In an effort to reduce firearm injuries and deaths in the state, the Office of Gun Violence Prevention proudly presents “Let’s Talk Guns, Colorado.” This bilingual campaign, available in both English and Spanish, seeks to raise awareness of state and federal laws, as well as existing resources related to gun violence prevention in our communities.
Category: News
Join Us at the Denver Film Festival
Nov. 7 & 8: The Great Divide: Join Ceasefire Colorado at the 46th Denver Film Festival for the premiere of “The Great Divide,” Every year, almost 40,000 people are killed by guns in America. Each shooting devastates and forever changes the victim’s family and friends. At a time when mass shootings are at an alarmingly
‘Fierce urgency’ needed to prevent gun violence, House minority leader tells Boulder audience
Colorado Newsline, August 22, 2023 – Hakeem Jeffries joins Rep. Joe Neguse, local advocates to discuss root causes of gun violence and legislative successes. We were pleased to join a community violence prevention discussion hosted by Rep. Joe Neguse and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. In the words of Hakeem Jeffries, “fierce urgency” is needed
Bruen Claws Gash in Public Safety
Federal Judge Improves Preliminary Injunction on Minimum Age Law By Eileen McCarron On April 28th, Governor Jared Polis signed a bill establishing a minimum age of 21 for any firearm purchase. That law went into effect on August 7th, but on that very day, a federal district court judge placed a preliminary injunction on the
Comments on Minimum Age Law
Starting Monday August 7, new legislation raises the minimum age to purchase any firearm in Colorado to 21 years old. Colorado Ceasefire, a gun violence prevention organization, believes this legislation is going to help tackle gun violence in the centennial state as well as firearm-related suicide among young adults. Click here to read the full article.
Educating Youth on Safe Storage and ERPO
The Office of Gun Violence Prevention gave $450,000 to 29 organizations. Click here to read KUNC’s coverage on the change Colorado Ceasefire is making possible with this grant funding.
‘Preventing means can save lives’: Experts find that guns inside home lead to more suicides, homicides
Greely Tribune, July 16, 2023 – A local effort to provide people with free gun locks is one of many initiatives to prevent gun violence as trends have continued to rise across the nation, especially in Colorado. Gun violence and suicides involving firearms have been on the rise in Colorado for the past 10 years.
New Research by CU Anshutz Released on Firearms Availability Among High-School Age Youth With Recent Depression or Suicidality
American Academy of Pediatrics, May 22, 2023 – (Abstract) Limiting firearm access is essential to decreasing teen suicide. Previous efforts have focused on household firearms; however, less is know about firearm access and possession among teens at increased suicide risk. Our objective was to estimate prevalence of firearm possession and access among high school-aged teens
Colorado-based company has first commercially available “smart guns” for sale in U.S.
Colorado Sun and KUNC.org, July 3 and 8, 2022 — Biofire in Broomfield has produced a gun that can only be used by someone with the right fingerprint or face scan. Experts have differing visions of what a post-smart gun world might look like. The Broomfield-based company Biofire has produced a gun that can only be
Legislative Update
The 2023 Colorado Legislative Session resulted in six gun violence prevention bills signed by Governor Jared Polis at the close of the session.
Motivated by the November 2022 Club Q shooting, the death of a Denver East High School student, and years of frustration about gun violence, our coalition efforts reached a new milestone in public safety—and we have more work ahead.
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