Glock 34 semi-automatic pistol owned by his roommate. Much of what happened on the January 2018 night that Finnegan Daly was shot remains unclear, but Daly told […]