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Free ERPO & Safe Storage Presentations: We Keep Us Safe

The Colorado Ceasefire team is presenting English and Spanish briefings about expanded ERPO petitions and Safe Storage of firearms for professionals and community groups, in-person or Zoom, throughout Colorado. These are tailored to your group, whether clinicians, a PTO, a faith-based organization, or club.

Learn about newly Expanded Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions (Red Flag Laws), and Safe Storage techniques and tools for storing firearms in your home—and keeping children safe. This outreach program is funded by a grant from the Colorado Department of Health and the Environment (CDPHE) Office of Gun Violence Prevention (OGVP). 

Colorado Ceasefire launches statewide community briefings on new ERPO Petition Expansion law and Safe Storage of Firearms

Denver, Colo., May 8, 2023—Supported by a grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE) Office of Gun Violence Prevention (OGVP), a team of volunteers from Colorado Ceasefire is offering free in-person and live virtual presentations for professionals and community groups throughout Colorado with updates and best practices on two key gun violence prevention tools: Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) and Safe Storage (of firearms). Presentations can be scheduled for professionals on the expanded list of petitioners or for community groups interested in learning more by visiting https://coloradoceasefire.org/request-a-speaker/. Presenters request a seven-day advance notice. Requests can also be submitted via email to ESS Campaign Manager LaneySheffel@coloradoceasefire.org (website requests are preferred).

The first smart gun with facial and fingerprint recognition is now for sale by Colorado inventor

Biofire founder Kai Kloepfer says his goal in creating this 9mm smart gun is to “have an incremental positive impact on sort of the uniquely American challenge of gun deaths.” Photo: Biofire NPR.org | Ryan Lucas | April 29, 2023 A #SafeStorage story; 26-year-old Colorado inventor, Kai Kloepfer, CEO and founder of Biofire, created safe solution