Tag: Gun Control

What happened? Rivera is a former policeman with no legislative experience, a fact he readily admits. So he asked his experienced colleague, Minority Leader Bill Cadman.

"Considering the recall, the first bill I'm introducing is to repeal the universal background checks and the associated fees," said newly elected Senator George Rivera.

Sound familiar, Colorado? Here was our version: Magpul threatened to leave. Death threats poured into the capitol. Legislators who supported gun-control bills were recalled from their offices.

As a coordinator for the final ground game in the effort to recall state Senate President John Morse, the leader of the gun-control effort, I organized a rally a week before the recall election for Colorado sheriffs who opposed the gun control laws.

Welcome to Colorado, where (some) gun laws are not laws at all. Really.

Saturday came and went, marking the day a year ago that 20 students and six adults were gunned down at Sandy Hook. For Jane Dougherty of Littleton, this week marks an anniversary of a different kind – a year since she got her politics.

The Washington Post reports on gun control groups meeting here in Denver to figure out what to do about the Democratic state senators who were recalled for their gun votes. One plan, it seems, would be to try some recalls of their own.

In purple-trending-blue Colorado, gun reform nearly cost Democrats control of the state senate. In purple-trending-blue Virginia, gun reform helped lead Democrats to a sweep. What could it all mean?

State Senator Evie Hudak, a Democrat from a suburban swing district north of Denver, resigned from office Wednesday just days ahead of the deadline on which activists were planning to hand in signatures in support of a special election to recall her from office.

It's basically a footnote to the report issued Monday by the Connecticut State Attorney's office, but the 30-round magazines used in the Sandy Hook massacre were manufactured by Magpul Industries.