Tag: Second Amendment
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Gun rights groups split with Trump administration over Minnesota shooting
The death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis is opening a new fault line between President Donald Trump and his conservative base, as gun rights groups denounce what they say are a series of anti-Second Amendment statements justifying the shooting. The Trump administration has faced withering GOP criticism after officials argued that Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU…
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10th Circuit clears path for Colorado’s increased firearms purchasing age to take effect
The panel of judges employed different reasoning, but all concluded the Second Amendment challenge was unlikely to succeed
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Federal judge declines to block Colorado’s ‘ghost gun’ prohibition
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Federal judge blocks Colorado law raising firearm-purchase age, lets waiting period take effect
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A federal judge on Monday granted the request of two Colorado residents to block a new Colorado law generally raising the age limit for purchasing firearms to 21. At the same time, in a separate lawsuit, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer declined to bar enforcement of another recently-enacted law establishing a three-day…
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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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Despite gun-friendly SCOTUS ruling, federal judge declines to declare possession law unconstitutional
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Although the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision earlier this year making it easier to strike down gun safety regulations under the Second Amendment, a federal judge has disagreed with a man’s contention that he cannot now be prosecuted in Colorado under a longstanding law prohibiting felons from possessing firearms. Perrion Gray, who is facing…
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Judge declines to combine 4 lawsuits against gun regulations in Boulder County, municipalities
A federal judge on Friday declined to combine the four lawsuits currently pending before different judges that challenge the constitutionality of gun restrictions in Boulder County and three of its municipalities. U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore, who was assigned the case involving the town of Superior, indicated he wished to see the lawsuits…
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Colorado man’s request to block large-capacity magazine ban declined by judge
A federal judge has declined to block Colorado’s 2013 law prohibiting the possession of large-capacity gun magazines, finding a Colorado Springs man’s decision to incorrectly sue the attorney general likely will doom his lawsuit. Delbert Sgaggio filed suit in July against Attorney General Phil Weiser, claiming the state’s general ban on the sale, transfer or…
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Judge will extend order blocking Superior’s gun regulations while parties prepare arguments
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A federal judge will extend his temporary restraining order that prevents certain new gun safety regulations in the town of Superior from taking effect, while the parties to the legal challenge prepare to make arguments on recently-issued precedent from the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore agreed on July 22 to…
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Denver committee postpones vote on concealed weapon ban in city-owned facilities
Denver City Council’s Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee on Wednesday postponed its vote on a bill restricting concealed carry in buildings owned, leased by or leased to the city, as well as Denver parks, to April 27 to give city staff more time to answer council members’ questions. The proposal is part of Mayor…