Give a listen to Season 3 of Systemic, the podcast from Colorado Public Radio. This season delves deep into issues surrounding teen gun crime in and around Denver, and the educators, activists, legislators, and police who are fighting it. While you’re there, consider throwing CPR a donation… they can use the help!
Gun violence victims are among those put at greatest risk by Donald Trump’s cuts to Medicaid, health officials say. The Trace reports that Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ which was signed into law last month, will have compounding effects on the healthcare sector, violence prevention, and mental health services—especially for the people most affected by gun
On Aug. 5 and 6, Colorado Ceasefire Outreach and other nonprofit organizations hosted two events with more than 100 youth, adults, and elders of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to share their experiences, concerns, and solutions related to gun violence on their reservation. Ute Mountain Ute Reservation sits within Montezuma and La Plata counties, which
Some sheriffs in Colorado mountain communities are unhappy to be charged with implementing SB3, the high-capacity permit-to-purchase law, when it goes into effect next year. Colorado Ceasefire Legislative Action and other gun violence prevention groups lobbied for the law, which is intended to reduce the likelihood of high-capacity, quickly reloaded weapons (such as the AR-15)
Nearly one-third of kids in Colorado say they could access a loaded firearm without adult permission, according to a new study by researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health. But as the Colorado Sun reports, just as significant is how those kids say they could obtain that firearm: While a slight majority say they
