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Hickenlooper signs bill limiting civil asset forfeiture in Colorado

by Brian Seay

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill Friday that changes how law enforcement officials can seize assets when teaming up with federal authorities.

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Colorado Senate votes to repeal 2013 magazine limit

by Chris Eger

For the second time in as many years, Republicans in the Colorado Senate on Tuesday gave approval to a bill to end the state’s limit on magazines holding 15 or more rounds.

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Challenge to Colorado’s 2013 gun laws back to square one

by Chris Eger

A federal appeals court on Tuesday refrained from ruling on the constitutionality of the gun laws themselves, and vacated a lower court's ruling that upheld them.

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Colorado’s strict 2013 gun laws back in federal court

by Chris Eger

A federal appeals court Monday heard oral arguments over laws limiting magazine capacity and expanding background checks to include almost all firearm sales.

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Colorado background check, magazine limit repeal snuffed out (VIDEO)

by Chris Eger

A Democrat controlled state House committee made short work Monday of successful Senate bills that would have repealed Colorado’s 2013 universal background check law and arbitrary 15 cartridge magazine cap.

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Colorado Senate approves repeal of expanded background check law

by Chris Eger

Lawmakers in the State's Republican-controlled Senate took aim at Colorado's 2013 universal background check law that includes most private gun transfer, voting to repeal it Wednesday.

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Senate votes to repeal Colorado magazine-limit law

by Chris Eger

Taking advantage of the first Republican majority in a decade, GOP lawmakers in the Colorado Senate on Monday gave approval to a bill to end the state's 2013 limit on magazines holding 15 or more rounds.

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Colorado could see pro-gun bills repealing background checks and magazine restrictions

by Jared Morgan

The Colorado 70th General Assembly convenes Wednesday with Republicans controlling the Senate, Democrats the House and with a Democratic governor holding veto power, several recently passed gun control laws could be safe from repeal.

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2014 Election Results: Big wins for GOP, pro-gun candidates; gains for background checks

by Chris Eger

The midterm elections came up in favor of the Republicans with GOP candidates winning a majority in the Senate as well as capturing and maintaining key gubernatorial races while a controversial background check initiative was voted in.

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Data questioned a year after Colorado’s background check law passed (VIDEO)

by Chris Eger

"Nothing good came of the passage of the law," contend GOP leaders as a review of a year of background check data prove to be just 7 percent of estimates.

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Colorado governor displays ignorance on gun laws (VIDEO)

by S.H. Blannelberry

“So we were forming legislation without basic facts, which I think is a bad idea in every case,” said Hickenlooper, in reference to the state's new gun control laws.

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Colorado: New poll shows voters opposed to current gun law, magazine ban

by Chris Eger

A Quinnipiac University poll conducted in April found that Colorado voters oppose the state's new gun control laws and magazine limits while supporting armed teachers.

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