A ban on the most popular semiautomatic rifles and numerous shotguns has passed in Colorado’s Senate.
The Colorado Sun noted the bill passed in the Senate earlier this week on a 19-15 vote. The 19 votes supporting the ban were all cast by Democrats.
The bill now goes to the House, which is where Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, a 2nd Amendment advocacy group, plans to wage a fight.
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners executive director Ian Escalante said, “This is a historic assault on our Second Amendment rights in Colorado. They are trying to turn the right to own a gun into a privilege. It is a major infringement and one of the worst gun control bills in U.S. history. We will fight it till the end, and we will fight in courts if we must.”
On January 29, 2025, Breitbart News warned a ban on numerous semiautomatic firearms — rifles and shotguns — passed the Colorado Senate Affairs Committee and was headed to the Senate Floor.
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The legislation, SB25-003, targets firearms state Democrats define as a “specified semiautomatic firearm.”
SB25-003 says, in part:
The bill