When Colorado Democrats rolled out their gun law reform legislation Thursday, it lacked a proposal already subject to much consternation — one to define and prohibit the sale of assault weapo…
Gov. Jared Polis has given rhetorical support to the other gun bills. Asked for comment Friday, his spokesman sent a statement about Thursday’s package that didn’t mention the assault weapons bill. Asked specifically about that proposal, the spokesman said the governor’s office had nothing to add. Some Democratic lawmakers have expressed concern about the details of the policy, like how it would be enforced, and its path in the Senate. Rep.
But it’s unclear, she continued, whether the bill has support from “our own internal leadership.” The proposal was one of Epps and Boesenecker’s early priorities, Epps said. It was ready to be introduced at the start of the session in early January but was delayed at the request of leadership, she said. Members of the Democratic caucus had already privately set their gun control policy preferences, Epps said, with the assault weapons ban ranking in the top five.
For lawmakers who’ve coalesced around the other gun violence bills introduced Thursday, the goal is to take iterative, proven steps to reduce gun violence in the state, said Sen. Tom Sullivan, a Centennial Democrat. He contrasted that approach with splashier efforts, like the assault weapons ban. States with those types of bans, he said, have generally tried other laws first — steps that Colorado still hasn’t taken.
He doesn’t disagree with an assault weapon ban in theory, but he said it needs to be a federal, not state, requirement. He and others raised practical questions, too, like local law enforcement’s ability to enforce a state-level ban.
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