NEW: Colorado poised to pass age limits, waiting periods for guns
The two bills would limit all firearm purchases to 21 or older and institute a three-day waiting period on sales of firearms. The age limit passed its formal vote in the House of Representatives, while the waiting period passed on a preliminary voice vote after a nearly nine-hour debate in the chamber. It still has the formal vote to come, though Democratic majorities make it an all but foregone conclusion.
Democrats have a supermajority in the House and are one seat shy of it in the Senate. The package of gun bills was outlined prior to the session as part of the Democrats’ top priorities. “We set out to pass meaningful reforms that we think will have a direct impact on saving lives and creating safer communities,” Fenberg, a Democrat from Boulder, said. “I think these four bills represent that. There’s obviously more conversations that need to happen this year and in future legislative sessions, but I think it’s a huge accomplishment.”
Prior to the session, Republican state Rep. Richard Holtorf, of Akron, had pledged to filibuster Democrats into exhaustion. He, like Duran, invoked his constituents and noted how sweeping the changes could be. Though Duran framed the bills as a positive step toward reducing gun violence, Holtorf warned “when you do too much, you don’t do a good job at what you’re trying to do.”
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