Colorado’s law bans the sale, transfer and possession of magazines holding more than 15 rounds
It went into effect on July 1, 2013. Known as House Bill 13-1224 while it worked its way through the legislature, the large-capacity magazine ban was part of a package of gun restrictions that also implemented a universal background check requirement for purchases and required buyers to pay the background check fee. In reaction, voters successfully recalled two Democratic state senators who supported the laws, Sen. John Morse of District 11 and Angela Giron of District 3.
But DIY assembly kits have provided a loophole in Colorado
A series of undercover investigations by 9News revealed gun stores in several Colorado counties selling disassembled large-capacity magazines in parts after the ban went into effect.
Colorado Democrats Are Eager to Strengthen Gun Laws
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Pilot program in Pueblo receives additional funding to continue into January
The Fair Care pilot program in Pueblo will continue into January to assist essential workers with the education needs of their children.
and last updated 2020-12-17 20:52:57-05
PUEBLO â A new pilot program in Pueblo will continue into January with the help of additional coronavirus relief funds.
For the past three weeks, the Fair Care Program has given essential workers a place for their children to receive help with remote learning. The program partners with the Boys and Girls Club of Pueblo to organize seven different locations, two in D70 and two in D60, and three with the Boys and Girls Club, for students to get help from substitute teachers.
‘We can’t tolerate this anymore’: Remembering the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
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On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and began firing. When the gunshots faded, 28 people were dead, including the gunman, and a nation reeled in shock.
Adam Lanza, armed with a semiautomatic rifle, two semiautomatic pistols and multiple rounds of ammunition killed 20 first-graders, 6- and 7-year-olds, and six school employees.
Earlier in the day he had killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, 52.
Lanza got into Sandy Hook just after 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 14 by shooting through a plate-glass window. When the principal and school psychologist went to investigate the noise they heard, Lanza shot and killed them.
gun safety measures on the books, and some of the strongest were in the rocky mountain state of colorado. with sandy hook, aurora, and l columbine fresh in their minds, they passed three landmark gun safety laws, requiring background checks on all gun sales and banning high-capacity magazines. in march, governor john hickenlooper signed the bills into law. furious at a state government that had dared to loosen the iron grip of the gun lobby, the nra launched an effort to oust democratic elected state senators john morse and angela giron. they lost their seats in september, aided in no small part by conservative led efforts to prohibit mail-in ballots, despite the fact that 88% of coloradans mailed in their ballots during the 2012 election cycle. the nra s recall dramatically
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