Town of Lyons takes aim at gun rights; open carry, sales and manufacture bans...
LYONS — It appears the Lyons Board of Trustees will make their small, western-Boulder County town of 1,500 residents the newest community to implement local gun rights restrictions. On Aug. 15, the...
View ArticleCarno: Busting the 3 top myths about armed school staff
In the months following the horrific massacre in Uvalde, TX where 19 children and two adults were murdered, interest in the policy of armed school staff on K-12 campuses has been on the upswing, big...
View ArticleBroomfield poised to pass numerous gun rights restrictions despite near...
BROOMFIELD —After nearly three hours of discussion that included a rare allowance for public comment during a work session, the Broomfield City Council advised its legal staff to bring back for first...
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Caldara: We need a Flight 93 mindset against mass shooters
(Editor’s note: You can listen to this column, read by the author, here.) Before Sept. 11, 2001, airplane hijackings were almost common. Since then, major airline hijackings have been basically...
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Caldara: Club Q shooting politicized to attack free speech
(Editor’s note: You can listen to this column, read by the author, here.) The shooting at Club Q will be weaponized to attack Second Amendment rights. This is to be expected. What may be more troubling...
View ArticleColorado Democrats aim to ban entire class of semi-automatic weapons
DENVER — In one of their first moves of the 2023 legislative session, majority Democrats — who control nearly two-thirds of both chambers — are gearing up to enact a ban on what appears to be the...
View ArticleBroomfield council okays multiple restrictions on residents’ gun rights;...
BROOMFIELD — The Broomfield City Council on Tuesday moved forward on passing multiple ordinances restricting residents’ gun rights, while pausing two of the most controversial — hoping the state...
View ArticleKopel: Colorado bill forcing delay of firearms acquisition on shaky...
(Editor’s note: The following is written testimony of David B. Kopel on Colorado House Bill 23-1219, which would implement a waiting period on the acquisition of firearms after purchase, submitted to...
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Caldara: Gun grabbers disempower citizens, keep ‘racist’ cops well armed
You can listen to this column, read by the author, here. When the Denver Public School Board voted to remove police from their campuses many in the Black Lives Matter movement applauded saying it would...
View ArticleSweeping semiautomatic weapons ban headed for Colorado legislative committee...
DENVER — What is likely the most controversial bill of the 2023 Colorado legislative session — and one that seemingly disappeared after being drafted in January — is back. A sweeping ban on so-called...
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Caldara: Capitol gun grabbers might try looking to Ukraine
(You can listen to this column, read by the author, here.) The gun-phobic, “Here 4 the Kids” just led a protest at the State Capitol demanding Gov. Jared Polis immediately confiscate all guns in...
View ArticleDraft bill puts numerous places off limits to concealed carry; Democrats test...
DENVER — A bill banning the licensed carrying of a concealed handgun in many newly designated “sensitive spaces” around Colorado may soon be making its way through the legislature, despite similar laws...
View ArticleKopel: Colorado’s Senate Bill 66 puts the surveillance state on steroids
(Editor’s note: The following is written testimony of David B. Kopel on Colorado Senate Bill 24-066, which mandates use of specific merchant category codes in credit card transactions for businesses...
View ArticleConcealed carry keeps growing in Colorado; over twenty-five thousand new...
DENVER– While majority Democrats in the state legislature push for new restrictions on the lawful carrying of concealed handguns, new data shows 25,218 Colorado adults subjected themselves to the...
View ArticleColorado lawmakers push state permitting for gun sellers; federal license...
DENVER — Majority Democrats in the Colorado legislature continue to introduce one gun rights restricting bill after another, with the latest being a state permitting scheme for gun dealers. House Bill...
View ArticleArmstrong: Colorado Democrats wage war on peaceable gun owners
It seems like just yesterday that Colorado leftists wanted to “defund the police.” Now Democrats in the legislature want to create a special unit within the Colorado Bureau of Investigation largely to...
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Kopel: House Bill 1292; fabrications abound in unconstitutional ‘assault...
(Editor’s note: The following is written testimony of David B. Kopel on Colorado House Bill 24-1292, which would prohibit numerous types of firearms in Colorado, submitted to the Colorado House...
View ArticleKopel: Colorado Senate Bill 131; creating safe zones for mass shooters
(Editor’s note: The following is written testimony of David B. Kopel on Colorado Senate Bill 24-131, which puts the lawful carry of firearms off-limit in numerous so-called “sensitive spaces.”...
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Caldara: Colorado gun control bills aimed at racial minorities
(You can listen to this column, read by the author, here.) Any regular reader of this column knows its recurring theme of the immorality of political majorities abusing political minorities. But now,...
View ArticleKopel: Senate Bill 66; weaponizing banking laws for political purposes
(Editor’s note: The following is written testimony of David B. Kopel on Colorado Senate Bill 24-066, which mandates use of specific merchant category codes in credit card transactions for businesses...
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