Senate Bill 23-170: building on the success of Colorado's "Red Flag" law, this bill allows medical and mental health providers as well as teachers to join law enforcement and families in petitioning the court for an extreme risk protection order. We urge support. #copolitics
Jane Dougherty, whose sister died in the Sandy Hook shooting, testifies in support of the ERPO enhancement bill: "what if all those lives could have been saved?" #copolitics #coleg
Barton High School Teacher - Rachel is here! she is sharing about what's it like being a teacher in a high school where we have #GunViolence & regular #lockdowns & she talks about going from giggling with 9th graders to watching in horror

Follow this bill
Nadine from @One_Colorado testifies on behalf of SB170 - she speaks about the #gunviolence that the LGBTQ community faces & she herself lost her mother to gun violence #copolitics

She says, as a leader of the LGBTQIA community she urges a YES on SB170 #gunviolenceprevention
Jessica from the Colorado Association of School Nurses - school nurses are first responders & relentlessly #advocate for students to go to school in a safe environment she says we have to speak up on their behalf & do the right thing w/ 4357 youth deaths in 2020 from gun violence
Now opposition of the bill - testifier says that it is unconstitutional. "if you are worried about suicide - removing guns are not the right response & make suicide more likely - violence is a behavior not an object" this testifier was a gun horrific violence victim #copolitics
Next testifier is Mr. Lot - many accolades - professor, many associations in opposition "taking away someones gun doesn't mean someone who wants to commit suicide won't find another way... there are many ways - hanging, taking coincide, jumping from heights, etc"
Testimony continues in support of strengthening Colorado's "Red Flag" laws. Heartwrenching stories from families who lost members to suicides that could have been prevented. #copolitics #coleg
"The most profound regret of my life is not seeking an ERPO" #copolitics #coleg
Critical race theory invoked by "red flag" law opponents for the first time.

And it was ridiculous. #copolitics #coleg
They appear to *already* be running out of opponents to testify against improving the ERPO law.

Hey @RMGOColorado, is this the "circus" you promised?

Because this isn't that. #copolitics #coleg
@RMGOColorado Aaand now Sen. Mark Baisley is blaming gun violence on abortion rights.

Let's go ahead and vote now please? #copolitics #coleg
Senate Bill 170 to strengthen Colorado's "red flag" law passes its first test! On to the Senate floor. #copolitics #coleg
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