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Colorado assault weapons ban killed in late-night vote by House committee

Three Democrats joined with the Republicans to sink the sale or purchase ban

Brandy Wilson, center, listens to testimony on HB23-1230 in the Old State Library at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on April 19, 2023. The legislature has passed several gun reform laws this year but has delayed for two weeks hearings on HB23-1230 which would prohibit the sale and transfer of assault weapons in Colorado. The committee listened for hours of testimony from over 500 people who signed up to testify for or against the bill. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Brandy Wilson, center, listens to testimony on HB23-1230 in the Old State Library at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on April 19, 2023. The legislature has passed several gun reform laws this year but has delayed for two weeks hearings on HB23-1230 which would prohibit the sale and transfer of assault weapons in Colorado. The committee listened for hours of testimony from over 500 people who signed up to testify for or against the bill. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
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Three Colorado House Democrats joined with Republican colleagues to block a bill early Thursday that would've 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.
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