Tag: gun rights
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Perspective: Colorado’s crumbling right to arms
Colorado did not become one of the country’s most restrictive states for gun ownership overnight. The transformation happened incrementally, one bill at a time, often under the banner of “common sense” reform, with each new regulation layered atop the last. Taken individually, many of these laws were presented to the public as modest or technical adjustments. Viewed…
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Alex Pretti’s death widens the gap between Trump and gun groups
After U.S. Border Patrol agents fatally shot Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti on Saturday, federal officials described him as a “domestic terrorist” and “would-be assassin” who “wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.” But the only evidence to support those characterizations was the fact that Pretti was carrying a concealed handgun, which he was…
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10th Circuit clears path for Colorado’s increased firearms purchasing age to take effect
The federal appeals court based in Denver cleared the way on Tuesday for a 2023 Colorado law to take effect that will generally raise the age limit for purchasing firearms to 21. Senate Bill 169 was originally intended to take effect in August of last year, creating a misdemeanor offense for those who sell guns to…
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SCOTUS gun rights decision does not affect man’s firearm conviction, appeals court rules
Colorado’s second-highest court declined to consider last week whether a man was convicted of a firearm offense under an unconstitutional law, noting the Colorado Supreme Court recently confirmed that changes in legal interpretation do not affect certain cases on appeal. A Pueblo County jury convicted Thomas Gene Rael in spring 2022 of being a prior…