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Your weekly roundup of Colorado local news and media, Jan. 5

USA Today's Denver correspondent, who covered several mass shootings, decided to buy his first handgun This first-person account from Trevor Hughes*, certainly started a conversation on...

Denver museum boasts dinosaurs, stalactites…and gun-toting patrons

In Colorado, people with concealed-carry permits are allowed to bear arms in most public places. The Denver Museum of Nature and Science lifted a...

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...

Tancredo wants the U.S. to arm 100 million Americans to fight...

Tom Tancredo wants a third of America armed and organized in militias to fight Islamic terrorists.   Congress should consider buying firearms for low-income people so 100...

Wiretap: Obama on the San Bernardino shooting

Calming words In his Sunday night speech, Obama tries to calm a nation's fears while at the same time also labeling the San Bernardino attack...

Poll results: Arm Colorado teachers, don’t expel sexting students — and...

  In Colorado, a state bloodied by mass shootings, a majority of voters feel teachers and school officials should be able to arm themselves on...

Wiretap: Sanders the insurrectionist vs. Clinton the reformer

Reform revolution Peter Beinart explains the real difference between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton: One is an insurrectionist and one an incrementalist. Clinton's bet is...

Democratic debate: What candidates said about Colorado and gun legislation

During last month's Republican presidential debate, Colorado played a larger role than any other state because of legalized marijuana. This month, during the Democratic presidential debate...