Red flag bill gets preliminary approval, counties push back

The controversial Red Flag Bill is feeling pushback from counties across Colorado.

This week, three counties including Fremont and Custer announced they have deemed themselves 2nd Amendment Sanctuary Counties, meaning they won’t be using the Red Flag Bill if it becomes law.

Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper said the bill as it’s written right now is, “too extreme.”

The bill itself went before more readings in the house this week and is on it’s way to the full house floor where an unofficial vote shows it will pass.

Other county Sheriffs have expressed their concerns with the bill including El Paso County Sheriff, Bill Elder.

He says, “taking guns away because you think they’re mentally ill. That doesn’t solve the problem.”

One of the biggest supporters of the bill is Douglas County, Sheriff Tony Spurlock. He’s supported it two years in a row.

He says, “we have to start somewhere. This state and this country has done a lot of things. We’ve put ourself at risk all the time to help others all around the world. It’s time we do that here right now.”

With the support of Sheriffs across Colorado or not, the bill has made it this far on party-line votes and is likely to continue that way.