In the more than two decades since the Columbine High School shooting, most gun reforms have taken place at the state level.
, killing 10 people. Ten days before the shooting, Boulder had voted to ban assault weapons, but the measure was blocked in court.
Tightening an already-existing law that allows the removal of firearms from individuals charged with domestic violence.Banning individuals with violent misdemeanors, including child abuse convictions and sexual assault, from purchasing a firearm for five years.Colorado lawmakers passed the series of bills and Gov. Jared Polis signed the legislation into law just weeks after the shooting.
Despite the numerous gun laws passed in the aftermath of the 2021 shooting, lawmakers didn’t propose or attempt to pass a statewide assault weapons ban. Colorado State Senate President Steve Fenberg, a Democrat from Boulder, told 9 News that while he supports a state-level assault weapons ban, it wouldn’t be as effective as a federal law.
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