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   On 25 Jan 2022, between the eyes  posted some   
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   > Democrats hate the United States of America and are doing everything   
   > they can to destroy it.   
      
   DENVER (AP) — When two Colorado gun control laws take effect Sunday,   
   purchasing a firearm will require a three-day waiting period — meant to   
   curtail suicide attempts and shootings — and gun violence victims will   
   have an easier path toward filing lawsuits against the firearm industry.   
      
   The laws, pushed through Colorado's Democrat-controlled legislature this   
   year, come as violent crime and mass shootings surge nationwide —   
   including last year's bloodshed at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado   
   Springs, where a gunman killed five people and wounded 17 others.   
      
   The new laws edge the once-purple Colorado nearer the Democratic   
   bastions of California and New York. But gun groups have vowed to   
   challenge the restrictions in court, encouraged by a U.S. Supreme Court   
   ruling that expanded gun rights last year.   
      
   The Colorado laws were spurred by waves of protests over gun violence   
   this year. Students flooded the Colorado Capitol's halls in March after   
   a high school student was shot and killed just outside their campus.   
   Later that month, teachers marched into the House and Senate chambers   
   after a student shot and wounded two school administrators in Denver.   
      
   The state now joins at least 10 others by enacting a waiting period.   
      
   Democratic state Rep. Judy Amabile, one of the bill’s sponsors, said   
   she's experienced first hand the benefits of a buffer between buying and   
   receiving a gun. Her son had sought a firearm she believed he was   
   planning to use on himself, but his background check had been delayed.   
      
   “I am forever grateful he did not have instant access to a firearm that   
   day,” she said in a news release.   
      
   Taylor Rhodes, executive director of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, said   
   that when the waiting period takes effect on Sunday, he will file a   
   lawsuit.   
      
   “We aren’t talking about things that are privileges, we are talking   
   about constitutionally guarantied freedoms,” said Rhodes. He added that   
   if someone needs to protect themselves from a stalker, for example,   
   waiting three days might not cut it.   
      
   A second law in Colorado would roll back some long-held legal   
   protections for gun manufacturers and dealers, partly by making the   
   industry more accountable to consumer protection laws.   
      
   Similar to legislation passed in California, New York, Delaware and New   
   Jersey, Colorado's new law would make it easier for victims of gun   
   violence to file civil suits partly around how companies market their   
   products — such as one lodged against Remington in 2015.   
      
   Remington made the rifle used in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School   
   massacre in Connecticut, and families of those killed accused the   
   company in a lawsuit of targeting younger, at-risk males in advertising   
   and product placement in violent video games. Last year, the company   
   settled with the families for $73 million.   
      
   “Removing Colorado’s overly broad gun industry immunity law will provide   
   another avenue for survivors to pursue justice," said Democratic Sen.   
   Chris Kolker, one of the bill's sponsors, in a statement.   
      
   Kolker, along with the other bill sponsors, named the act after Jessica   
   Ghawi, who was slain in the 2012 Aurora theater shooting, along with 11   
   others.   
      
   Ghawi's parents, Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, tried to sue the companies   
   that had sold the shooter ammunition and tear gas but were unsuccessful.   
   Ultimately, the couple ended up owing more than $200,000 in defense   
   attorney fees and had to file for bankruptcy.   
      
   Opponents of the law worry that it would open up dealerships and   
   manufacturers to frivolous lawsuits, driving especially the smaller   
   shops out of business.   
      
   The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a gun advocacy group which has   
   filed lawsuits against similar laws in other states, including   
   California, is expected to take legal action in Colorado.   
      
   Mark Oliva, managing director of the foundation, has told The Associated   
   Press Colorado's law would be “ripe” for a legal challenge.   
      
      
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