The third of three bills intended to address gun violence in Colorado cleared a state Senate panel on Tuesday, with emotional testimony from gun control advocates and, for the first
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While Democrats in Colorado are looking to scrap the state’s firearms preemption law, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a measure that strengthens the Sunshine State’s own preemption law and would allow cities and towns that try to impose their own local gun control laws to face six-figure fines… even if they take the laws off the books after being sued.
Oddly enough, Florida law
already allows those fines to be imposed, but the 2011 law that created the financial penalties is being challenged in state court by a few activist mayors who are getting a legal assist from gun control groups.
by Robert Davis, The Center Square contributor | April 30, 2021 03:00 PM Print this article Colorado Democrats unveiled a legislative package on Thursday in response to the mass shooting at a King Soopers in Boulder last month that left 10 people dead.
During a press conference Thursday, House Speaker Alec Garnett, D-Denver, credited the work of gun control organizations like Moms Demand Action and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence for “pushing” Colorado lawmakers to draft and introduce the bills.
“These bills will continue Colorado’s march forward for creating a safer environment,” Garnett said.
Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, who represents the district where the shooting occurred, will sponsor a bill to give local jurisdictions more autonomy to pass gun control measures.