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In a significant shift from his statements earlier this year, Gov. John Hickenlooper said just before gun control bills were passed by state lawmakers, "the time is right" for Colorado lawmakers to consider further gun restrictions.

Gov. Hickenlooper gets big wins in Colorado legislative session

"Our goal is to have a full communication at all times with both parties and really do our very best to make sure we don't have to veto anything," Hickenlooper said.

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)

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.

Bill Hoover carries a photo of his grandson AJ Boik, who was killed in the July, 2012 Aurora movie theatre massacre, during a news conference at which Colorado State legislators unveiled  gun control measures, at the State Capitol, in Denver, Tuesday Feb. 5, 2013. Among the proposed measures is a new bill that would hold manufacturers, sellers, and owners of assault weapons liable and responsible for damages caused by shootings with those weapons. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Democratic leader wants assault weapons liability

"My first response was that I laughed out loud," said Sen. Greg Brophy, a Republican from Wray.

In this July 20, 2012 photo, police are positioned outside the Century 16 movie theatre in Aurora, Colo., at the scene of a mass shooting.    City officials are askin residents what they think should be done with the theater.  (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

City OKs probe into cop response to theater massacre

City to commission outside survey to look at police, fire and ambulance response to July 20 theater shooting

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

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.

Romney: Gun laws are not the answer

MIAMI  | Mitt Romney says gun laws are not the answer to the recent string of mass shootings. Romney says it’s not about the weapons …

Obama’s visit to Aurora draws details of victims, survivors

Obama’s visit to Aurora draws details of victims, survivors

“We can all understand what it would be like to have someone that we love taken from us in this fashion,” Obama said.

Police: Movie shooting suspect bought guns legally

Police: Movie shooting suspect bought guns legally

The four weapons recovered following the shootings that killed 12 and left nearly 60 people injured at a suburban Denver theater were purchased by the suspect from retail gun stores in Colorado in the last two months