Just months after the deadly mass shooting at ClubQ in Colorado Springs, Governor Polis signed four bills into law Friday morning, surrounded by the bills’ sponsors and activists who advocated for the policies aiming to curb gun violence. COPolitics
DENVER — Just months after the deadly mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Governor Polis signed four bills into law Friday morning, surrounded by the bills’ sponsors and activists who advocated for the policies aiming to curb gun violence.
They mark the biggest slate of gun reforms in the state since a package of gun bills passed in 2021 in the wake of the Boulder King Soopers mass shooting. House Bill 1219 establishes a three-day waiting period, at minimum, before someone can buy and receive a firearm, to give time for a background check. If a seller gives a gun to someone before the waiting period is up, fines could go from $500 to $5,000. Rocky Mountain Gun Owners filed a lawsuit against HB 1219, claiming it has"unconstitutional minimum waiting period requirements surrounding purchasing a firearm.
Senate Bill 169 adds exemptions for those who are 18 and have a hunting license, or if they own or use a gun under the direct supervision of an immediate family member who is at least 25 years old. Those in the Armed Forces as well as police officers are also exempt. This was the second lawsuit Rocky Mountain Gun Owners filed. The group said SB 169"denies the constitutionally protected right to purchase, own, and possess a firearm to legal adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty.
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