Three Colorado House Democrats joined with Republican colleagues to block a bill early Thursday that would have banned the sale or purchase of assault weapons in the state after hours of heated public testimony
Three Colorado House Democrats joined with Republican colleagues to block a bill early Thursday that would have banned the sale or purchase of assault weapons in the state, after hours of heated public testimony and a late attempt by the bill’s sponsor to dramatically scale the measure back and salvage its passage.
Epps said she was “slightly in shock” after the amendments failed and that mass shootings, which the bill was designed to blunt, “are going to go on and on.”The bill’s failure is one that historic Democratic majorities in the General Assembly will have to explain to their constituents, said Rep. Jennifer Bacon, a Denver Democrat.
Once the amendments failed, the bill’s fate seemed certain. The committee had heard more than 12 hours of public testimony from supporters and opponents, from survivors of mass shootings and the family members of victims, from gun supporters who promised to sue and sheriffs who urged no votes, from children who accused specific lawmakers of having blood on their hands.
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