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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.
Bill requiring gun owners to safely store firearms heading to Governor Polis
The second bill requires gun owners to use a trigger lock, or store their weapons in a safe when they know a child, or someone who should not be in possession of a gun, could otherwise easily get to it.
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COLORADO SPRINGS â This week state lawmakers sent two bills to the governor s desk.
The first requires gun shops to provide metal gun locks with every purchase.
Something gun safety advocates fully support. There has to be a device that goes with the gun in case the person receiving it doesn t have it, said Dr. Michael Victoroff, Colorado Firearm Safety Coalition.