Protesters Push for Colorado Governor to Sign Executive Order Banning All Guns, Impose Mandatory Buyback

A group of gun control activists has gathered at the Colorado state capitol in Denver in a long-shot bid to convince Democratic Gov. Jared Polis to ban all guns in the state for at least 30 days.
The group, known as Here 4 The Kids, organized an all-day sit-in with the stated goal of getting Polis to adopt an executive order they’d already drafted for him. The executive order (pdf) would have Polis issue a disaster declaration over gun violence and “ban the use, loading, possession or carrying of all firearms in Colorado, including but not limited to firearms for personal protection, hunting, law enforcement or any otherwise lawful purpose for as long as this Executive Order shall remain in effect.”…}

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