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Bill to bar those with violent misdemeanors from buying guns clears first committee hurdle


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 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. ....

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Grocery workers, already reeling from the pandemic, face new trauma from store shootings


By ABHA BHATTARAI | The Washington Post | Published: May 3, 2021
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The nightmares have been relentless.
Joel Loomis remembers seeing police cars racing toward the store where he works. He remembers hearing reports of an active shooter. And mostly, he remembers the image he saw on YouTube that still haunts him: his 25-year-old manager, motionless, near the self-checkout, where he d said hello to her the day before. ....

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