The U.S. Supreme Court continued to baffle watchers on both sides of the gun debate last week as it declined to hear a gun industry challenge to a New York law permitting lawsuits against gun makers and sellers for endangering public safety. The Supremes have whipsawed on guns since issuing the devastating 2022 Bruen decision,
Governor Jared Polis signed HB26-1265 into law last week. The new law makes Colorado the first state to require law enforcement agencies to register with eTrace and opt in to eTrace’s feature that helps quickly identify firearms and generate leads for gun-related crimes. Under the new law, agencies are now required to record information into
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office A Jefferson County jury found a man guilty of reduced charges Monday, 22 months after he shot a teenager in the face as the youth looked for a spot in Conifer to take Homecoming photos. Brent Metz was found guilty of third-degree assault and illegal discharge of a firearm, but not
It’s Gun Violence Awareness Month, and this Friday is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. There are lots of things you can do and ways you can get involved: You can also join the fight in Colorado! Help spread the message by finding and sharing our posts on Facebook, Instagram, X, and Bluesky!
Last week in Scottsbluff, a dog ‘accidentally’ shot a bystander with a shotgun that was left, loaded, unsecured, and safety off, on the seat of a truck when its owner stepped into a convenience store. Such incidents happen with surprising frequency—in fact, according to our friends at Armed With Reason, it happens more often than
Gary Walker Jones/Unsplash CPR News reported that gun sales are way down in Colorado—the lowest, in fact, since 2014—mirroring national trends and perhaps finally marking an end to the Pandemic buying rush. In 2025, there were 314,904 approved background checks for firearm purchases, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. CPR says it’s the lowest
More than 1,000 people died in murder-suicides in America in 2025. Ninety-two percent of the killers were male, 87 percent of the killers used a gun, and 65 percent involved an intimate partner, according to the ninth edition of the Violence Policy Center (VPC) study American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States. Among the findings:
As you probably already know, the U.S. Department of Justice this month filed two lawsuits in Colorado—one against the City of Denver and one against the State—targeting an assault weapons ban and a high-capacity magazine ban, respectively. The AW ban was passed in Denver in 1989, and the state high-capacity magazine ban passed in 2013.
The 2026 Colorado Legislature adjourned last Wednesday, after another strong year for gun violence prevention advocates. Eight bills were passed this year, tying last year’s record, and three have already been signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis. SB26-004, Expand List of Petitioners for ERPO, was arguably the biggest GVP ‘win’ this year. It became
Devin L. Hughes, CFA, is the Founder of GVPedia, Inc. and a noted authority on the gun violence issue. His new book, The Myths we Carry: An Advocate’s Guide to the Gun Debate, is a tight, evidence-based look at gun violence in the U.S. and the disingenuous tactics used by the gun lobby to protect
