Colorado campaign to allow gun permits for pot users fizzles

Organizers of a push to ask Colorado voters to let marijuana users carry a concealed firearm say they didn’t collect enough signatures for their effort this year.

But they say the goal remains to put the question on the November 2016 ballot and they’ll relaunch a signature-gathering campaign next year.

The Durango Herald reports the deadline to collect 98,492 signatures this year is July 29 and organizers say they’ll fall short.

The proposal by the “Colorado Campaign for Equal Gun Rights” would change state law to prevent sheriffs from denying concealed carry permits because of marijuana use.

Despite the drug’s legality in the state, the campaign would put Colorado in direct conflict with federal guidelines to keep guns away from marijuana users.