COLORADO "ASSAULT WEAPON" BAN UPDATE
After over 12 hours of public testimony, 10 of which was solidly against the bill, the House Judiciary Committee passed HB24-1292 “Prohibit Certain Weapons Used in Mass Shootings” (their sneaky way of saying “Assault Weapons” ban) on a party-line vote of 7-3 with one Democrat committee member from El Paso county excused.
From here it will go to a debate and vote in the full House Chamber. This has not yet been scheduled. Please take this time to contact your State House representative and let them know you are oppose to this bill. You can find legislator contact info HERE. You can also begin reaching out to your State Senators.
This bill will likely clear the House Chamber but it has an uphill battle in the State Senate where it doesn’t have a prime sponsor and Senate President Steven Fenberg told reporters last month: “I think it’s still going to be challenging to get a bill like that passed in the Senate right now.”
Please continue to keep the pressure on. We will keep you updated as it moves forward. If it finds a prime sponsor in the Senate, it will be scheduled for another public committee hearing. If it doesn’t, it will stall. This is where we can make an impact and let the Senate know they do not want to touch this bill this late in the legislative session.
It must pass both the State House and State Senate chambers to make it to the governor’s desk to become law.
Colorado Gun Law Could Have Disarmed Johnny Hurley
Two days prior to a violent madman with a vengeance being killed by an armed citizen with a concealed carry permit, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a bill that will allow 3,143 different localities in the state to ban concealed carry.
SB21-256 Local Regulation of Firearms would have done this.
Gun Control Groups Giffords And Brady Among Recipients Of Corononavirus Relief
Recently released records show two of the country’s most active gun control groups received Coronavirus relief during the pandemic shut down in the form of Paycheck Protection Loans.
The Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence and The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence both received the loans they likely will not need to reimburse.
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On January 1, 2020 Colorado’s Red Flag Extreme Risk Protection Orders ERPO law officially went into effect. This means Red Flag ERPO petitions will start making their way into the courts and orders will be coming out, landing in the hands of law enforcement who will then be responsible for serving them and confiscating firearms.
There is a lot to learn about this downright dangerous and unconstitutional law.
If you or someone you know is Red Flagged, the Red Flag Resource Center wants to know. This effort is a collaboration between Rally for our Rights, civil rights activists, and legal experts. It has all the information you could need about the law, what to do if you’re Red Flagged, along with attorney resources. They will also be tracking ERPO’s and providing transparency to the public.
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