Democrats launched an assault weapons ban on the Colorado statehouse late Friday, a transfer which is certain to inflame the legislature and potential push away some within the occasion who’ve expressed reservations about whether or not the state may implement such a ban.
Home invoice 1230 was assigned to the Home Judiciary Committee the place a number of of the co-sponsors serve, together with the invoice’s fundamental sponsor Democratic Rep. Elisabeth Epps.
Democrats may lose as many as 13 votes within the Home and nonetheless move the measure onto the Senate, which has a smaller Democratic majority.
The ban was launched on the identical day that at the very least a thousand Denver highschool college students walked out of sophistication in response to the dying of a 16-year-old classmate from East Excessive who was shot close to campus final month. The protesters made their method to the state capitol, the place they had been invited to return inside and communicate with lawmakers as a part of a foyer day to advocate for stricter gun legal guidelines.
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East Highschool in Denver is in Democratic Rep. Leslie Herod’s district, who’s operating for Denver mayor. She stated she hears from younger individuals riddled with nervousness and strapped with concern, and she or he doesn’t suppose the legislature has achieved sufficient to cease the gun violence that is occurring with youth right now.
“They simply need us to behave as adults,” Herod stated, including she would vote for an assault weapons ban.
“We’d like actual payments that may make a distinction. I consider the payments which can be being proposed proper now are sturdy. I’ll help them,” she stated.
On the heart of the controversy is the query of what constitutes an assault weapon. As written, the measure would outline an assault weapon as a “semiautomatic rifle” that makes use of removable magazines and has one among a lot of options, these embody a pistol grip, a folding inventory, a barrel shroud, a threaded barrel, amongst others. The draft additionally would ban sure .50 caliber rifles, semi computerized pistols, shotguns with revolving cylinders and semiautomatic shotguns.
Kevin J. Beaty/DenveriteCollege students stream into the Colorado State Captiol to advocate for stronger gun management measures. March 3, 2023.
The invoice would search to permit present homeowners to maintain any firearms they already possess, however would ban the sale and switch of sure classifications of weapons going ahead.
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There could be some exemptions corresponding to vintage rifles in addition to exceptions for police and army members who preserve weapons for work. It could additionally permit firearms on the record for use at firing ranges.
Rocky Mountain Gun House owners referred to as the measure unconstitutional.
“All these Democrats listed below are violating their oath of workplace and making an attempt to violate the Structure and Colorado Structure to illegally impose unconstitutional gun legal guidelines on the individuals of Colorado,” the group posted in a tweet.
Insurance policies associated to firearms are typically among the many most partisan and contentious debates on the state Capitol. That was actually the case with the primary Democratic gun invoice launched this session, which might give Colorado counties extra authority to ban individuals from firing weapons on personal property in sure unincorporated areas.
Seven Home Democrats joined Republicans to vote in opposition to HB-1165, lots of them from extra rural or conservative components of the state. Democratic Rep. Bob Marshall of Highlands Ranch stated he doesn’t plan to vote for any Democratic payments to enact stricter gun legal guidelines.
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This would be the first time the Colorado legislature has ever formally thought of an assault weapons ban
In 2021, shortly after a gunman killed 10 individuals at a Boulder King Soopers, some lawmakers mentioned introducing a ban on some kinds of firearms. Nonetheless there wasn’t sufficient help to maneuver ahead with the laws — despite the fact that Democrats managed the legislature and the governor’s mansion.
Home Republicans had been fast to denounce the most recent transfer and concern a name to motion.
Interstate 70 closed near Vail and Silverthorne on Sunday for “safety concerns” as snow battered the Colorado mountains, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
The eastbound interstate was closed between Exit 180 for East Vail and Exit 190 for Vail Pass Summit, about 1 mile west of Copper Mountain, as of 6 p.m. Sunday, CDOT officials said.
CDOT cameras in the area of the closure showed snow-covered roads and white-out conditions.
Westbound I-70 was also closed at 6 p.m. Sunday between Exit 216 for U.S. 6 near Loveland Pass and Exit 205 for Colorado 9 near Silverthorne, according to CDOT.
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Multiple Waze users reported “weather hazards” in both closed sections of I-70.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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There was certainly a scenario Saturday night where Colorado would’ve needed to navigate the final 20 minutes of its upset loss to Kansas without star quarterback Shedeur Sanders.
Sanders, the son of Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders and a projected top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, shoved referee Kevin Mar after taking a sack on third down with Colorado trailing by nine in the third quarter, and he was “lucky” that didn’t result in an ejection, Fox rules analyst Mike Pereira said on the broadcast.
Shedeur Sanders shoved a referee during Colorado’s loss to Kansas on Nov. 23. Screengrab via X/@CFBONFOX
“There’s no question that he does,” Pereira said when asked about Sanders shoving Mar. “Look, I get why he’s upset because people are almost climbing over him after he was down, but, you know, the officials can use their hands all they want to try to keep order. But you cannot come back as a player and push an official.
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“In the chaos, the officials don’t see it, but he’s lucky that he wasn’t ejected from the game.”
After the sack, Sanders approached Mar from behind — who was surrounded by a cluster of players — and shoved the longtime official with his right arm.
Shedeur Sanders reacts during Colorado’s loss to Kansas on Nov. 23. Screengrab via X/@CFBONFOX
By that point, three other referees had moved closer to the scuffle and attempted to separate the players and Sanders while protecting Mar.
Sanders, who finished 23 of 29 for 266 yards and three touchdowns during No. 16 Colorado’s 37-21 loss, wasn’t penalized on the play, but his frustrations had started to boil over.
The game featured plenty of physical hits, with Colorado’s College Football Playoff hopes at stake and Kansas attempting to claw its way toward becoming bowl eligible.
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At one point in the first half, defensive end Dean Miller lowered his head and flung himself toward Sanders’ knees while he attempted a pass.
“I mean, I just don’t know how that’s legal overall,” Sanders told reporters after the game when asked about Miller’s hit. “I ain’t understand that, but, you know, it is what it is. There was a couple plays like that.”
Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders looks to pass against Kansas on Nov. 23, 2024. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con
The Buffaloes trailed 17-0 at one point but managed to trim its deficit to two points early in the third quarter, when Travis Hunter — also projected as a top pick in the upcoming NFL draft — and Sanders connected on a touchdown pass.
But Devin Neal accounted for the final two touchdowns, providing the Jayhawks with some cushion and ensuring Colorado was on its way to ending the night in a four-way tie atop the Big 12 standings.
Deion said after the game that Colorado had become “intoxicated with the success.”
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“We started smelling ourselves a little bit,” Deion said, according to ESPN. “… We got intoxicated with the multitude of articles and the assumption that we’re this and the assumption that we’re that. And we did not play CU football. Therefore, we got our butts kicked. It is what it is.”
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Mikey Keene threw two touchdown passes, Bryson Donelson had a career-high 150 yards rushing and a TD on 13 carries Saturday night and Fresno State beat Colorado State 28-22.
Colorado State (7-4, 5-1 Mountain West) fell into a tie for second with No. 24 UNLV in the conference standings behind No. 12 Boise State — which will host the Mountain West championship game on Dec. 6.
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Donelson, a freshman, went into the game with 199 yards rushing this season, including his previous season high of 58 yards in the season opener. Keene was 20-of-28 passing for 181 yards with no interceptions. Mac Dalena finished with seven receptions for 75 yards and a touchdown for Fresno State (6-5, 4-3 Mountain West Conference).
Justin Marshall capped a 12-play, 77-yard opening drive that took nearly 6 1/2 minutes off the clock with a 10-yard TD for the Rams and finished with 94 yards rushing.
Donelson ran for a 21 yards and Keene hit Raylen Sharpe for a 38-yard gain to set up a 16-yard TD run by Donelson to make it 7-7. Joshua Wood followed with a 4-yard scoring run before Dalena caught a 28-yard touchdown pass with 3:18 left in the second quarter and Keene hit Jalen Moss for a 15-yard TD less than 3 minutes later that gave the Bulldogs a 28-7 lead at halftime.
Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi ran for a 9-yard TD late in the third quarter, threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Jamari Person and then hit Vince Brown II for the 2-point conversion to trim Colorado State’s deficit to 28-22 with 17 seconds left.
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