Story originally posted on kdvr.com (Fox31) on 1/24/13 Click here for the story “Our loved ones were gunned down and an entire generation of our families taken away in a matter of seconds,” Perlmutter read. “We listened to the 911 tapes played in court and sat in agony as we heard 30 shots fired within 27 seconds, wondering if one of those bullets killed our children. “I believe in the Second Amendment, and we have to protect the right to defend ourselves. I believe in liberty and rights of hun... Read more

Story originally poted on 9news.com on 1/24/13 Click here for the story "I believe in the Second Amendment, and we have to protect the right to defend ourselves. I believe in liberty and rights of hunters, sportsmen, and personal defense gun owners. But we can't continue silently watching 30,000 deaths a year by guns and near-monthly mass shootings in places we should feel most safe. Every day, families - like the ones impacted in Aurora --and in my neighborhood, in the grocery store, and who c... Read more

Story originally posted on usatoday.com on 1/16/12 Click here for article Congress should "not let gun lobbyists block these solutions." Perlmutter's district contains Aurora, where 12 people were killed in a mass shooting in a local movie theater last summer. Read more

Story originally posted on yahoo.com/news on 12/19/12 Click here for the story Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter took to the House floor on Tuesday where he talked about the need for change when it comes to guns. “You know the old saying, ‘Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.’ Well, crazy people with guns kill people and we’ve got to start handling this so that we protect our children, our seniors, our shoppers, our churchgoers,” said Perlmutter Read more

Story originally posted on kdvr.com (FOX31) on 12/18/12 Click here for the story "Congressman Ed Perlmutter Tuesday announced that he will co-sponsor legislation to reinstate a ban on assault weapons that will be introduced in January." Read more

Story originally posted on aurorasentinel.com on 11/28/12 Click here for the story “This campus was clearly something that was of importance not only to Aurora but to the whole metropolitan area,” said Congressman Ed Perlmutter, whose district no longer includes Aurora. "As a lawyer, a Colorado state Senator and father, he made frequent trips to the hospital to meet with doctors who were caring for his eldest daughter, Alexis, who has epilepsy. But when he first assumed congressional office in ... Read more

Story originally posted on coloradoindependent.com on 11/10/12 Click here for the story "Congressional staffers told the Independent that Colorado Reps Diana DeGette (CD1), Ed Perlmutter (CD7) and Jared Polis (CD2) are working independently and together on bills that would exempt states where pot has been legalized from the Controlled Substances Act." Read more

Story originally posted on equities.com/news on 8/15/12 Click here for the story "Long-time credit union champion Rep.Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) and Rep.Ed Perlmutter, (D-Colo.), both members of the House Financial Services Committee, join the distinguished list of speakers confirmed for the National Association of Federal Credit Unions' Congressional Caucus, Sept. 11-14, in Washington, D.C." "Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) member, House Financial Services Committee, and cosponsor of H.R. 1418, whic... Read more

Story originally posted on coloradoindependent.com Click here for the story "Congressman Ed Perlmutter’s campaign spokesperson told the Independent that the congressman continues to support both The Second Amendment right to bear arms and bans on assault weapons." “Ed supports the Second Amendment, and he supports the reinstatement of the Assault Weapons ban,” wrote Communications Director Leslie Oliver in an email. “It is time for Congress to get serious about sensible crime control measures.”... Read more

Story originally post on reporterherald.com on 8/7/12 Click here for the story "The seven, Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, and Reps. Diana DeGette, Jared Polis, Scott Tipton, Ed Perlmutter and Mike Coffman, ask for action to stave off a budget-cutting process known as "sequestration," implemented as part of the debt-limit increase in 2011." Read more