A proposal to limit where people can carry firearms in Colorado, openly or with concealed carry permits, was narrowed substantially Wednesday as sponsors fought to win a key committee vote in the state Senate.
The amendment adopted by the committee aimed to hew closely to that ruling and other recent U.S. Supreme Court cases. Roberts specifically cited U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ opinion in Bruen as laying out where states are constitutionally allowed to ban firearms.131 only to add that the gun ban is limited to places “recognized by the United States Supreme Court” as historically having prohibitions on firearms.
The bill passed on a 3-2 party-line vote. Sen. Kevin Van Winkle, a Highlands Ranch Republican, said even with the narrowing “it’s still a very bad bill that leaves, especially, kids on college campuses totally defenseless.”require state permitsthe sale or transfer of so-called assault weapons, is waiting for its first floor vote in the House, but it does not have any sponsors in the Senate.
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