Colorado Democrats staked gun violence reduction as a top priority this legislative session. But early proposals have lawmakers disagreeing on the best way to achieve that
Early and pointedly, .that would ban the sale, transfer and manufacture of assault weapons in Colorado, though it wouldn’t affect possession. Others are working on proposals around expanding the state’s red flag law, instituting waiting periods and setting universal age limits. Nothing has been formally introduced yet.
Fenberg doesn’t object to a prohibition on assault weapons or their sale — he said he’d vote for a ban if it were on the senate floor, and supports it as federal policy — but it’s not his top priority for the state. The other measures would be more effective, he said. Short term, he doesn’t think it’ll detract from work on the other bills, either.
Policymakers shouldn’t shy away from the debate, but “I don’t know that it deserves as much space in the public health-, science-based debate around what saves the most lives,” he said. He said he doesn’t see the various initiatives working against each other, and specifically lauded waiting periods. But that doesn’t erase the need to act on assault weapons, he argued.
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