
Colorado governor signs gun control bills after LGBTQ nightclub massacre
Fox News
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has signed four new gun control bills after a mass shooting occurred at a local LGBTQ nightclub. The bills are aimed at quelling rising gun violence.
Republicans decried the bills as onerous encroachments on Second Amendment rights that would impede Colorado residents’ ability to defend themselves amid a rising statewide crime rate.
Two of the new laws will raise the age to buy any firearm from 18 to 21 and install a three-day waiting period between the purchase and receipt of a gun. A third will strengthen the state’s red flag law, which allows a judge to temporarily remove someone’s gun if the person poses a threat to themselves or others. A fourth rolls back some legal protections for the firearm industry, exposing them to lawsuits from the victims of gun violence.