DENVER — Four cities in Boulder County pushed forward a list of gun control measures this week in what could presage a coordinated effort at the local level to enact firearms reforms in Colorado amid a surge of gun violence in the country and a deepening division over what to do about it.
Boulder, Louisville, Lafayette and Superior passed a series of ordinances Tuesday night — among them bans on the possession of assault weapons, raising the age to 21 to own a gun and imposing a 10-day waiting period before delivery of firearm — in an attempt to address a recent spate of mass shootings across the country alongside everyday gun violence on city streets.
In some of the cities, the measures need a second and final vote in the coming weeks to become official.
