[BoulderCouncilHotline] City Council's Intergovernmental Affairs Committee to Discuss Legislation to Prevent Gun Violence

[Castillo, Carl]

Good Evening City Council Members,

I wanted you and the Hotline community to know that the city's Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, composed of Mayor Weaver, Mayor Pro Tem Joseph and Council Members Brockett and Wallach, will meet on Thursday, April 1st at 3pm to discuss the city's position on legislation to prevent gun violence. While participation in this conversation will be limited to city officials, the community is invited to watch the meeting on Zoom through a link that will be posted on council's calendar<https://bouldercolorado.gov/calendar/calcouncil/2021/04#dynamic-event-list> on the day of the meeting.

The following is city council's current position on the matter, as described in the city's 2021 Policy Statement on Regional, State and Federal Policy Issues<https://www-static.bouldercolorado.gov/docs/2021_Policy_Statement.Approved-1-202011191743.pdf?_ga=2.208683666.106532727.1617154653-1180860133.1598295032>:

47. PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE

In May of 2018 Boulder City Council adopted an ordinance to ban the sale and possession of assault weapons, large-capacity magazines, and multi-burst trigger activators in the city. To achieve the goal of this ordinance, the city will also require the increased support of the state and federal government. Toward that end, the city supports measures to prevent gun violence that:

a)     Background Checks - Require universal background checks on all sales of firearms, including private sales. Current federal law allows individuals not "engaged in the business" of selling firearms to sell guns without a license-and without processing any paperwork. Sometimes referred to as the "Gun Show Loophole," the sales excluded from the federal background check requirement include firearms sold at gun shows and through classified newspaper ads, the Internet and between individuals virtually anywhere. While criminal background checks are currently required for almost all firearm transfers in Colorado, there are states that do not have such laws. In order to ensure that guns are not placed in the hands of criminals in Colorado, a change to federal law is necessary;
b)     Storage - Require a firearm owner to keep his or her firearm in a locked container or secured with a locking device;
c)      Assault Weapons - Ban assault weapons;
d)     Local Control - Repeal state law purporting to limit local gun regulations;
e)      Waiting Period - Require a waiting period for purchase of a firearm; and
f)       Minimum Age - Increase the minimum age to purchase and possess firearms.
g)     Lost or Stolen Gun Registry - Increase the responsibility of individual firearm owners to report and unaccounted-for-firearm

The city will oppose any policy changes that:

a)     Make My Day Law - Expand the immunity given to homeowners if they shoot and kill intruders, also known as the "make my day" law, beyond personal residences, and
b)     Concealed Weapons - Limit the state's ability to regulate concealed weapons or local government's ability to restrict possession of weapons in public facilities. The city will oppose federal legislation that would require Colorado to honor concealed carry permits granted by other states, even when those permit holders could not meet the standards required by Colorado law. Boulder also has concerns with regard to the open carrying of guns. While cities are prevented from restricting permitted holders of concealed weapons, Boulder wants to make sure it maintains the ability to prevent the open carrying of guns in its public facilities. The open carrying of weapons is alarming to many people and can create logistical issues for the police department.
c)      Repeal of Previously-Passed Legislation to Reduce Gun Violence

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Carl Castillo
Chief Policy Advisor
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