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Study of gun restrictions on mentally ill advances Apr 25, 2013

Study of gun restrictions on mentally ill advances

The task force would be bipartisan and include lawmakers, mental health professionals, and gun experts.

President Barack Obama, sitting next to Denver Police Chief Robert White, participates in a meeting at the Denver Police Academy in Denver, Colo., with local law enforcement officials and community leaders to discuss the state's new measures to reduce gun violence, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Apr 4, 2013

Mayor Hogan tells Obama that guns aren’t nation’s only violence issue

“We all agree that there’s a problem of violence in society, and the answer is not just gun legislation,” Mayor Steve Hogan said.

GABBY GIFFORDS: Aurora and I know what gun background checks are really about Apr 3, 2013

GABBY GIFFORDS: Aurora and I know what gun background checks are really about

I reject the idea that taking action to reduce gun violence requires us to compromise on our liberties as Americans

Weld County Sheriff John Cooke, center, backed by a group of fellow sheriffs, testifies against proposed gun control legislation in the Colorado Legislature, at the State Capitol, in Denver, Monday March 4, 2013. State Senate committees began work Monday on a package of gun-control measures that already have cleared the House which include limits on ammunition magazine sizes and expanded background checks to include private sales and online purchases. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) Mar 5, 2013

Colorado lawmakers advance gun control bills amid cheers and jeers

The commotion at the Capitol underscored the attention the debate has generated nationally from gun rights groups, such as the National Rifle Association, to victims' families and White House officials

CHIEF COMPLAINT: County sheriffs from across the state at odds with city police chiefs on gun control Feb 7, 2013

CHIEF COMPLAINT: County sheriffs from across the state at odds with city police chiefs on gun control

The National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence, which includes several police groups, has taken a hard line on gun control, calling for a renewed assault weapons ban, tougher background checks and a ban on high-capacity magazines.

This courtroom sketch shows James Holmes being escorted by a deputy as he arrives at preliminary hearing in district court in Centennial, Colo., on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Investigators say Holmes opened fire during the midnight showing of the latest Batman movie on July 20, killing 12 people and wounding dozens. (AP Photo/Bill Robles, Pool) Jan 10, 2013

Self-portraits: Holmes sticks out tongue, has guns

"He's not crazy, he's evil," said Tom Teves, whose 24-year-old son Alex was killed in the attack. "He's an animal."

In this Saturday Dec. 22, 2012 photo, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Aaron Dunn, center, instructs his wife Leanne in effective hand gun operation, at Dragonman's firing range and gun dealer, outside Colorado Springs, Colo. 1st Lt. Dunn returned from a deployment in the mountains of Afghanistan on Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) Jan 10, 2013

Massacre-hardened Colorado a gun control test case

Now, six months since a deadly movie theater rampage in Aurora, there's a new drive to restrict guns, fueled by the Connecticut school shooting.

EDITORIAL: Mental health pitch only a starting point for a safety Dec 20, 2012

EDITORIAL: Mental health pitch only a starting point for a safety

A host of Colorado lawmakers irresponsibly gutted mental health programs during the 1990s in an effort to reduce the size of Colorado’s government.

This screen grab from the Demand A Plan video features Aurora shooting victim Stephen Barton demanding politicians bring the issue of gun control to the election. Oct 4, 2012

Loaded questions: Victims of Aurora theater shooting want gun control debate

“I was lucky. In the next four years, 48,000 Americans won’t be so lucky, because they’ll be murdered with guns in the next president’s term, enough to fill over 200 theaters,” Barton says in the ad.