It makes it sound like they're fighting to try to make their state less safe.

theater that doesn't actually do anything. While background checks are a good idea in principle, they don't affect criminal sources or use.

And the article doesn't really provide any. Sounds like Colorado has a ban on high capacity magazines (what is "high capacity&quot and that background checks are required for private sales? And was that law previously thrown out by a federal court? Who pays for and performs the background checks for private sales?

aimed squarely at gun enthusiasts and competitive shooters, which are abundant in Colorado. Statewide law enforcement vehemently opposed the capacity limit, which was passed by Bloomberg's people over LE objections, and most sheriff's departments have flatly refused to enforce it. That piece of idiocy ended Hickenlooper's hope of ever being a viable presidential candidate, which is a shame.

There was a bipartisan effort last year to at least raise the limit to 30 rounds, but a fundy lobbyist with NAGR or somesuch killed it.