Amid continuing gun violence, CTR attends Dragonman’s 33rd Annual Freedom Shoot and talks with attendees about gun policy, also a visit to Raw Tools, a nonprofit that turns guns into garden tools.
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Gun Enthusiasts Hold ‘Front Range Freedom Shoot’ Following Week of Gun Violence
Following a week of gun violence that included the public assassination of a conservative activist and a shooting at Evergreen High School that injured two students, gun enthusiasts took part in the “33rd Annual Front Range Freedom Shoot” at Dragonman’s range complex east of Colorado Springs. The two-day event was described as a “next-level range day focused on keeping the 2A [Second Amendment] community in Colorado alive.”
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GOP Legislator: ‘Colorado Needs to be Burned to the Ground’ so Republicans Can Rise From the ‘Ashes’
As the legislative session comes down to its final days, one freshman Republican has harsh words for her Democratic colleagues. State Rep. Rebecca Keltie (R-Colorado Springs) in a Sunday evening interview on a libertarian podcast called her fellow legislators evil, soulless, and corrupt, before saying she thinks Colorado needs to be burned to the ground so Republicans can rise from the ashes.
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CO Springs Statehouse Race Focuses on LGBTQ Rights, Economy
In 2022, Rep. Stephanie Vigil (D-Colorado Springs) beat Republican Dave Donelson, a Colorado Springs City Councilor, by 710 votes. The narrow victory was a sign of the slow electoral shift in Colorado Springs, a city long considered a conservative stronghold. Since then, Vigil has focused on increasing protections for gig workers, renters, and LGBTQ people in Colorado, and that has made her public enemy number one for El Paso County Republicans.
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Defamation, Felony Defendants Rally for Trump in CO Springs
A caravan of late-model extended-cab trucks, SUVs, and motorcycles flying American flags, Trump flags, and “Fuck Biden” flags made its way slowly down I-25 Saturday morning, numbers growing after each stop at various points between the Timnath Walmart, just south of Fort Collins, and DCF Guns in Colorado Springs.
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El Paso County Politicos Prepare for 2024
Republicans looking to recover lost ground in 2024 will be pinning their hopes on legislative races in El Paso County. Last year, Democratic incumbent Rep. Marc Snyder (D-Manitou Springs) defeated Republican Shana Black, while Rep. Stephanie Vigil (D-Colorado Springs) squeezed out a narrow victory over Colorado Springs City Councilor Dave Donelson and Sen. Tony Exum (D-Colorado Springs) beat out former Sen. Dennis Hisey in newly redistricted Senate District 11.