Tag: guns
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Department of Revenue issues draft guidance on semi-automatic firearms ahead of 2025 law’s implementation
The Colorado Department of Revenue has issued a draft of its “specified semi-automatic firearms guidance,” as required by a 2025 law that goes into effect on August 1 of this year. Last legislative session, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 003, which requires individuals to undergo a $52 safety course through Colorado Parks and Wildlife in order…
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Department of Revenue issues draft guidance on semi-automatic firearms ahead of 2025 law’s implementation
The Colorado Department of Revenue has issued a draft of its “specified semi-automatic firearms guidance,” as required by a 2025 law that goes into effect on August 1 of this year. Last legislative session, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 003, which requires individuals to undergo a $52 safety course through Colorado Parks and Wildlife in order…
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LETTERS: Nothing was free; Colorado’s gun laws
Nothing was truly free Good riddance to Colorado’s free summer bus fare program, better known as “Zero Fare for Better Air.” After four years and millions in taxpayer subsidies, the program failed to accomplish the two goals it was justified by: significantly reducing ground-level ozone and restoring transit ridership to pre-pandemic levels. At some point,…
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Bill on firearm barrel sales withdrawn after veto threat from Colorado governor
A bill that would require firearm barrels to be sold in person by a federally licensed firearms dealer was pulled by its sponsors, who said they were all but told that Gov. Jared Polis would veto the measure. Sponsored by Sen. Tom Sullivan, D‑Centennial, and Reps. Kyle Brown, D‑Louisville, and Meg Froelich, D‑Englewood, Senate Bill…
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Governor signs bill expanding who can petition for weapons restrictions
Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed a bill into law expanding who can ask a judge to temporarily restrict a person’s access to firearms. Established in 2019, Colorado’s extreme risk protection law (ERPO) initially allowed a family member or law enforcement officers to petition a court to prohibit an individual they believe poses an “imminent…
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CPW opens stakeholder meetings on new semiautomatic firearms training law amid constitutionality debates
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has scheduled a series of virtual and in-person stakeholder meetings beginning Feb. 9 to explain requirements for a new firearms safety program and gather input from dealers, instructors and sheriffs before the mandate takes effect Aug. 1. The program, created under Senate Bill 25-003, requires anyone purchasing or transferring certain firearms…
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Gun control won’t stop school shootings | Mike Rosen
How many times have you heard this anguished and furious cry: “We must ensure that something like this will never happen again!” The “something like this” would apply to horrific events like the 9/11 attack on America by Islamist terrorists, the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Navy fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1941, and…
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Man arrested in fraud investigation linked to Comfort Suite room rentals in Colorado Springs
A Colorado Springs man is facing a slew of charges after Colorado Springs police say they found evidence he rented multiple hotel rooms with a stolen credit card. On Monday at 6:30 p.m., police were called to investigate a possible fraud situation at Comfort Suites, located in the 5900 Block of Stetson Hills Boulevard. The reporting…
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Colorado Springs police arrest three teens during motor vehicle theft recovery operation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three individuals were arrested Monday morning on firearm possession charges during a law enforcement anti-auto-theft operation within Colorado Springs and El Paso County. The “Beat Auto Theft Through Law Enforcement” operation was part of an effort by the Colorado Springs Police Department to reduce the…
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Colorado Springs police arrest three teens during motor vehicle theft recovery operation
Three individuals were arrested Monday morning on firearm possession charges during a law enforcement anti-auto-theft operation within Colorado Springs and El Paso County. The “Beat Auto Theft Through Law Enforcement” operation was part of an effort by the Colorado Springs Police Department to reduce the number of motor vehicle thefts. On Monday, police recovered four…