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Colorado AG Cynthia Coffman wants concealed carry for guns across state...

Days after it was reported that Cynthia Coffman, who is running for governor in Colorado, was one of only two Republican attorneys general who hadn't signed...

Rocky Mountain Gun Owners’ no-compromise gun bills die

DENVER -- Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and the House Republicans lost yet another slate of bills to make it easier to carry concealed weapons...

Colorado gun culture weighs cannabis carry and constitutional carry

  If you've recently moved to Colorado — or just to a different county in Colorado — there might come a time when an employee...

Colorado Springs concealed handgun program: ‘We’re swamped’

  COLORADO SPRINGS — Want a permit to carry a concealed handgun in Colorado Springs? Wait in line. A long line. “We're swamped,” says Laurie Thomas, coordinator for...

Colorado GOP gun rights bills go down in lopsided battle

“This bill proposes that the answer to gun violence in the schools is to put more guns into the schools. I’m not surprised, because that’s the gun lobby’s answer."

Guns in schools for student safety

Patrick Neville was a sophomore at Columbine High School when two peers, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, murdered 12 students and a teacher before...

Littwin: Who’s in charge, Mr. Cadman?

I don't know about you, but I'm old enough to remember when Democrats in the state legislature were accused of overreaching on a series...

#Coleg Notebook: Of fees and firearms

Debating the constitutionality of constitutional carry  Republicans in the statehouse have been proposing "constitutional carry" legislation for years. In essence, the policy would allow anyone over...

#Coleg notebook: Politics turns concealed carry debate upside down

Republicans won't cotton to efforts to improve efficiency of background checks  The Joint Budget Committee is the newsmaker committee so far this session. Republicans are...

Gun debate still reverberating in key Western Slope Senate battle

Guns and energy development dominate swing Senate District 5 race.