Key takeaways:
- Colorado’s governor signed four gun control bills, raising the buying age for any gun from 18 to 21 and establishing a three-day waiting period between the purchase and receipt of a gun.
- Republicans decried the bills as onerous encroachments on Second Amendment rights.
- The bills come in the wake of a shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs and are seen as a way to address the nationwide surge in violent crime and mass shootings.
Colorado’s governor signed four gun control bills on Friday, pushing the state closer to the liberal-leaning governments of California and New York. The bills, which Democrats pushed through despite late-night filibusters from Republicans, are aimed at quelling rising suicides and youth violence, preventing mass shootings and opening avenues for gun violence victims to sue the long-protected firearm industry.
The measures include raising the buying age for any gun from 18 to 21, and establishing a three-day waiting period between the purchase and receipt of a gun. Republicans decried the bills as onerous encroachments on Second Amendment rights that would impede Colorado residents’ ability to defend themselves amid a rising statewide crime rate.
The bills come in the wake of a shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, the latest in the state’s long history of notorious massacres. The new laws are seen as a way to address the nationwide surge in violent crime and mass shootings.
Gun rights groups have already filed a lawsuit to reverse two of the measures, but the bills have already been signed into law. It remains to be seen how the new laws will be implemented and if they will be successful in curbing gun violence in the state.
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