Blocked assault weapons ban in Boulder: Could it have made a difference?
March 24, 2021
The debate begins anew on whether or not a locality should have the right to ban weapon ownership within its borders.
Republicans open to ban on ‘bump stocks’
October 5, 2017
Senior congressional Republicans say they are open to considering legislation banning “bump stocks” like the shooter in Las Vegas apparently used to make semi-automatic rifles
Chaos, outrage at airports nationwide
January 30, 2017
President Donald Trump’s immigration order sowed more chaos and outrage across the country Sunday, with travelers getting detained at airports, panicked families searching for relatives
Trump bans all refugees for now
January 28, 2017
President Donald Trump has barred all refugees from entering the United States for four months, and indefinitely halted any from Syria, saying the ban is
Confederate flag bans drive up sales
June 24, 2015
Even as national retailers pull Confederate flags from shelves and websites after the shooting deaths of nine black church members in South Carolina, manufacturers that
Boy Scouts boss says time to end ban on gay leaders
May 23, 2015
The president of the Boy Scouts of America, Robert Gates, said Thursday that the organization’s longstanding ban on participation by openly gay adults is no
Judge critical of states defending gay marriage bans
August 27, 2014
Federal appeals judges bristled on Tuesday at arguments defending gay marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin, with one Republican appointee comparing them to now-defunct laws
Two attempts to reinstate gay marriage bans
August 26, 2014
The legal skirmish over same-sex marriage shifted Tuesday to a federal appeals court in Chicago as attorneys for Wisconsin and Indiana sought to reinstate bans