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MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: August 3, 2021 72
He was a typical college student. During the week he attended classes and studied, and on the weekends, he blew off some steam. Occasionally he partied a little too much. On one such evening, he returned home somewhat inebriated and tried to unlock the front door of the house he shared. Only it wasn’t his house it was the next-door neighbor’s. The neighbor, thinking someone was breaking in, took out a gun and shot the young man right through the door, killing him instantly. He could have been your son, or mine. In this case, he was the son of a board member of Washington CeaseFire.
Participating candidates, in alphabetical surname order, were
Andrew Grant Houston. The five qualified by participating in the Alliance’s endorsement process and having at least 1,000 donors, Hopkins said during introductions.
The questioning included full-length answers as well as lightning-round yes/no questions. Opening statements were requested to include the answer to: “If you could wave a magic wand and do one thing to end the gun-violence epidemic, what would it be?” Here’s how the candidates responded: (Note that in all responses in this report, only quotation marks signify an exact quote – otherwise it’s our summarizing/paraphrasing.)
Echohawk: “Get rid of all guns in the city and the country … (and) this world.”
–Last week, Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-San Francisco) reintroduced the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Salud Carbajal and co-led by Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Thousand Oaks), Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI). Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced companion legislation in the senate.
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Breeah Kinsella lives in Mancos, in Montezuma County, and is the executive director of Celebrating Healthy Communities. She identifies as liberal and a proud gun owner. A funny joke that I like to tell my libertarian and more right wing friends is that I m so far left that I got my guns back, she says.
But she s on the fence when it comes to Colorado s ERPO law. ERPO stands for Extreme Risk Protection Orders. But most people know ERPOs as red flag laws. They vary a little state by state, but generally ERPO laws are gun control measures that let police or family members petition the courts to remove firearms, specifically from a person who poses a significant risk to themselves or others.