Colorado laws that add 3-day wait period to buy guns and open paths to sue gun industry take effect

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Two Colorado gun control laws taking effect will require that firearm buyers wait three days before receiving their weapon and open up the gun industry to some legal liability.

Members of Denver’s East High School soccer team, right, sit in the house chamber at the Colorado Capitol in Denver after walking out of classes March 3, 2023, to push for legislative action after a fellow student was shot and killed near the school on Feb. 13. Colorado will join at least 10 other states Sunday, Oct. 1, when a law takes effect that requires a waiting period between purchasing a gun and receiving it. The three-day buffer is aimed at curtailing rash suicide attempts or violence.

Students from Denver’s East High School, seen protesting after a fellow student was shot and killed near the school on Feb. 13. 2023, push for legislative action outside the Colorado Capitol in Denver, March 3, 2023. Colorado will join at least 10 other states Sunday, Oct. 1, when a law takes effect that requires a waiting period between purchasing a gun and receiving it. The three-day buffer is aimed at curtailing rash suicide attempts or violence.

Noah Reich, left, and David Maldonado, the Los Angeles co-founders of Classroom of Compassion, set up a memorial near Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Nov. 22, 2022, with photographs of the five victims of a mass shooting at the gay nightclub. Colorado will join at least 10 other states Sunday, Oct. 1, when a law takes effect that requires a waiting period between purchasing a gun and receiving it. The three-day buffer is aimed at curtailing rash suicide attempts or violence.

Members of Denver’s East High School soccer team, right, sit in the house chamber at the Colorado Capitol in Denver after walking out of classes March 3, 2023, to push for legislative action after a fellow student was shot and killed near the school on Feb. 13. Colorado will join at least 10 other states Sunday, Oct. 1, when a law takes effect that requires a waiting period between purchasing a gun and receiving it. The three-day buffer is aimed at curtailing rash suicide attempts or violence.

Members of Denver’s East High School soccer team, right, sit in the house chamber at the Colorado Capitol in Denver after walking out of classes March 3, 2023, to push for legislative action after a fellow student was shot and killed near the school on Feb. 13. Colorado will join at least 10 other states Sunday, Oct. 1, when a law takes effect that requires a waiting period between purchasing a gun and receiving it. The three-day buffer is aimed at curtailing rash suicide attempts or violence.

 

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