Tag: Guns
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What to know before Colorado’s new law on semiautomatic firearms goes into effect
A Colorado law passed in 2025 established new requirements for individuals planning to purchase semiautomatic weapons. Here’s what residents should know before Senate Bill 003 goes into effect on Aug. 1. From a ban to a training course For decades, advocates have been pushing for a ban on semiautomatic weapons with detachable magazines, which they…
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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, 0Colorado’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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Colorado lawmakers advance ban on 3D-printed guns
Colorado lawmakers spent hours Friday debating a pair of gun control measures aimed at tightening restrictions on 3D-printed firearms and key weapon components, advancing both bills after a debate that underscored the Capitol’s deep partisan divide over Second Amendment rights and public safety. In the House, legislators tackled House Bill 1144, which prohibits using a…
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife 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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Fort Carson soldier suspected of cocaine distribution linked to DEA raid of illegal nightclub
A Fort Carson staff sergeant who was present at an illegal nightclub during a large-scale federal raid Sunday morning was arrested on suspicion of cocaine distribution Wednesday by the FBI. Juan Gabriel Orona-Rodriguez, 27, is facing one federal count each for distribution and for possession with intent to distribute, connected to his alleged involvement in…
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Denver airport in top 10 for firearms intercepted at security checkpoints
Denver airport in top 10 for firearms intercepted at security checkpoints TSA said 2023 set an all-time record for firearms intercepted at airports nationwide The Transportation Security Administration intercepted 6,737 firearms at airport security checkpoints in 2023, and Denver International Airport had one of the highest numbers among airports nationwide. 2023’s nationwide total surpasses the…
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Nazi paraphernalia, guns and drugs found in Thornton man’s home
A Thornton man who had Nazi paraphernalia and drawings, a large cache of guns and drugs in his apartment was arrested by federal authorities Sept. 6, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado. Dean Fabiano, 36, had “multiple felony convictions that prohibit him from possessing firearms and ammunition,” according to a press…
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Colorado gun rights group seeks TRO against new law banning gun purchase by people under 21
A gun rights group on Thursday filed a temporary restraining order to stop a new state law that bans the purchase of firearms by those under the age of 21 from going into effect on Aug. 7. The new law was one of five major gun bills Democrats in the legislature successfully pushed for this…