DENVER — The battle over banning so-called "assault weapons" is being waged at this hour in the House Judiciary Committee.
The panel began reviewing House Bill 1292 on Tuesday morning in a hearing that is expected to through the night or even into early Wednesday, with some 600 witnesses signed up to testify.
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HB 1292 is sponsored by Democratic Reps. Elisabeth Epps and Tim Hernandez, both from Denver.
Epps tried a virtually identical measure last year with the same committee, but it died on a 6-7 vote, with three Democrats voting against, along with the committee's four Republicans. That was in part tied to concerns that the measure would be vetoed by Gov. Jared Polis, who has opposed such a ban in the past.
That hasn't changed.
But what has changed is the committee itself.
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