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In Colorado’s gun-law debate, one sheriff is willing to go to...

"We called all 64 Colorado counties for this story," said CNN national correspondent Scott McLean, who is based in Denver, about his national network piece on an issue beginning...

For the Democrats running for governor in Colorado, gun bans take...

UPDATE: This story has been updated to reflect Erik Underwood's position on a 2013 Colorado gun law. Following the slaughter of 17 people at a...

Watch Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s floor speech on guns

Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, up for re-election in Colorado this fall, joined 30 of his Democratic colleagues in D.C. for a filibuster about gun laws yesterday...

Cynthia Coffman defends gun control laws she opposes

  Cynthia Coffman is doing her job defending Colorado's gun control laws she has politically opposed. Her predecessor John Suthers did the same thing and...

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...

Three bills to expand gun rights hit the 2016 Colorado legislature

Colorado has a long history of wrangling over gun rights. This legislative session will be no exception.   Lawmakers in Colorado, including one state Senator who's...

Coloradans react to Obama’s federal action on gun laws

President Barack Obama's executive action to tighten gun laws received a volley of criticism from Colorado Republicans and support from Democrats.   Saying Congress has failed...

Wiretap: Local communities can regulate guns

Local control We can regulate guns at the local level, too. Even the Supreme Court says so, if you don't count Clarence Thomas and Antonin...

Littwin: On the Colorado Springs open-carry killing

What do you do if you see a neighbor walking down the street carrying a rifle, looking, well, distraught? You don't know his name, but...