Tag: Red Flag Law
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Party-line vote sends ‘red flag’ law expansion to Colorado Senate
A panel of Colorado state senators voted along party lines Tuesday to advance a bill that would further expand who can ask a judge to temporarily restrict a person’s access to firearms under Colorado’s extreme risk protection order law. The Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted, 3-2, to move the bill to the full…
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Red flag order renewal upheld against man who threatened to kill Phil Weiser
Colorado’s Court of Appeals upheld the renewal of a “red flag” order against a man who threatened to kill Attorney General Phil Weiser. A Denver probate judge twice renewed the extreme risk protection order, sought by the Denver Police Department, originally granted against Bryce Jordan Sidney Shelby in November 2020 because of social media posts…
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No ‘red flag’ order sought despite earlier threats by man in murder-suicide outside Jehovah Witnesses worship hall
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The man who killed his wife and then himself on Christmas Day outside a Jehovah’s Witnesses worship hall, which he tried to blow up with pipe bombs, made shooting and bomb threats to family members and businesses more than a year earlier. Enoch Apodaca, 46, possessed guns, had been investigated before for bomb making and had…
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Polis says red flag law ‘can work better’ than assault weapons ban
Gov. Jared Polis believes Colorado’s red flag law is a more effective tool than an assault weapons ban, which General Assembly Democrats appear to be pursuing. Extreme Risk Protection Orders — which allow family members or law enforcement officers to petition a court to removing firearms from a person who poses an imminent threat to themselves or others —…
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Aurora mother killed in domestic violence shooting
A murder-suicide in Aurora left two people dead and two children without their mother last week. Aurora Police responded to a domestic violence call at 3 p.m. Friday in the 3500 block of South Pitkin Circle, according to a news release. Responding officers found a 42-year-old man and 42-year-old woman in the driveway of the…
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Club Q attack: What we know and don’t know
A week and a half after Colorado Springs’ Club Q shooting, many rumors and hundreds of local and national media reports can be confusing. The Colorado Springs and Denver Gazettes have compiled the most up-to-date, factual information on the Nov. 19-20 attack on Club Q. The following information was compiled through police reports, court appearances,…
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Red flag laws are only as effective as the frequency with which they get used
Almost immediately after Anderson Lee Aldrich was identified as the suspect in the Club Q mass shooting, the 22-year-old was linked to a 2021 bomb threat in a Colorado Springs neighborhood where a man with the same name and birthdate was arrested on multiple counts of kidnapping and felony menacing after threatening to blow up…
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What is Colorado’s red flag law?
In Colorado, courts can temporarily seize firearms from individuals deemed to be a risk to themselves or others under the state’s “red flag” law. The state legislature passed the law in 2019, with supporters calling it a key tool to prevent gun violence. Colorado has continued to fall victim to mass shootings in the years…
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Armed man under red flag order arrested after several-hour standoff in Aurora
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An armed suspect prohibited from possessing firearms was arrested in Aurora on Sunday evening following a lengthy standoff, the Aurora Police Department announced. Christopher Gott was arrested for violating an extreme risk protection order and will be charged with multiple weapons violations due to his actions during the standoff, police said. Police said they received…