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Boulder County Consortium of Cities - special meeting on gun violence prevention. Held Wednesday, July 7, 2021, 6:30-8:30pm. For more information about the Consortium of Cities, visit: https://boco.org/
A
Panelists
and
wanted
to
just
give
a
little
bit
of
background
in
regards
to
consortium
of
cities
a
couple
things
about
what
we're
doing
right
now
for
2021
as
the
new
lead
for
for
this
year.
Starting
in
january.
Our
first
meeting
was
the
the
first
week
of
february,
and
so
what
we
did
is
change
the
format
a
little
bit
just
really
to
focus
on
working
cohorts
and
working
together,
and
so
in
2021
members
have
agreed
to
share
how
their
own
jurisdictions
are
addressing
or
have
addressed.
A
And
so
in
february,
we
heard
from
sally
anderson,
congressman
augustus,
deputy
chief
of
staff
district
director
to
give
us
some
insight
about
what
what
the
what
was
coming
along
in
the
session.
What
to
plan
for
in
april
we
and
in
february
excuse
me.
We
also
then
worked
with
our
the
group
that
was
on
from
leaves
from
each
one
of
those
municipalities
and
talked
about
what
those
priority
focus
areas
were
and
then
chose
those
topics
for
this
year.
In
april
we
talked
about
natural
disasters
and
resiliency
again
with
presentations
from
around
the
area.
A
Some
of
the
other
topics
that
we've
agreed
to
and
discussed
together
that
would
be
really
helpful
for
each
one
of
our
communities
is
to
talk
about
economic
vitality,
which
we'll
do
on
august
4th
and
economic
sustainability
in
october,
we'll
discuss
sustainability
initiatives
and
then,
in
december,
we'll
talk
about
equity
in
general,
amongst
communities,
and
so
the
exciting
part
about.
All
of
that
is
really
looking
at
how
our
communities
define
the
priority
area,
because
we
know
it's
different
depending
on
where
we
are
throughout
boulder
county.
A
I
want
to
do
a
little
bit
of
introduction
and
go
over
the
agenda
for
folks
who
might
be
watching
later,
who
won't
be
reading
through
the
chat
we
meet
on
what
the
first
wednesday
of
every
every
other
month
from
6
30
to
8
30
p.m.
And
tonight
we
have
a
group
of
folks
that
are
going
to
be
presenting
on
the
the
opportunities
in
local
communities
based
on
senate
bill,
256
to
look
at
local
gun
regulation,
and
so
we
have
a
few
different
presenters.
A
We've
had
a
change
of
schedule
through
the
day,
one
of
our
subject
matter.
Experts
was
not
was
not
able
to
to
join
us.
We
are
still
virtual
and
we'll
be
in
person,
hopefully
later
on.
This
fall
with
a
lot
of
other
organizations,
so
I
do
want
to
give
a
special
thank
you
to
boulder
county
staff,
who's,
helping
us
one
navigate
the
the
virtual
and
world
chair
and
then
also
to
one
of
our
policy
analysts
mark
cousin,
who
supports
from
a
staff
perspective.
A
Give
folks
that
are
panels
who
are
members
of
the
consortium
who
are
on
an
opportunity
to
do
a
brief
introduction
of
your
name
and
your
title
and
your
agency
just
so
we
one
so
we
know
who's
here
and
also
for
folks
who
are
looking
to
find
out
who
their
rep
is
in
their
area.
That
would
be
a
great
opportunity,
so
I
am
going
to.
A
Try
my
best
on
the
screen
to
call
names
out
so
that
you'll
have
an
opportunity
again
just
to
say
your
name
and
and
your
title
and
which
jurisdiction
municipality
that
you're
that
you're
with
and
then
we
will
go
into
our
presentations.
We
always
the
consortium
of
cities.
We
always
take
a
break
in
in
the
middle
of
our
work
so
that
we
can
shift
positions
or
grab
something
to
eat
for
dinner,
et
cetera
as
life
continues
on
the
virtual
world,
so
you
will
be
able
to
expect
a
little
bit
of
a
break.
A
We
do
have
some
of
our
registry,
our
legislators
here
with
us
this
evening
as
well.
So
again,
this
is
a
conversation
that
was
brought
to
us
by
community
just
to
find
out.
How
can
we
address
and
respond
to
state
legislation
that
has
occurred
so
the
same
way
that
we're
responding
to
other
legislation,
for
example
the
transportation
bill
260.?
A
A
D
E
J
K
L
A
L
A
G
A
Great,
thank
you
all
and
I'll
try
and
watch
the
participant
list
in
case
there's
other
folks
that
join
us
and
on
the
panelist
side,
while
we're,
while
we're
talking
to
give
them
an
opportunity
to
introduce,
which
is
just
how
we
typically
do
our
consortium
meetings.
So
thanks
again
everybody
for
for
participating.
G
Thanks
marta-
and
it
is
really
a
pleasure
to
be
here
with
all
of
you
tonight
for
tim-
and
I
have
been
kind
of
working
on
this
concept
for
coming
up
with
a
collaborative
kind
of
collective
action
that
we
could
take
in
response
to
12
56,
so
excited
to
be
here,
and
I
think
tim's
going
to
do
most
of
the
presenting
and
also
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
edie
hooton
and
julia
mobile
and
steve
femberg.
If
he's
here
for
getting
us
here
with
1256.
A
B
While
we're
waiting
to
do
that,
I
just
want
to
echo
rachel's
comments.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
tonight
and
as
or
more
importantly,
thank
you
to
representative
amabile
representative
putin
for
moving
forward
with
a
number
of
initiatives,
not
the
least
of
which
is
sb
256,
which
is
kind
of
really
the
focus
tonight.
B
B
B
We
we
just
passed
a
fourth
of
july
weekend
in
our
country,
where
233
people
were
killed
with
gun
violence,
I
think
close
to
500
were
injured,
and
surprisingly,
that
number
was
down
26
from
the
year
before.
So
it
is
an
epidemic.
I
think,
in
the
state
of
new
york.
Over
this
past
month,
more
people
died
from
gun
violence
than
ron
kovet.
B
G
No,
I
think,
that's
well
said
tim
and
again
the
genesis
is
sort
of.
I
would
say
that
tim
and
I
and
others
were
kind
of
watching
the
the
state
legislation
move
forward
and
thinking
through.
How
could
we
collaborate
to
to
take
advantage
of
opportunities
to
to
try
and
keep
our
our
cities
safest,
especially
given
what
had
happened
in
boulder
in
march?
So
I
think
probably
next
slide.
B
All
of
these
contribute
to
to
us
being
safer,
but
what
we
know
is
that
it's
not
necessarily
far
enough
and
the
previous
slide
kind
of
highlighted
that
so
there's
more
to
do
and
the
the
question
is:
what
what
can
we
do?
What
can
we
possibly
do
and-
and
that's
that's
where
we
are
today
and
because
of
256
being
signed
into
into
law?
B
B
So
we,
as
local
leaders,
have
an
opportunity
to
do
more
than
just
past
resolutions
that
urge
the
state
legislature
to
act.
We
get
to
act
at
this
point,
but
wanting
to
do
it
and
actually
bringing
you
to
fruition
are
two
very
different
things.
So
what
we
want
to
do
is
touch
on
how
we
might
do
it
rachel.
Any
any
comments
on
256
before
we
jump
in.
G
Yeah,
I
I
would
just
highlight
the
first
bullet,
that
being
the
first
state
to
repeal
preemption
is,
is
really
exciting
for
colorado
and
an
opportunity
for
us
to
do
something:
novel
and
inventive.
In
light
of
that,
and
and
as
you
will
hear
from
our
reps,
the
the
whole
point
of
that
is
that
cities
are
in
a
good
position
to
to
respond
to
the
type
of
gun
violence
that
they
experience
in
their
cities.
G
In
a
city
like
boulder
with
a
higher
population
density
and
a
higher
number
of
people
coming
into
to
our
space
during
the
work
days,
we
know
that
those
things
statistically
correlate
with
a
higher
likelihood
of
mass
shootings,
so
we
will
likely
go
for
something
like
an
assault
weapons
ban,
but
that
is
reinstating
it.
So
that
is
not
something
that
that
all
of
the
cities
are
going
to
want
to
do.
But
it's
a
it's.
G
B
So
there
are
many
challenges:
to
enacting
local
gun
laws
and
and
really
at
the
front
of
it.
I
think
what
we
have
to
acknowledge
is
that
anything
we
do
locally
will
be
less
impactful
than
it
would
be
if
it
were
adopted
statewide
and
it's
even
less
less
so
than
if
it
would
have
been
adopted
nationwide.
So
what
we're
not?
What
we're
not
looking
for
here
is
the
perfect.
B
You
know
we
need
to
accept
the
fact
we're
not
going
to
end
mass
shootings,
we're
not
going
to
end
gun
violence,
but
we
can
make
things
a
bit
better
and
potentially
lay
out
a
framework
that
could
be
followed
by
others
and
the
more
that
join,
potentially
the
safer.
We
can
make
it
for
folks
and
rachel.
You
probably
have
a
better
perspective
than
than
most
on
just
how
hard
it
is
to
do
some
things.
Even
at
the
local
level,
given
boulder's
experience
back
from
2018.
G
I
was
involved
from
from
the
other
side
of
the
diocese
at
the
time
as
an
activist,
and
it
was
a
lot
of
time
and
energy
for
our
city,
attorney's
office
and
staff
just
to
research,
what
might
be
a
a
constitutional
gun
law
and
and
how
to
craft
it.
So
it
is
a
huge
lift
if
you
don't
have
a
lot
of
help
and
then
there
is
the
aspect
of
just
there's
really
strong
opposition
people
turn
out
and
there's
a
lot
of
kind
of
bullying
and
difficulty
around.
G
Just
the
the
and
a
lot
of
just
strong
energy
against
trying
to
enact
laws
that
are
really
about.
You
know:
freedom
from
from
the
devastating
impacts
of
gun
violence
and
be
that
suicide
or
homicide
mass
shooting.
So
it
is
a
really
big
lift
for
cities
and
a
big
part
of
what
tim-
and
I
are
trying
to
do
today,
is
to
start
a
dialogue
about
how
we
can
make
that
really
much
easier
and
doable
for
for
each
individual
city
to
adopt.
B
B
The
first
is
really
around
the
definition
of
collective
action.
If
we
were
to
act
together
on
a
set
of
common
ordinances,
we
may
not
be
able
to
get
them
enacted
statewide,
but
we
can
have
a
larger
impact.
We
could
potentially
impact
a
large
percentage
of
the
residents
of
colorado
in
order
to
do
this,
we've
got
to
tap
into
the
national
experts,
the
folks
who
understand
not
just
the
legislation
but
the
impact
of
that
legislation
and
how
it
should
be
prioritized.
B
We
can
do
things
that
are
consistent
and
we
have
the
ability
to
talk
with
law
enforcement
and
come
up
with
approaches
that
make
sense
and
can
be
accepted
and
enforced
by
our
various
local
law
enforcement
groups
and
then,
lastly,
working
with
the
attorney
general,
the
attorney
general's
office,
to
get
their
review
and
their
insight,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
that
anything
we
do
is
will
will
withstand
the
scrutiny
of
the
courts
and
will
will
be
upheld.
So
we
want
good
ordinances.
B
G
No
other
than
obviously
we're
still
at
a
really
early
stage
and
and
part
of
what
we're
doing
here
tonight
is
is
sort
of
inviting
the
dialogue
around.
How
can
we
do
this
in
a
way
that
is
most
helpful
and
responsive
to
any
individual
community's
needs?
So
you
know
the
bottom
bullet.
Our
our
goal
is
is
with
the
help
of
giffords
in
every
town,
to
just
come
with
a
come
up
with
a
set
of
model
ordinances.
G
That
would
be
the
same
and
vetted,
and
you
know
I
don't
know
that
we
can
say
will
withstand
constitutional
ground
challenges,
but
but
have
the
best
likelihood
of
surviving
giving
the
given
the
legal
landscape.
So
we
want
this
to
be
super
easy
kind
of
plug
and
play
what
are
the?
What
are
the
ordinances
that
your
constituencies
are
interested
in
and
here's
a
here's,
a
really
light
lift
for
your
attorney's
offices
and
to
be
able
to
run
with
those
and
modify
them
as
as
desired
by
your
cities.
G
B
B
G
So
the
first
tier
would
be
we're
calling
strong
group,
and
so
those
are
ordinances
that
when
we
combine
them
with
our
colorado
state
laws,
they
bring
us
to
a
giffords
standard
of
strong.
And
then
we
have
a
stronger
group,
which
is
when
we
combine
it
with
state
laws.
We're
at
the
we,
as
cities
will
be
at
their
what
they
call
stronger
level
gun
safety
laws,
and
then
strongest
group
will
be
a
set
of
ordinances.
G
G
And
then
we
will
work
on
sort
of
communication
strategies
for
each
ordinance
that
we'd
be
discussing
and
giffords
and
every
town
are
working
together
on
that
and
then
for
those
that
that
do
want
to
participate
in
kind
of
a
wave
one
of
rolling
out
some
gun
laws.
We
are
looking
at
maybe
a
coordinated
schedule
for
different
cities
to
kind
of
join
together
and
participate
in
a
coordinated
rollout
and
that's
beneficial
in
a
couple
of
ways
that
I
think
we
will
get
into
later.
B
B
What
we're
looking
to
do
is
set
in
motion
a
set
of
rational,
well-thought-out
things
that
can
be
adopted
at
a
local
level
that
can
set
the
stage
and
and
give
a
give
a
pathway
for
other
communities
to
follow,
so
that
that's
our
goal
here,
as
as
rachel
said,
no
one's
required
to
do
anything.
But
at
the
same
time
the
belief
is
if
we
can
garner
the
resources
into
a
toolkit,
it
can
make
it
a
lot
easier
and
eliminate
some
of
the
resource
barriers
to
actually
examining
this.
B
G
B
Yeah
and
and
just
to
kind
of
add
to
that
a
little
bit,
we're
intent,
we
intentionally
don't
want
to
roll
things
out
if
you
will,
until
they've
been
fully
vetted.
So
the
idea
is
first,
we
want
to
explain
the
process,
then
what
we
want
to
do
is
let
the
experts
talk
a
bit
with
you
and
then
kind
of
get
to
work.
B
We've
hit
on
we've
hit
on
all
these
things
already,
but
just
to
reiterate
rachel's
point
from
the
beginning
of
this:
the
passing
and
the
signing
of
senate
bill
256
is
a
really
big
deal.
It's
it's
kind
of
a
a
new
day.
If
you
will
state
preemption
hasn't
been
repealed
before
at
least
that's
our
understanding
from
from
our
partners.
B
B
E
So,
as
tim
mentioned,
along
with
my
colleague
andrew
from
everytown,
I'm
going
to
give
some
ideas
for
local
collective
action
and
before
I
go
into
specific
ordinances,
I
wanted
to
give
some
examples
of
the
power
of
collective
action.
So
california
is
a
state
that
affords
localities
wide
latitude
to
address,
gun
violence
and
now
california
has
joined
california.
E
Now
I
want
to
also
highlight
one
particular
local
effort,
known
as
the
east
bay
corridor
project,
so
back
in
the
early
90s
cities
and
a
number
of
communities
that
were
particularly
impacted
by
gun.
Violence
were
having
issues
with
the
proliferation
of
these
cheap,
dangerous
cheaply
made
and
inexpensive
and
dangerous
handguns
and
those
were
the
saturday
night,
specials
or
junk
guns
that
I
referenced.
E
E
All
of
the
participating
localities
plus
five
neighboring
jurisdictions
and
alameda
and
contra
costa
county
had
banned
junk
guns
and
that
those
local
bans
bega
became
the
basis
for
a
very
comprehensive
statewide
law
in
california,
known
as
the
unsafe
handgun
act,
and
california
is
now
actually
one
of
only
two
states
that
that
regulate,
unsafe,
handguns
so
comprehensively,
and
these
communities
also,
you
know,
worked
collectively
to
enact
gun,
dealer
ordinances
and,
as
a
result,
it.
The
number
of
gun
dealers
in
these
communities
dramatically
dropped
in
oakland.
E
So
now
I
would
like
to
give
some
examples
of
the
types
of
ordinances
that
tim
and
rachel
mentioned
in.
You
know
what
we
would
consider
the
strongest
category
and
I'm
going
to
start
with
comprehensive
dealer
regulations
because
of
the
example
that
I
just
gave
and
when
I'm
talking
about
comprehensive
dealer
regulation,
I'm
really
talking
about
laws
that
give
communities,
oversight
and
the
power
to
revoke
licenses
of
dealers
who
are
not
operating
lawfully
or
not
in
compliance
with
laws
that
the
community
feels
are
necessary
for
responsible
operation.
E
So
you
know,
normally
these
licenses
are
issued
by
local
law
enforcement
in
the
community,
and
you
know
just
a
point
about
non-compliant
dealers
and
the
ability
of
a
locality
to
revoke
a
license
by
a
non-compliant
dealer,
while
atf
does
license
dealers
and
they
they
grant
them
federal
licenses
or
licenses.
The
atf
very
rarely
revokes
dealer
licenses
even
by
people
by
dealers
who
are
found
to
have
violated
federal
or
state
law,
so
giving
localities
this
power
to
revoke
licensees
or
licenses.
I'm
sorry
is
really
actually
an
important
and
powerful
step.
E
E
You
may
not
engage
in
those
first
amendment
protected
activities
and
these
other
constitutional
rights,
because
you
are
afraid
of
being
shot
by
someone
who
gets
really
angry,
and
this
is
not
a
you
know-
a
species
concern.
This
is
this
has
actually
happened
when
tensions
get
high
and
there
are
guns
in
public.
E
People
have
been
shot
at
movie
theaters
in
parking
lots,
but
I
think
it's
particularly
insidious
when
these
these
open
carry
situations
are
directed
at
people
of
color
who
are
engaging
in
these
activities,
because
we
know
that
communities
of
color
are
disproportionately
impacted
by
gun
violence.
So
when
a
person
of
color
is,
you
know,
lining
up
at
their
polling
station
and
they
see
a
person
carrying
a
gun,
they
very
well
may
turn
around,
and
we
obviously
do
not
want
that
to
happen
and
because
there
is
no
really
valid
reason
for
carrying
that
gun.
E
Like
I
just
described
bars
where
people
are
intoxicated
and
places
where
people
are
being
treated
for
mental
illness,
places
that
have
been
historic
targets
of
violence
such
as
houses
of
worship
and
areas
where
there
are
high
concentrations
of
children
and
teens,
such
as
daycares
playgrounds,
etc,
residential
facilities,
and
I
also
want
to
mention
that
these
carrying
restrictions
are
also
good
opportun
options
for
colleges
and
universities
that
are
in
jurisdictions
that
have
not
chosen
to
take
such
local
action.
So
they
can
do
this
on
their
own.
D
Great,
thank
you
so
much
allison
and
thank
you
again,
everyone
for
having
me
here
this
evening
again
andrew
kowawski,
I'm
the
deputy
director
of
state
policy
at
every
town
for
gun
safety.
So
the
first
thing
I'm
going
to
talk
about
which
you
may
wish
to
consider
are
assault
weapons,
prohibitions,
so
assault
weapons,
as
we
all
know
too
well,
are
frequently
used
in
mass
shootings.
D
Our
organization
actually
did
a
study
of
all
of
the
mass
shootings
defined
as
incidents
where
four
more
people
were
shot
and
killed
from
2009
to
2018,
and
what
we
found
is
that
assault
weapons
were
responsible
for
32
percent
of
all
of
the
firearm
deaths
in
those
incidents
and
about
82
of
firearm
injuries.
So
when
assault
weapons
are
used
in
mass
shooting
incidents,
the
resulting
deaths
are
six
times
that
of
incidents
that
don't
involve
a
assault
weapon.
D
So
it's
very
clear
that
assault
weapons
pose
a
very
real
public
safety
risk
and
there
is
the
opportunity
on
the
local
level
to
regulate
them.
Obviously,
boulder
has
already
done
this,
but
there
is
the
opportunity
in
other
municipalities,
and
you
just
need
to
think
carefully
about
how
you
structure
the
law,
how
you
define
assault
weapons,
assault,
weapons
which
are
high-powered
semi-automatic.
Firearms
are
generally
defined
by
certain
features,
and
particularly
the
characteristics
or
the
presence
of
a
one
or
more
military
style
features.
D
So
you
have
to
think
about
how
you
define
an
assault
weapon,
how
you
address
currently
possessed
assault,
assault
weapons
and
also
whether
their
weather,
exemptions
for
law
enforcement
and
military
and
what
other
exemptions
you
might
need.
But
that's
one
possibility,
and
we
also
know
that
assault
weapons
are
made
even
more
effective
when
they
are
paired
with
high-capacity
magazine
restrictions
similar
similarly
to
assault
weapons.
D
We
also
found
that
in
those
incidents
in
that
10-year
period
about
60
percent
of
mass
shooting
incidents
involved,
a
high-capacity
magazine,
so
regulating
them
again
makes
public
safety
sense.
There's
a
strong
amount
of
research
that
regulating
high-capacity
magazines
can
prevent
mass
shootings
and
prevent
gun
violence
generally,
and
you
know
it's
something
that
colorado
state
law
actually
already
regulates.
D
The
main
issue
and
the
opportunity
on
the
local
level
is
that
colorado
regulates
high-capacity
magazines
as
a
general
matter
that
can
accept
15
rounds
of
ammunition
or
more
now,
most
state
laws
actually
set
the
bar
a
little
bit
lower
and
regulate
when
ammunition.
What
a
magazine
can
accept,
10
rounds
of
ammunition
or,
more
so
there's
an
opportunity
on
the
local
level
to
build
upon
what
the
state
law
does
and
set
a
lower
bar
and
prohibit
all
high-capacity
magazines
that
can
accept
10
rounds
of
ammunition
or
more
so.
D
D
Certainly,
they
can
be
made
by
a
3d
printer
at
home,
but
more
commonly
they're
made
from
easily
accessible
parts
that
can
be
purchased
on
the
internet
without
a
background
check
because
they
can
be
purchased
without
a
background
check
and
because
they
lack
a
serial
number
which
makes
them
untraceable
and
makes
it
very
difficult
for
law
enforcement
to
solve
gun
crimes.
When
these
guns
do
inevitably
turn
up
at
crime
scenes,
they
are
becoming
the
favorite
tool
of
violent
criminals,
violent
extremists
and
other
people
who
are
legally
prohibited
from
buying
or
having
guns.
D
So
municipalities
can
take
steps
to
regulate
ghost
guns.
Colorado
has
no
state
ghost
guns
law,
it
does.
They
do
not
regulate
them
and
unfortunately
the
federal
government
does
not
either.
Some
of
you
may
have
heard,
obviously
that
the
biden
administration
has
proposed
a
change
to
federal
regulations
to
address
the
threat
of
ghost
guns,
but
that
is
no
barrier
to
local
action
and
obviously
it
can
take
some
time
before
the
rule
goes
into
effect.
D
So
local
localities
can
act
and
can
act
immediately
to
do
two
things.
They
can
first
prohibit
the
possession,
sale
or
manufacture
of
unserialized
firearms
or,
alternatively,
and
in
conjunction
they
can
prohibit
the
purchase
or
sale
or
possession
of
unserialized
firearm
parts,
particularly
firearm
frames
or
receivers,
and
this
would
help
address
the
growing
code
of
ghost
guns
and
help
them
help
ensure
that
they
don't
proliferate
in
your
communities.
Obviously,
as
I
mentioned,
it's
it's
a
serious
threat
to
you
know:
gun
violence
prevention
across
the
country,
ghost
gun
recoveries
in
california
are
up
exponentially.
D
We've
seen
cities
like
washington,
dc
and
syracuse
new
york
really
experience
an
influx
of
ghost
guns,
and
it's
really
a
critical
time
to
address
this
before
you
know
the
situation
gets
worse.
So
ghost
guns
are
another
idea,
and
then
I
want
to
talk
about
two
more.
So
the
next
idea
I
wanted
to
talk
about
is
setting
a
minimum
age
to
purchase
semi-automatic
firearms,
and
this
is
actually
raising
the
age
to
purchase
rifles
and
shotguns
to
21
years
old.
D
Obviously,
given
that
video
shows
that
teenagers
18
to
20
year
olds
can
make
gun
homicides
at
four
times
the
rate
of
adults
who
are
21
years
or
older,
this
is
a
public
safety
risk.
There's
also
some
evidence
given
that
most
school
shooters
are
18
or
younger
and
have
a
connection
to
the
school
that
setting
a
minimum
age
to
purchase.
Firearms
at
21
can
be
an
effective
school
safety
solution
and
again
remember
we're
talking
about
purchase
and
obviously
the
intent
is
not
to
prohibit
recreational
activities
or
to
prohibit
hunting
or
sports
shooting.
I
D
D
They
can
reconsider
their
decision
and
it's
incredibly
important
when
you
consider
that
firearms
are
a
incredibly
lethal
means
of
suicide
suicide.
Attempts
with
a
firearm
are
about
90
successful
when
you
compare
other
means.
Other
means
are
about
four
percent
successful
and
the
vast
majority
of
people
who
attempt
suicide
and
survive.
D
Do
not
go
on
to
commit
suicide,
ultimately,
so
I'm
giving
that
lethality
and
given
the
impulsive
nature
of
firearm
suicide,
inserting
this
time
period
into
you
know
the
between
the
purchase
and
the
transfer
of
a
firearm
can
be
critical
and
it
can
help
save
lives.
Now
you
can
decide
what
is
appropriate
for
your
local
community
based
on
the
number
of
days
you
want
to.
A
A
A
L
A
Great
and
we
had
senator
finberg
on
who
had
to
jump
off
to
another
call,
so
we
won't
get
to
hear
we
won't
get
to
hear,
but
that
from
from
the
senator,
but
we'll
that'll
give
our
reps
a
few
few
extra
minutes
to
to
talk
with
us
this
evening
as
well.
So
I
want
to,
as
we
step
back
up
again,
just
give
a
quick
kind
of
touch
base
a
little
bit
on
the
consortium
city.
A
Just
in
general,
we
talked
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
about
some
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
right
now,
but
I
think
it
might
be
helpful
for
for
folks
who
are
participating
to
hear
about
some
of
the
accomplishments
and
the
work
that
the
consortium
has
done
in
the
past.
To
give
you
some
background
about
this
particular
group,
that's
that's
led
by
boulder
county
in
2001
and
then
again,
2007
to
2024
so
has
not
expired.
A
Yet
the
county-wide
transportation
sales
tax
was
approved
by
voters
in
both
those
times
and
implements
a
one-tenth
of
one
percent
sales
tax
for
transportation
improvements,
and
this
was
sponsored
and
supported
by
this
same
group,
the
consortium
of
cities.
At
that
time,
the
tax
provides
revenue
for
roadway
and
bikeway
bikeway
improvements,
intersection
projects,
transit
projects,
pedestrian
access
projects
and
improvements
to
regional
hiking
and
biking
trails,
and
the
tax
will
sunset,
as
I
already
mentioned
in
2024..
A
A
couple
other
examples
of
work
that
has
started
with
this
same
group.
The
consortium
of
cities
in
2012
to
2013,
the
water
stewardship
task
force
and
report
was
initiated,
initiated,
initiated
and
worked
on,
providing
governmental,
nonprofit
and
private
sector
entities
within
boulder
county,
a
forum
for
promoting
water
stewardship
through
collaborative
initiatives
which
mutually
benefit
our
communities
and
our
watersheds
and
the
task
force
explored
such
issue
areas
as
water
conservation,
water
sources
and
supply,
coordinated
drought
response
and
a
variety
of
educational
campaigns.
A
A
Individuals
in
our
community
who
are
experiencing
homeless
in
a
chronic
fashion.
This
study
included
an
assessment
of
the
barriers
and
challenges
to
developing
permanent
housing
solutions
for
these
residents
and
identified
the
types
of
properties
and
projects
that
could
be
constructed
in
boulder
county
to
meet
permanent
supportive
housing
needs,
and
so
I
share
those
it's
just
a
few
of
the
examples
and
and
just
based
on
a
couple
of
the
points
that
folks
shared
in
the
presentation
about
what
can
happen
when
we
do
collaborative
work.
A
What
can
happen
when
we
have
dialogues
and
conversations
with
local
elected
officials
who
know
their
communities
but
we're
all
part
of
the
boulder
county
region,
and
so
I
thought
that
might
be
helpful
for
folks
who
are
maybe
joining
in
on
this
conversation
for
the
first
time,
so
we'll
jump
back
to
our
agenda
and
we
are
moving
on
to
our
legislators,
and
so
I
want
to
give
a
couple
minutes.
Thank
you
both
rep
mobile
and
rep
putin
for
being
with
us
this
evening.
A
The
first
one
we'd
love
to
hear,
and
it
might
be
helpful
just
to
have
a
quick
little
piece
around
the
256
from
a
specific
standpoint
as
well,
but
after
hearing
tonight's
conversation
and
or
after
gathering
feedback
from
constituents
and
stakeholders.
What
are
your
thoughts
on
the
implementation
of
senate
bill
256
at
the
local
level?
Love
to
hear
from
both
of
you.
M
M
What
it
does
is
it
restores
a
provision
in
colorado,
state
constitution
that
has
been
there
since
1902,
which
acknowledges
the
right
of
colorado
communities
to
pass
ordinances
and
regulations
around
gun
legislation
that
reflects
the
values
and
the
interests
of
their
communities.
That
is
what
this
bill
does.
In
20
2003
the
owens
administration
led
an
effort
to
overturn
that
provision
in
our
state
constitution
and-
and
they
were
successful
in
that,
and
so
what
senate
bill
256
does.
M
M
We've
got
urban
areas
that
have
you
know
very
different
opinions
about
safety
and
and
how
they
would
like
to
see
their
laws,
their
ordinances
reflect
their
communities.
So
what
this
bill
does
is
once
again
restore
the
opportunity
for
robust
conversation
at
the
local
level
around
gun
prevention,
violence,
ordinances,
that's
that's
what
it
does.
M
Everything
else
that
was
discussed
tonight
about
gun
violence,
I
feel
very
care
very
deeply
about
as
a
policy
maker
and
just
as
a
mother
as
a
person
in
the
united
states,
seeing
the
statistics,
but
if
we're
speaking
about
this
bill,
repealing
the
colorado
pro
preemption
on
local
control
of
gun
violence.
This
is
exactly
why
I
stood
behind
it.
I
was
happy
to
advance
it
in
the
house.
H
Thank
you
thanks
for
that,
nice
introduction
edie,
and
we
did
really
work
together
as
a
team
in
the
state
legislature
this
year
to
to
pass
some
gun
safety
regulations,
and
I
think
what
I
heard
tonight,
this
idea
of
creating
some
model
legislation
so
that
cities
can
easily
decide
okay.
We
like
this.
We
like
that.
We
don't
like
this.
H
I
come
at
this.
Also
from
the
perspective
of
yes,
mass
shootings
are
horrible,
but
we
have
a
much
bigger
problem
and
that
is
gun
suicide
and
what
we
really
horribly
call
every
day
gun
violence.
So
every
day
people
are
dying
on
our
streets,
they're
dying
in
in
their
homes,
from
gun,
violence,
and
so
I'm
very
interested
in
us
addressing
all
the
different
things
that
go
along
with
that.
H
And
of
course
I
am
a
strong
proponent
of
improving
our
mental
health
care
delivery,
the
services
that
we
offer-
and
so
I
agree
we
really
do-
have
to
look
at
mental
health
in
our
community,
and
that
is
really
an
important
part
of
this
conversation.
Currently,
you
can
go
purchase
a
gun
that
can
fire.
However,
many
rounds
is
legal
here
in
colorado
and
it
takes
you
about
maybe
20
minutes
on
average
to
complete
that
purchase.
H
A
A
I
A
Appreciate
both
of
you
joining
in
on
the
conversation
and
you're,
welcome
to
stay
and
listen
and
to
the
dialogue
and
again
just
to
hear
what
some
of
the
conversations
are
one,
but
also
to
look
at
some
ways
that
you
might
be
able
to
support
that
work
as
you
move
move
along
in
your
public
service
as
well.
So
I
want
to
open
up
to
our
electives
to
ask
some
questions.
A
So
I
want
to
open
it
up
to
questions,
and
I
am
you
know,
just
moderating
that
and
we'll
do
my
best
to
watch
hands
that
might
jump
up
or
or
other
hands
that
might
pop
up
on
the
screen,
so
that
we
can
talk
about
this
conversation
and
we
will
start
closing
up
and
to
get
to
an
adjournment
at
8
25.
So
we
still
have
a
little
bit
of
time
for
conversation.
F
B
Back
back
after
the
king
super
shooting
and
after
the
initial
outreach,
boulder
city
council,
our
superior
board
of
trustees,
we
had
a
working
session
where
we
discussed
what
what
could
we
possibly
do
locally?
That
could
have
an
impact
and
the
recognition
at
the
time
that
the
state
preemption
was
there.
What
we
realized
is
it
was
premature
to
do
that.
B
But
my
perspective
on
this
is
the
next
step
is,
as
we
start
to
get
the
model,
the
draft
model
legislation
we
make
that
available
to
folks,
and
then
they
bring
it
to
their
local
town.
Boards
have
discussions
about
it
and
then,
as
representative
amabile
and
representative
putin
so
rightly
said,
then
set
up
the
plan
for
getting
resident
input
and
and
having
a
dialogue
about
this
and
understanding.
B
Where
is
your
town
or
your
city
or
your
county
on
this,
and
where?
Where
do
you
want
to
go?
Do
you
want
to
adopt
anything
you
know
and,
as
representative
of
a
said,
or
nothing
or
some
combination
of
things
that
can
have
an
impact?
So
to
me
the
the
start
is
around
getting
that
model
legislation
which
we're
working
with
giffords
in
every
town.
B
G
G
There
ideally
would
be
a
core
group
of
us
from
from
this
subset
of
local
representatives
who
are
collaborating
and
kind
of
coordinating
on
how
to
do
outreach
and
next
steps,
because
we
are
pretty
early
in
this
process
outside
of
the
work
that
giffords
is
doing.
So
I
think
a
concrete
next
step
would
be
having
people
who
are
interested
in
sort
of
being
involved
in
this,
and
maybe
ambassadors
for
reaching
out
to
their
councils.
A
J
Oh
okay,
all
right!
Well,
no!
I
I
actually
had
lowered
my
hand,
but
since
you
called
on
me,
I
had
a
different
question
actually
and
but
I
loaded
my
hand,
because
I
think
I
figured
out
the
answer
to
it.
So
some
the
earlier
presenters
talked
about
some
other
things,
such
as
the
minimum
age
of
purchase
and
licensing
gun
dealers,
and
I'm
not
familiar
with
what
the
licensing
requirements
are.
But
I
was
kind
of
curious
from
rap
putin
whether
that
kind
of
provision
would
be
included
in
the
allowance
of
local
control.
J
So
I
I
just
think
some
of
these
ideas
that
we
heard
earlier
on
are
really
important
to
keep
in
mind
and
and
then
the
other
aspect
of
the
bill
that
I
was
especially
interested
in
that
you
know
really
doesn't
require.
Collective
action
is
where
is
determining
where
people
are
allowed
to
carry
a
weapon,
and
that
also
was
preempted
and
your
bill
restored?
M
M
M
These
the
bill
once
again
gives
local
jurisdictions
the
authority
to
make
determinations
about
where
firearms
can
be
carried,
what
firearms
can
be
sold
in
their
communities,
and
it's
really
that
simple,
the
state
of
colorado
allows
for
concealed
carry.
So
if
you
are
traveling
through
a
community
that
has
ordinances
around
concealed,
carry
but
you're
just
traveling
through
you're
stopping
you're,
not
living
here,
you're,
not
violating
you
don't
know,
specifically
in
clear
terms
what
our
local
ordinances
are.
Then
you
are
acting
in
good
faith,
you're,
not
violating
anything.
M
That
is
not
going
to
involve
a
very
robust
community
conversation
where
everyone
has
an
opportunity
to
weigh
in,
and
that
includes
everyone
on
this
chat
who
lives
in
any
community
that
are
considering
ordinances
or
regulations
around
firearms.
Carry
purchase,
use
and
claire
help
me
if
I
didn't
address
your
question
more
fully.
A
N
A
A
E
C
C
As
you
have
done,
and
I
do
know
exactly
how
difficult
it
is
because
every
time
we
try
to
discuss
anything
even
slightly
about
guns
of
any
sort
in
the
city
of
longmont,
we
are
greeted
by
the
same
sort
of
comments
that
you
see
in
the
chat
and
it
that
con
there
isn't
a
possibility
of
conversation,
because
it's
just
about
snipe
comments
and
insults
and
threats.
And
you
know
it's
it's
very,
very
difficult.
C
C
Then
he
came
down
to
longmont
and
started
waving
his
gun
around
in
the
play
area
in
front
of
the
theater
and
someone
called
the
police,
the
police
came,
he
wouldn't
surrender
his
gun
and
they
shot
him.
But
so
this
is
an
example.
I'm
just
saying
this
is
like
weld
county
is
six
miles
away
whatever
we
do.
It
really
needs
to
be
something
that
the
adjacent
counties
can
collaborate
with
and
and
join
in,
because
we
can
do
whatever
we
want,
but
it
really
doesn't
it's
not
that
effective.
C
You
know
unless
we
can
get
everybody
piece
by
piece,
but
this
is
the
way
to
begin
is
to
collaborate
with
each
other
and
and
listen
to
everybody,
even
when
they're
being
rude
and
try
to
have
a
community
discussion
about
what
the
community
actually
needs.
So
I
I
really
appreciate
all
your
hard
work.
I
think
this.
The
red
flag
law
was
particularly
important
because,
as
we
know,
suicide
is
the
greatest
cause
of
gun
violence
80.
C
So
it's
not
people
like
this
crazy
guy.
I
was
talking
about
who
commit
gun
violence.
It
is
actually
people
turning
it
upon
themselves,
and
so
it
has
to
go
hand
in
hand
with
mental
health
care
and,
as
somebody
said,
that's
really,
as
steve
fenberg
said
today,
when
he
was
in
an
interview
we
do.
The
state
is
addressing
mental
health
care
that
that's
not
part
of
the
laws.
It's
it's
a
separate
issue.
G
Well,
I
was
thanks
marta
I
was
gonna,
follow
up
with
joan
peck's
statement
that
she
thought.
Maybe
this
was
the
the
wrong
time
for
the
conversation,
and
I'm
I'm
really
curious
what
she's
thinking
about
for
long
that.
So
I
wanted
to
say,
at
least
from
my
perspective,
I'd
love
to
hear
what
she's
thinking
and
have
that
dialogue
and
then
also
wanted
to
respond
to
paulie's
comments
about
you
know.
Essentially,
this
is
these
are
really
hard
conversations
to
have.
G
I
I
think
also
polly
was
getting
out
like
it's
it's
better
if
this
is
done
more
broadly
like,
ideally
this,
you
know
the
strong
laws
that
we
seek
would
be
done
at
the
national
or
the
state
level,
but
what
we're
left
with
is
is
picking
this
up
from
from
our
positions
and
kind
of
trying
to
lift
it
up.
So
I
guess
I'm
just
inviting
inviting
us
all
to
kind
of
lean
in
and
be
brave
where
it's
needed.
N
Yes,
I
am
going
to
speak.
Thank
you.
I
saw
in
the
in
the
chat
that
they
said
that
I
was
afraid
to
speak
up.
I
am
not
so
what
we
talked
about
a
couple
of
years
ago
and
lance
to
I
think
his
name
is
tuv
or
touve.
I
don't
know
how
to
pronounce
it
in
the
chat
was
correct
in
that
we
did
have
a
conversation
from
about
with
the
public,
about
gun
safety
and
firearms,
etc,
etc,
and
what
was
mentioned
was
mental
health
constantly.
N
So
about
a
month
ago,
I
made
a
motion
that
we
put
on
the
agenda
to
put
half
of
our
marijuana
tax
into
mental
health
and
addiction,
so
that
will
be
coming
up
on
our
calendar,
probably
in
the
next
couple
of
meetings.
So
I
agree
that
this
is
a
mental
health
problem.
First
and
foremost,
the
far
right.
The
far
left
everybody
in
between
have
mentioned
that
it
is
a
mental
health
issue,
and
I
agree
that
that's
where
we
need
to
start
first
and
all
the
people
in
the
chat.
N
N
It
was
just
inviting
people
to
hear
about
the
laws
that
were
passed
not
to
we
didn't
you
didn't
invite
pro
or
anti-gun
people.
It
looks
like
it
was
just
people
who
to
explain
the
laws,
so
I
think
that's
an
important
thing
to
mention
to
all
of
the
anti
people
who
are
angry,
that
they're
not
being
allowed
to
talk.
A
Sure
yeah
and
I
am
not
reading
through
the
chat
because
I'm
trying
to
manage
this
other
side,
but
I
can
reiterate
what
I
did
say
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
again.
This
is
a
consortium
of
cities
meeting
that
we
meet
every
other
month
to
talk
about
issues
that
are
affecting
our
community
priorities
and
have
done
some
really
amazing,
collaborative
work
and
you're
right-
and
this
is
another
conversation
with
elected
officials
around
boulder
county-
to
address
some
legislation
from
this
session.
A
The
same
way
that
we
will
be
talking
about
the
american
rescue
plan
act
in
those
funds,
the
same
way
that
we'll
be
talking
about
transportation
bills
that
have
passed
the
same
way
that
we're
our
meeting
in
regards
to
our
sales,
road
tax,
etc.
So,
hopefully,
that's
helpful
just
to
clarify
any
questions
that
folks
might
have
about
one.
What
the
meeting
is-
and
I
heard
I
believe
in
some
of
the
response
from
presenters-
that
is
really
important-
is
okay.
A
With
any
bill
that
gets
passed,
then
we
have
an
opportunity
locally
to
implement
to
make
a
choice.
How
are
we
going
to
implement
it?
How
many,
wherever
that
lands?
And
so
that's
the
conversation
that
folks
said:
yeah,
let's,
let's
have
a
have
a
discussion
together
about
that
and
we
can
put
our
heads
together
and
put
our
work
together.
But
what
somebody's
already
said
and
is
really
important
to
read
right,
I
believe
as
well
is
this
is
not
the
public
process.
This
is
a
conversation
just
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
okay.
A
B
B
There
are
so
many
aspects
to
this
and
we
should
be
looking
at
a
set
of
ordinances
that
have
impact
across
all
the
different
areas
of
gun,
violence
and
again,
suicide
has
to
be
at
the
top
of
the
list
when
we're
talking
about
that.
So
thank
you
again
for
the
opportunity
tonight
and
marta.
If
it's
all
right
can,
could
we
potentially
ask
our
the
folks
from
giffords
in
every
town,
if
they
kind
of
have
some
kind
of
closing
thoughts
as
some
of
the
local
communities
kind
of
embark
on
you
know,
investigating
and
researching
this.
A
E
Sure
I
can
go
ahead.
I
I
would
just
say
that
having
worked
with
numerous
communities
over
the
years
on
all
range
of
gun,
violence,
prevention,
ordinances
at
the
local
level,
I
think
you
know
what
I'm
hearing
is
exactly
right-
that
these
approaches
do
need
to
be
tailored
to
the
communities
and
community
buy-in
is
of
course,
very
important.
I
do
think
it's
also
worth
remembering
that
this
issue
is
often
presented
as
very
polarizing,
where
you
have
a
lot
of
people
on.
You
know
both
sides
of
this
issue,
but
that's
not
actually
very
accurate.
E
You
know
over
97
percent
of
americans,
including
gun
owners,
support
universal
background
checks.
Yet
I
know
that
when
I
testify
in
state
legislatures
on
background
check
bills,
you
know
I
hear
a
lot
of
very
angry
voices
opposing
background
checks
and
I
think
sometimes
there's
a
misconception
that
there
are
equal
num.
You
know
equal
people
on
both
sides
of
the
issue,
but
I
don't
think
that's
true.
D
Yeah
and
I'll
just
echo
everything
allison
said
I
mean
I
think
all
of
that
is
right.
I
think
the
great
thing
about
senate
bill
256
is:
it
allows
local
communities
to
do
what's
best
for
their
communities
and
all
of
these
policies
that
we
talked
about
tonight
can
help
save
lives.
They're
evidence-backed,
you
know,
and
they.
J
D
Effective
and
will
be
made
more
effective
by
the
collaborative
efforts
of
all
the
folks
on
these
calls.
So
you
know,
I
know
every
town
I
know
giffords
are
here
to
you,
know,
support
your
efforts
and
and
lend
our
expertise,
and
you
know
we.
We
definitely
look
forward
to
working
with
everybody.
So
thank
you
again
for
having
us.
A
I'm
going
to
give
another
a
bit
if
there's
any
other
questions
from
folks,
don't
want
to
get
one
last
question
in
as
we've
got
some
of
our
subject
matter,
experts
here
with
us
and
if
not
as
we
always
try
on
our
consortium
meetings,
if
we
can
gift
everybody
a
little
bit
of
time,
so
you
can
go,
actually
eat
dinner
or
take
a
walk
or
have
some
family
time
whatever
it
might
be.
We
will
welcome
that.
I
just
want
to
thank
again
staff
as
elected.
A
Who
is
the
the
lead
from
our
policy
analyst
team
to
to
make
these
meetings
happen
for
us
every
other
month,
and
some
of
the
questions
that
were
around
next
steps
is
really
to
just
think
about
and
talk
with
your
counsels
and
and
your
own
towns
and
jurisdictions
to
figure
out.
You
know
what
that
might
look
like
and
you're
welcome
to
reach
out
to
us
at
boulder
county
commissioners,
at
bouldercounty.org
and
or
to
council
members
friend
or
trustee
howard,
to
get
involved
in
the
collaborative
action
that
they
put
out.
A
There
is
an
invitation
and
we
will
wrap
up
and
for
our
concession,
members
are
and
public,
as
always,
are
always
welcome.
Our
next
meeting
will
be
on
august
4th
and
we
are
looking
forward
to
continuing
just
the
collaborative
work,
the
discussion,
sharing
of
resources
and
and
sharing
of
ideas.
That's
how
we
make
stronger
communities,
that's
how
we
come
out
in
crisis
more
effectively
more
efficiently
and
with
more
folks
moving
forward
in
a
resilient
manner.
So
appreciate
all
of
you-
and
I
hope
you
all
have
a
great
night
thanks
again,
steph.