Colorado’s governor fails to persuade federal judge to lift block on new state law raising age to purchase all guns to 21 – By Jesse Paul (Colorado Sun) / Aug 18, 2023
The decision means the statute may be in limbo for weeks, months or possibly even years
A new Colorado law raising the age to purchase all firearms in the state to 21 could be blocked for weeks, months or possibly even years after a federal judge Friday declined a request from Gov. Jared Polis to let the measure take effect.
Chief U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer earlier this month temporarily barred the state from enforcing Senate Bill 169, which was passed by Democrats in the legislature this year and signed into law by Polis, who is also a Democrat.
In blocking the law through a preliminary injunction, Brimmer found that Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, a hard-line gun rights group based in Colorado, was likely to succeed in its lawsuit seeking to invalidate the law on Second Amendment grounds.
Polis filed a motion last week asking Brimmer to let the law go into effect pending an appeal of the injunction. Brimmer said no.
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