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A bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semiautomatic weapons in Colorado is dead - at least for now - after failing to make it out of a House committee.

Colorado lawmakers have pushed forward a slew of aggressive gun control bills that are...

State Rep. Elisabeth Epps, the sponsor of a proposed ban on the sale or purchase of assault weapons in Colorado, has floated a significant scaleback as it faces an uncertain vote.

Lawmakers say hundreds of people signed up to speak on the bill originally designed to prohibit the sale of so-called "assault weapons" in Colorado.

Legislation that seeks to ban so-called "assault weapons" drew a record 522 witnesses in a hearing expected to last at least 12 hours on Wednesday.

House Bill 1230 was rejected in a 6-7 vote in the House Judiciary Committee at about 1 a.m. following a 14-hour hearing that featured testimony from hundreds of people.

A bill to ban the sale or purchase of assault weapons in Colorado died early Thursday morning after three Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee joined with their Republican colleagues in voting against it.

Today is April 20, 2023 and here is what you need to know:

Colorado’s Democratic majority has already sent several gun control bills to Gov. Jared Polis for his signature, but a bid to ban the sale and manufacture of so-called assault weapons failed ear...

Colorado lawmakers have pushed forward a slew of aggressive gun control bills that are nearing the governor's desk for signatures.