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Ban on “assault” weapons is back as Colorado lawmakers target high-powered guns

New bill is similar to measure that died at its first committee hearing last year

Brendan Bialy, who was a friend of school shooting victim Kenrick Castillo, gives testimony via Zoom to the House Judiciary Committee on HB23-1230 in the Old State Library at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on April 19, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Brendan Bialy, who was a friend of school shooting victim Kendrick Castillo, gives testimony via Zoom to the House Judiciary Committee on HB23-1230, the 2023 version of a ban on “assault” weapons, in the Old State Library at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on April 19, 2023. (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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Colorado would ban the sale, transfer and importation of so-called assault weapons under a bill introduced Tuesday in the state House that revives a previously failed effort.
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Updated (at 9 a.m. Feb. 15, 2024): Due to a reporter's error, the original version of this story stated an incorrect number for the size of the Colorado House's Democratic majority. House  Democrats have a 46-member caucus.

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