By Julia B. Chan, Reveal On this hour of Reveal, we take a look at the toll of gun violence in the country, who’s documenting the carnage and how lives can be saved. We start in New Orleans, where Father […]
Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA
“When we talk about gun violence prevention, we don’t have a store front that sells common sense. We don’t have a store front that sells empathy and compassion and safety. That has to be a movement by the people, by […]
Boulder teen working to create a biometric smart gun
“The gun knows who is firing it and only the owner or people the owner chooses can fire that gun.” 18-year-old Kai Kloepfer graduated from high school in 2015 and plans to attend MIT in 2016. He has just launched […]
Republican Gun Rollback Bills Fail
Democrats have defeated Republican proposals to rollback gun restrictions that the Colorado legislature passed two years ago. Bente Birkeland has more from the state capitol.
Background Check Repeal Clears Senate
A bill to repeal expanded background checks for private gun transfers and online sales cleared the state senate Wednesday. It passed along party lines and now heads to the Democratic controlled House. Bente Birkeland has more from the state capitol. […]
Magazine Ban Repeal Clears Senate
A bill to repeal Colorado’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines cleared the state senate Tuesday with bi-partisan support. Bente Birkeland has more from the state capitol. The repeal was a pledge Republicans – who now control the chamber […]
Suicide and Teen’s Access to Firearms and Medications in Household
A new pilot study on suicide is being launched in Colorado to see if reducing a suicidal teen’s access to firearms and medications will play a key role in whether that person attempts and completes a suicide. A recent study of […]