Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress
Fox News
On the 25th anniversary year of the Columbine High School massacre, CO lawmakers nixed a bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms, but moved forward with other gun control bills.
The Colorado House passed the ban in a historic first and what proponents see as a "tremendous achievement" after roughly the same proposal was swiftly nixed last year. But some Senate Democrats are wary of the efficacy and breadth of the ban, which prohibits the sale, transfer and manufacture of semi-automatic firearms.
Colorado’s blue shift is evident in part by a number of successful gun control measures passed last year, including raising the buying age for a gun from 18 to 21. Some half-dozen proposals are nearing passage this year, including a bill to put a measure on the November 2024 ballot to tax sales of guns and ammunition. Another would give the Colorado Bureau of Investigation more power to investigate gun sales that are already illegal.