To: The Colorado State House, The Colorado State Senate, and Governor Jared Polis
Thank Colorado legislators for common-sense gun safety laws
ProgressNow Colorado
The Colorado Department of Public Safety just released new information showing that Colorado's new gun safety laws are working. In just the first few months, the new law requiring criminal background checks for most transfers of guns in Colorado has stopped dozens of criminals from illegally obtaining guns. And every bit as important, thousands of law-abiding citizens are continuing to buy and sell guns with minimal inconvenience. Commonsense gun safety in Colorado is a success.
We thank our progressive Colorado legislative majority for standing strong, in the face of vicious personal attacks, to protect our communities from gun violence.
Why is this important?
The smear and retaliation campaign by the extreme right against progressive Colorado legislators who backed this year’s gun safety reforms has taken a terrible toll. But they were right to not give up. Now we can see the reforms they fought for are working--preventing guns from being sold to people who shouldn’t have them--while allowing law-abiding citizens to go about their business. Common-sense gun safety in Colorado is making our state better.