Semiautomatic firearm ban passes Colorado's House, heads to Senate
Source: ABC News/AP
April 14, 2024, 6:55 PM
DENVER -- Colorado's Democratic-controlled House on Sunday passed a bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms, a major step for the legislation after roughly the same bill was swiftly killed by Democrats last year.
The bill, which passed on a 35-27 vote, is now on its way to the Democratic-led state Senate. If it passes there, it could bring Colorado in line with 10 other states — including California, New York and Illinois — that have prohibitions on semiautomatic guns.
But even in a state plagued by some of the nation's worst mass shootings, such legislation faces headwinds.
Colorado's political history is purple, shifting blue only recently. The bill's chances of success in the state Senate are lower than they were in the House, where Democrats have a 46-19 majority and a bigger far-left flank. Gov. Jared Polis, also a Democrat, has indicated his wariness over such a ban.
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mass shooters will start using semiautomatic pistols. First one ever produced (and I might be wrong) was the
Army's 1911 Colt 45, so semiautomatic pistols started out as an assault weapon of war also.
Mass shooters would never use a revolver that holds only 5 or 6 rounds but would be an effective weapon in a
home invasion. So I'd be all in on a semiautomatic ban, game hunters don't need them and home owners can
defend their property effectually with a revolver 99.99% of the time.
If we could ban access to all semiautomatic weapons, mass shootings would drop dramatically. 
No breech loaders for them. 
