SB25-003 High Capacity Magazine Ban Enforcement – SupportStatus: Passed Senate State Affairs 1/28 on 3-2 party-line vote. Passed Senate 3rd reading 2/18 on 19-15 vote. House Judiciary hearing upcoming. 1:30 p.m. (Sens. Tom Sullivan and Julie Gonzales, Reps. Andrew Boesenecker and Meg Froelich). Would ban the sale of most Semi-automatic firearms that accept detachable magazines
After a contentious 9-hour hearing, the Colorado Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee voted 3-2 to advance SB25-003, a bill to ban high-capacity firearms that can accept removable high-capacity magazines. Predictably, the vote fell along party lines. Committee Chair Sen. Michael Weissman (D-28) joined Sen. Tom Sullivan (D-27), the bill’s sponsor and vice-chair of
Without any formal announcement, President Donald Trump apparently has shuttered the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. That office, which opened in September 2023 under President Biden, managed a first-ever coordinated federal response to mass shootings and community violence. While gun violence in the U.S. surged during Trump’s first term, the creation of the
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver last week heard arguments in National Association for Gun Rights et al. v. Polis, a suit over the 2023 law prohibiting the possession and purchase firearms lacking a serial number — so-called “ghost guns.” That law makes it a misdemeanor to possess such a gun unless
