If allowed to stand, Minority Leader Hugh McKean's accidental vote could make it look in the historic record like the gun control bill had bipartisan support and from the Chamber’s top Republican no less.
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The first of three new gun safety bills, in part a response to the March shooting at the south Boulder King Soopers, was approved on a party-line 7-4 vote by the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday evening.
But what a difference there was between the angry crowds that filled the Capitol over gun laws in 2013 compared to the hearing Wednesday.
House Bill 1298 would change state law on background checks for firearms transfers as well as close what’s known as the Charleston loophole that refers to the 2015 shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, which resulted in the murders of nine African American parishioners. The shooter obtained a firearm without a background check, because under South Carolina law the same as Colorado s if a background check doesn’t come back within three days, the dealer has to transfer the firearm to the buyer without it.
Enhanced background check bill to close Charleston loophole faces its first committee test
First of three major gun bills face legislative test.
and last updated 2021-05-05 19:54:22-04
DENVER â Less than one week after Colorado lawmakers unveiled a package of gun bills in response to the Boulder King Soopers shooting, the first bill faced its first big committee test Wednesday.
House Bill 1298 changes background checks in three ways. First, it closes the so-called Charleston loophole that exists under federal law, which allows for a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to a buyer if they have not received their background check back within three days.
The first of three new gun safety bills, in part a response to the March 22 shooting at the south Boulder King Soopers, was approved on a party-line 7-4 vote by the House Judiciary Committee.
But what a difference there was between the angry crowds that filled the Capitol over gun laws in 2013 compared to the hearing Wednesday evening.
House Bill 1298 would change state law on background checks for firearms transfers as well as close whatâs known as the Charleston loophole. That refers to the 2015 shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, which resulted in the murders of nine African American parishioners. The shooter obtained a firearm without a background check, because under South Carolina law â the same as Colorado s â if a background check doesnât come back within three days the dealer has to transfer the firearm to the buyer without it.