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March 23, 2021

Colorado Judge Overturned Boulder's Ban on Assault Weapons One Week Ahead of Massacre
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The killer in the Boulder supermarket massacre used an AR-15
semiautomatic assault rifle. Just last week, a Colorado state judge
blocked Boulder ordinances barring assault weapons and large-capacity
magazines, ruling in favor of the National Rifle Association's Colorado
affiliate and two Boulder residents. The NRA is in a deeply weakened
state. It filed for bankruptcy last year after New York state Attorney
General Letitia James sued them for fraud, seeking to dissolve the
organization. The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding hearings this
afternoon on gun control.


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