A Colt AR-15 on the counter of a gun store. Thomas Cooper/Getty Images
Denver is refusing to repeal its 37-year-old ban on certain types of firearms known as “assault weapons.”
Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, sent a demand letter on April 28 to Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and City Attorney Miko Brown, requesting the city repeal the ordinance, which has been in place since 1989.
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