Gun Rights

As legislative sessions wind down, lawmakers in New Mexico and Colorado may impose waiting periods before firearm purchases, while Wyoming and Idaho go in a different direction.

Two gun rights organizations have filed federal court lawsuits that challenge bans on semi-automatic weapons and magazine ammunition restrictions adopted by two Colorado cities, Boulder and Louisville.

A gun rights organization is suing Colorado over the state’s 2013 ban on magazines that hold more than 15 rounds. The National Foundation for Gun Rights argues in a lawsuit filed Thursday that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a New York gun law reinforces the group's belief that the law infringes on Second Amendment rights.

A new Colorado gun law has been divisive from the start. Now, a group of researchers is analyzing how it has been used in its first year.

The original idea behind a Larimer County gun safety program was to prevent youth homicides and accidents. But now, as kids spend more time at home and coronavirus stressors persist, the focus is expanding to include teen suicide prevention.

In the rural Mountain West, where suicide rates are high and guns are everywhere, momentum behind one solution is growing: During a time of crisis, get the guns out of the house.

The National Rifle Association has spent nearly $3 million so far in the 2018 election cycle. A big chunk of that change is centered on a race right...

Update April 6, 2018: The Boulder City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that would ban the sale and possession of so-called assault weapons. The…