Gov. Jared Polis signed into law Friday morning a bevy of new gun regulations that advocates hope will tamp down gun violence in the state and had opponents pledging to sue over as soon as his pen hit the paper.
All four bills passed with only Democratic support in the legislature, where the party holds a supermajority in the House and a near supermajority in the Senate. A fifth bill to ban so-called ghost guns — firearms that lack serial numbers, such as those sold in build-it-yourself-kits — is working its way through the legislature. Democratic leaders backed all five.
Surrounded by advocates and survivors of gun violence, Polis said the bills will save lives. Supporters of the reforms have often pointed out these bills aren’t just about the mass shootings that have rocked the entire state, but also suicides, domestic violence and other shootings that don’t lead to days of news coverage.
“No action can ever bring back the loved one that you lost,” Polis said. “But turning your own personal tragedy into action in a way that will make others safer, will really prevent others from having to go through what you went through.”led a multi-day filibuster in March before the Democratic supermajority invoked a rule to limit debate. Republicans largely argued against the bills on the basis of Second Amendment rights and Coloradans’ ability to defend themselves and their property.
“Today, Colorado is less free and our citizens less safe and able to protect themselves,” House Minority Leader Mike Lynch, a Wellington Republican, said in a statement. “For law-abiding Coloradans, it’s a historically dark day — a day that many of our citizens, no matter their political party, thought impossible in their state. We know the vast majority of Colorado gun owners go above and beyond to follow the law.
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