Colorado passes four gun control bills as state reckons with gun violence history

The measures signed into law by the governor aim at quelling suicide rates, youth violence and mass shootings

Colorado’s governor signed four gun control bills Friday, a significant move in a state with a long history of mass gun violence, including a shooting last fall at an LGBTQ+ nightclub that left five people dead.

The legislation comes as states across the US struggle to confront a nationwide surge in violent crime and mass shootings, and a recent supreme court ruling that expanded second amendment rights.