The Violence Policy Center’s ongoing Concealed Carry Killers project continues to put the lie to the Gun Lobby’s ‘Good Guys with Guns’ talking point. The project’s most recent update shows that since 2007, concealed handgun permit holders have been responsible for at least 2,541 deaths not involving self-defense. This latest update comes as legislation has
In a bold two-fer seemingly designed to undo years of gun violence prevention progress, President Donald Trump named newly confirmed FBI Chief Kash Patel acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Patel—who in his confirmation hearings for the FBI job pointedly declined to say that background checks on gun sales
Gun violence prevention groups across the state gathered on Thurs., Feb. 6 to learn about pending legislation and reach out to their representatives to advocate for critical gun reform. More than 100 attendees met with more than 25 legislators or their staffs, including this meeting with Aaron Silverstein from Rep. Lisa Feret’s office (2nd from
Two new gun bills are in front of committees soon, others have been introduced, and Colorado Ceasefire is asking you to let your legislators know how you’d like them to vote. HB25-1133 Requirements for Sale of Firearms Ammunition (Reps. Monica Duran and Lindsay Gilchrist, Sen. Kyle Mullica) requires that ammunition sold at retail must be
Last month, the VPC released its annual analysis of state-by-state gun death using new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As in previous years, the states with the highest rates of gun death are also the states with the weakest gun laws. Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico and Alaska take
A U.S. District Court in Mississippi dismissed a machine gun possession charge, citing the Bruen decision and saying the law runs afoul of American history and tradition regarding the right to keep and bear arms. It is the second such decision in recent months. U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves, a 2010 Obama appointee, agreed
h/t New York Times Birmingham, Ala., coming off a record year for homicides, tried a new solution to prevent gun violence: blocking off streets in trouble-prone (read minority) neighborhoods. But the New York Times reports that so far the measure is just making a bad situation worse. “Struggling schools, high levels of poverty and unemployment
President Trump signed his first pro-gun related Executive Order on Feb. 7, directing newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi to examine within 30 days all “orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies” to determine any “ongoing infringements” of the Second Amendment, and present a plan to him on
Several gun bills are up this week— We need you to speak up FOR several and AGAINST one! SB25-059 Supports for State Response to Mass Shootings (Sen. Tom Sullivan, Rep. Steven Woodrow), requires the Division of Criminal Justice to apply for and expend federal and other grant money to improve the state’s response to mass shootings
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
