Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis
| Docket Number | 18SC817 |
| Decision Date | 29 June 2020 |
In response to high-profile mass shootings in the state, the Columbine High School shootings of 1999 and the Aurora movie theater shooting in 2012. In both attacks, the shooters used large-capacity ammunition magazines. In response to the shootings, the Colorado General Assembly passed HB 1224 to prohibit the same, transfer or possession of any "large-capacity magazine." Plaintiffs Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (a Colorado nonprofit organization), the National Association for Gun Rights (a...
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7 cases
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People ex rel. T.B.
...322. Declaring a statute unconstitutional is thus "one of the gravest duties impressed upon the courts." Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis, 2020 CO 66, ¶ 30, 467 P.3d 314, 323 (quoting Graves, ¶ 9, 368 P.3d at 322 ). However, we may not shirk this duty when a party has demonstrated that a ......
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State v. Misch
...on whether the statute is a reasonable exercise of the police power. See, e.g., Benjamin, 662 A.2d at 1233-34 ; Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis, 2020 CO 66, ¶ 61, 467 P.3d 314 ; Hilly v. City of Portland, 582 A.2d 1213, 1215 (Me. 1990) ; Mosby, 851 A.2d at 1044. This approach is distinct......
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People v. Plemmons
...(1896).¶ 68 The supreme court and the court of appeals continue to apply that standard today. See, e.g. , Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis , 2020 CO 66, ¶ 30, 467 P.3d 314, 323 ; Welch v. Colo. State Plumbing Bd. , 2020 COA 130 ¶ 15, 474 P.3d 236, 240.¶ 69 Although the Supreme Court's lan......
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People v. Duncan
...has previously rejected an argument being advanced by a subsequent party who is asserting plain error."); Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis, 2020 CO 66, ¶ 30, 467 P.3d 314 ("Statutes are entitled to a presumption of constitutionality, rooted in the doctrine of separation of powers, through......
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