First of 3 new Colorado gun safety bills clears first committee hurdle
The first of three new gun safety bills, in part a response to the March shooting at the south Boulder King Soopers, was approved on a party-line 7-4 vote by the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday evening. But what a difference there was between the angry crowds that filled the Capitol over gun laws in 2013 compared to the hearing Wednesday. House Bill 1298 would change state law on background checks for firearms transfers as well as close what’s known as the Charleston loophole that refers to the 2015 shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, which resulted in the ...