Firearms - The Durango Herald

A divided Senate answers Orlando with gridlock on gun curbs

WASHINGTON – A divided Senate blocked rival election-year plans to curb guns Monday, eight days after the horror of Orlando’s mass shooting intensified pressure on lawmakers to act but knott...

DATE: Jun 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Dems get gun control votes after filibuster

U.S. Senate candidates won’t talk restrictions; Bennet implores action

DATE: Jun 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango man sentenced for pointing gun at officer

Ian Meier, 21, also fired into neighbor’s house

DATE: May 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado school district arms security guards with rifles

DENVER – A suburban Denver school district is arming its security staff with military-style semiautomatic rifles in case of a school shooting or other violent attack, a move that appears unp...

DATE: Apr 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

In rural Colorado, outreach aims to reduce suicides

In many Western Slope counties, guns used in 60 percent of cases

DATE: Apr 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Court sets up potential new gun control showdown

Appellate court orders challenge back to lower court to be dismissed

DATE: Mar 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Efforts to widen access to firearms killed in Colorado Legislature

5 bills shot down on party-line votes

DATE: Mar 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango man faces 90 days jail for shooting into a house

Ian Meier says he was cleaning gun when it accidentally went off

DATE: Mar 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

1 deputy killed, 2 injured in Front Range shooting

Man who shot Park County deputies involved in long foreclosure battle

DATE: Feb 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man shot at End-O-Day Motel in Durango

Joshua Gonzales flown to Albuquerque hospital in critical condition

DATE: Feb 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

States work to keep guns out of abusers’ hands

IOWA CITY, Iowa – More than a dozen states have strengthened laws over the past two years to keep firearms out of the hands of domestic abusers, a rare area of consensus in the nation’s pola...

DATE: Feb 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Museum drops ban on concealed guns

DENVER– The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has changed its policy barring visitors from carrying concealed firearms in a move executive staff says is about being compliant with Colorado l...

DATE: Dec 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday