A view looking north at Cheesman Park in Denver on Aug. 7, 2020. (Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline)
A Colorado bill would ban firearms from 19 locations defined as “sensitive” spaces.
Senate Bill 24-131 , introduced on Wednesday, would prohibit firearms, either concealed or not, in such places as public parks, community recreation centers, hospitals, sporting venues, bars, libraries, universities, voting centers and government buildings. It would also prohibit people from carrying guns at events like protests and rallies.
“This is just common sense. We really need to have a designation of where it’s OK to have a firearm and where it’s not,” bill sponsor Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, a Longmont Democrat, said.
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The bill contains exemptions for law enforcement officers, members of the military, security personnel and people participating in an organized college extracurricular. It would not apply to guns that are in locked containers in someone’s car at one of the specified places.