Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), joined by 52 of his House colleagues, today sent a letter to President Trump calling for his support of a legislative solution to ban bump stocks and other similar devices. Earlier this year, President Trump stated his opposition to bump stocks and directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to ban these devices administratively. In March, the DOJ opened public comment, the first step in the rulemaking process to amend the regulations of the Burea... Read more

Dozens of House Democrats on Monday urged President Trump to back a legislative ban on bump stocks, the devices that accelerate the shooting power of semi-automatic firearms. The president expressed an openness to outlaw such products last year, after a gunman used them in the killing of 58 people at a concert in Las Vegas — the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Since then, administration officials in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have proposed a rul... Read more

Lakewood, Colo. – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) released the following statement regarding the anniversary of the shooting at Columbine High School: "Today is a painful reminder of one of the darkest days in Colorado history when we lost 13 innocent lives to gun violence. In the 19 years since that tragedy at Columbine High School, we’ve seen countless other acts of gun violence. Yet a moment of silence is the only action that’s been afforded to these victims. This is not enough. It’s not enou... Read more

Today President Trump said he plans to prohibit bump stocks by executive order, notwithstanding the lack of legal authority to impose such an administrative ban. "We can do that with an executive order," Trump told Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). "I'm going to write the bump stock, essentially, write it out. So you won't have to worry about bump stock[s]. Shortly that will be gone." Trump's determination to ban bump stocks by administrative fiat is a blatantly political attack on the rule of law tha... Read more

As the list of mass killings in the United States grows, so does the flow of money to members of Congress from the National Rifle Association and gun-rights groups. Between 1998 — a year before the mass shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. — and 2017, the National Rifle Association spent $203.2 million to prop up its candidates, defeat gun control advocates seeking office and on lobbying. The effort has been successful. Since 1994, when then-President Bill Clinton signed a crime... Read more

The House of Representatives has voted to allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons between states, accomplishing a decades-long firearms lobby goal. The Republican-controlled chamber passed the bill by 231-198, in their first major gun legislation since a 2012 Connecticut school massacre. Republicans said the bill would allow gun owners to travel without having to worry about conflicting state laws. The measure will need a handful of Democrats' support to pass the Senate. To make the Conceale... Read more

Colorado Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-Arvada) announced Thursday he will co-sponsor a bill to prohibit gun purchases for people with mental illness who have been involuntarily committed on an outpatient basis. The Safer Communities Act of 2017 expands federal law, which currently applies only to those committed to inpatient facilities. The bill is co-sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA). Both representatives serve on the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force; Thompson as chair, Perlmutter a... Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Congressmen Mike Thompson (CA-05), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, and Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Vice-Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, introduced H.R. 4142, the Safer Communities Act of 2017, legislation aimed at reducing and preventing gun violence by keeping guns away from people who should not have them. The legislation closes the gaps in current federal gun policy by clarifying and expanding existing federal prohibitors relate... Read more

Washington, D.C. – In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history the night of October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) is once again calling on Congress to act to prevent future gun violence and mass shootings. “The Las Vegas shooting was so deadly because of a device known as a bump stock which significantly increases the firing rate of semi-automatic weapons,” said Perlmutter. “Machine guns and fully automatic weapons have been banned for decade... Read more

According to records obtained by 9NEWS, the Obama administration’s ATF turned down a request to use its regulatory powers to ban so-called “bump stocks,” the aftermarket device used by the Las Vegas shooter to rain down gunfire on a crowd at rates similar to automatic weapons. The revelation came to light from a 2013 exchange of letters between the ATF and Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colorado) in which the congressman asked the agency to crack down on the devices. In light of his past push to ban them... Read more