Photo by Mackenzie Marco on Unsplash Amid tariff troubles and declining demand, gun makers are sending lobbyists to Capitol Hill for the first time in years—some for the first time. Glock (under fire for its designs that allow DIY homemade machine guns) got into federal lobbying for the first time ever this year, and Beretta
A pilot program funded by a gift from the Anschutz Family Foundation has been launched by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz. The initiative, called ‘Safe Starts at Home,’ aims to expand across Colorado to help prevent firearm injuries and overdoses among children and adolescents. The program trains county staff who are already trained
Unsplash Check out an interesting, nuanced take on gun violence in a guest column in the normally kinda-right-leaning The Hill. John Mac Ghlionn writes that isolation and despair cause people to act out with guns, and that “the conversation around guns, like everything else in American life, has become tribal. Each shooting hardens the divide…
Unsplash Connecticut is the latest state to pass a law making it easier to sue gunmakers and sellers, 20 years after a Republican Congress passed a law giving the industry immunity from being sued over crimes committed with their firearms. Since 2021, ten states, including Colorado, have passed laws intended to make it easier to
There are rumblings in Congress that when the House eventually reconvenes*, there will be a considerable push to pass mandated concealed carry reciprocity (HR 38 and S.65). Mandated reciprocity would allow anyone with a concealed carry permit (CCW) from any state to carry a hidden handgun in Colorado. The House bill would even allow individuals
