From The Colorado Senate News:
"A bipartisan bill intended to shore up the right of Coloradans to defend themselves from imminent violence was killed in a Senate committee Monday by majority Democrats.
Senate Bill 115, authored by Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, would have given an individual injured in an attack in a “gun-free zone” the right to bring a civil action against a government agency that designated the zone if possession of a firearm could have helped the law-abiding vicitm defend himself.
“Gun-free zones serve one purpose--to disarm law-abiding citizens," Brophy said. "That is why I prefer to call them, 'criminal-safe zones.' Let's face it, they offer an additional guarantee to thugs that they can get by with just about anything."
The measure was co-sponsored by a host of Republicans in both chambers as well as one Democrat--Sen. Lois Tochtrop.
Despite testimony in favor of the bill and none against, Democrats on the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee voted to kill the bill.
