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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Lakewood-based legal team is challenging Colorado's new gun permits

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Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

• Colorado State Shooting Association asks court to block SB25-003 permit scheme (kimmonson.com) — Lakewood figures into a major gun-policy fight as Mountain States Legal Foundation, headquartered in the city, helps represent plaintiffs challenging Colorado's new SB25-003 firearm permit-to-purchase system. The suit argues the multi-step process, fees, and limited training availability unconstitutionally burden buyers and sheriffs. A federal judge will weigh a request to pause the law while the case proceeds later this year.
   

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