Colorado Democrats shelve effort to impose a gun-purchase waiting period this year
Even without the waiting-period measure, the 2021 legislative session in Colorado will be one of the state’s most significant with regard to gun control
DENVER, CO - JANUARY 8: Rep. Tom Sullivan joins other members and guests in the house chambers as the second regular session of the 72nd Colorado General Assembly convenes at the Colorado State Capitol on January 8, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. / Photo By Kathryn Scott, Special to the Colorado Sun
Democratic state lawmakers have shelved efforts to pass a bill imposing a gun-purchase waiting period this year, as they had planned before the 2021 lawmaking term began.
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Anti-gunners have long supported gun purchase waiting periods. They’re of the belief that if you make law-abiding citizens wait to buy a gun, it’ll appreciably decrease the amount of violent crime…despite the fact that most criminals obtain firearms through illegal means, which don’t include waiting periods.
Regardless, the subject kind of fizzled in a lot of ways until the mass shooting in Atlanta, Georgia where the killer purchased a firearm that day.
Now, people are pushing for gun purchase waiting periods for one and all.
Democratic state lawmakers have shelved efforts to pass a bill imposing a gun-purchase waiting period this year, as they had planned before the 2021 lawmaking term began.
Democrat Javier Mabrey, an attorney and co-founder of a group that defends Coloradans facing eviction, announced Tuesday that he s running in next year s election for House District 1, a southwest Denver seat held by term-limited Democratic state Rep. Susan Lontine.
Raised by a single mother whose only source of income was a disability check, Mabrey, 30, said he wants to bring his experience growing up in the district â dependent on food stamps, his family faced eviction and was homeless for a stretch â to advocate for economic and racial justice at the state Capitol. Too many Coloradans struggle to get by,â Mabrey said. âColorado families deserve better â they deserve someone who will fight for them. Everyone should have access to good paying jobs, affordable housing and health care.â
Democrat State Rep. Tom Sullivan reportedly will introduce the waiting period measure. It would prevent Coloradoans from purchasing and taking possession of firearms on the same day.