This is a waste of time and money and will be struck down by the supreme court. Just like similar bills have in NY and CA. This only harms law abiding citizens. Criminals and mass killers do not care what the laws are and will do what ever they want. Archive:https://archive.today/H3M9T From the post: >>The proposed ban on the sale, transfer and manufacturing of many high-powered, semi-automatic guns in Colorado will face an uphill fight in the state Senate after clearing the House for the first time. The measure, House Bill 1292, would ban guns referred to as “assault” weapons by its Democratic sponsors. It now heads to a Senate committee that includes one of the most vocal gun violence prevention advocates in the state — who happens to be a longtime skeptic of the effectiveness of blanket prohibitions like the one proposed.