LATEST: The Denver lawmaker sponsoring a proposed ban on the sale or purchase of assault weapons in Colorado floated a significant scaleback of the bill today.
While the U.S. Justice Department appeals that ruling and the ban remains in effect, Epps told the committee that a bump stock ban in Colorado would provide more assurance in the state.
Any amendments to the bill — from her or other committee members — would come at the end of that testimony, which is set to last into the evening. Epps said she wanted to follow through on a promise to constituents to have lawmakers put votes on the record for issues like this. The bill’s introductory language lists recent mass shootings committed by men wielding assault weapons. It includes Colorado’s own grim tally of tragedies, such as one at an Aurora movie theater in 2012 and another at a Boulder grocery story in 2021.
to Epps’ frustration. An initial co-sponsor on the bill, Fort Collins Rep. Andy Boesenecker, removed his name from the legislation before it was finally introduced in early March — a sign of internal divisions among Democratic members and leadership about how the bill should proceed. “I’ve long said Democrats aren’t serious about a statewide ban of assault weapons. If we fail, I was right,” Epps said. ” I want to be wrong. I want to be wrong today — if not today, then next year … before the next event that forces us to consider this.”
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