Tag: second amendment
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Crank’s bill could make carrying personal weapons on base easier permanently
In early April, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a policy making it easier for service members to get approval to carry personal weapons on military bases, a change that could become permanent through proposed legislation. U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colorado Springs, introduced a bill Thursday to ensure that commanding officers will review requests from service…
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10th Circuit mulls whether to block Colorado’s ‘ghost gun’ law
Members of the Denver-based federal appeals court last week probed the details of a 2023 Colorado law prohibiting the possession and purchase of certain firearm components not imprinted with a serial number — deemed “ghost guns” — that a trial judge declined to block last year. To address the proliferation of guns privately assembled from kits or 3-D printers,…
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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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Magistrates, lawyers discuss youth, guns and responses to school safety
Adams County Magistrate Michal Lord-Blegen was a school administrator in Aurora when two teenagers killed 13 people and themselves at Columbine High School in 1999. The massacre was a lens through which she viewed her subsequent work as a principal and as a lawyer. “We’ve got a lot of kids with guns,” said Lord-Blegen earlier this…
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Federal judge declines to block Colorado’s ‘ghost gun’ prohibition
A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request from gun rights advocates to block a recent Colorado law prohibiting the possession and transport of certain firearm components not imprinted with a serial number — known as “ghost guns.” To address the proliferation of guns privately assembled from kits or 3-D printers, the General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 279…