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              Pro-Gun Group Moves To Overturn Colorado's `Red Flag' Law   
      
      2:12 PM 05/03/2019 | Guns and Gear   
      Whitney Tipton | Reporter   
      
      A gun-rights group in Colorado sued Democratic Gov. Jared Polis Thursday   
      over the state's "red flag" gun law, alleging the process used to pass the   
      bill violated the state's constitution.   
      
      The suit was filed by Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (RMGO), and Republican   
      Reps. Patrick Neville, Lori Saine and Dave Williams, according to court   
      documents obtained by Colorado Public Radio.   
      
      The law, dubbed "red flag," was signed Apr. 12 after the passage of H.B.   
      1177. It enables family or authorities to ask the court to remove guns for   
      up to a year from someone deemed dangerous. Some sheriffs have publicly   
      vowed not to enforce it. (RELATED: Colorado Sheriff Would Risk Jail To   
      Defy `Red Flag' Gun Law)   
      
      Those who take issue with the new law believe its enforcement lacks due   
      process, because the accused is not represented prior to the issue of a   
      gun removal order, and because the burden of proof rests on the accused to   
      demonstrate they are no longer dangerous and should have their weapons   
      returned.   
      
      RMGO wants to void the new law because of the way it was passed. The   
      complaint alleges that during the legislative process, motions to have the   
      bill read twice in its entirety were denied, thereby violating Colorado's   
      Constitution. The group seeks to have the law overturned.   
      
      "Democrats used illegal and unconstitutional tactics and methods to push a   
      bill that would remove due process rights for our citizens." RMGO's   
      president Dudley Brown said during a press conference Thursday.   
      
      Neville played a video at the conference of the Colorado House   
      deliberating the H.B. 1177 on Mar. 1, showing a request from Republicans   
      for a second reading, after which several clerks went to the House floor   
      to read different portions of the bill aloud at the same time.   
      
      Republicans claim this process made the bill impossible to understand.   
      
      Colorado Republicans successfully sued over the same issue, according to   
      the Denver Post. Senate Republicans successfully sued Senate Democratic   
      President Leroy Garcia in March in Denver District Court for not reading a   
      bill at length. The judge sided with Republicans, saying that bill   
      readings have to be understandable.   
      
      Democrats argue the lawsuit is not about the legislative process, rather   
      "this is about the gun lobby trying to unwind a popular measure to help   
      save and protect lives in Colorado," Democratic House Majority Leader Alec   
      Garnett said in a statement to the Post.   
      
      The law is set to take effect in January 2020.   
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