DENVER—Colorado sheriffs upset with new state gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year’s mass shootings are trying to invalidate the regulations with a federal lawsuit filed Friday that argues the measures violate the Second Amendment.

At issue are two laws passed this spring that are set to take effect July 1, limiting the size of the of ammunition magazines to 15 rounds and expanding background checks to private and online firearm sales.

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File this under: Can’t Make This Shit Up.

FYI: IVAN MORENO (Associated Press), is a Mexican illegal alien working out of Denver.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has been on a quiet march to Congress to lobby members to pass gun control legislation and tighten carry laws.

More than 100 hit Capitol Hill this month alone, NBC reported.

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Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney blocked four gun-control bills from coming to the Senate floor to avoid what appeared to be a certain defeat for them.

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The Texas House Saturday passed a bill that would allow students with concealed handgun licenses to carry firearms in classrooms and buildings.

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AUSTIN — The Texas House is set to meet Saturday with a calendar full of gun bills and poised to drive a partisan wedge through the lower chamber.

House lawmakers Saturday will take up more than a dozen Second Amendment proposals in what is aptly being dubbed around the state Capitol as “gun day.”

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WELD COUNTY, Colo. – Weld County commissioners have given tentative approval to a local ordinance that prohibits the county from restricting residents’ gun rights.

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TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a law two new controversial gun laws Monday.

GREELEY, Colo.—Two Greeley billboards on which images of Native Americans are used to make a pro-gun rights argument are causing a stir with some residents who say the image is offensive and insensitive.

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More than 170,000 firearms have been lost or stolen from the inventories of federally-licensed gun dealers since 2004, but about six in 10 licensees had gone at least five years without a compliance inspection from 2007 to 2012.

A report from the Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) attributes the findings to a lack of investigator resources and other competing priorities as the number of FFLs increased by 16 percent — 106,214 to 123,587 — between 2004 and 2011.

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By Charlie Spiering

A generous estimation of the crowd size would have been about 100 people, including members of the media.

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