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Colorado Firearms, Self-Defense & Legal News
This Triple A Coach briefing tracks firearms law, lawful self-defense, concealed carry, court decisions, legislation, and firearms-training issues relevant to Colorado gun owners and armed professionals. Special attention is given to Colorado Springs, El Paso County, and surrounding Colorado communities, with important federal developments included when they may affect local readers.
TODAY'S BRIEFING Colorado and Colorado Springs current affairs first, followed by firearms, self-defense, legal developments, and major events worth knowing. Only items published during the preceding 24 hours are eligible. Significant public-interest events may be included even when they fall outside the normal firearms/self-defense focus. |
Colorado & Colorado Springs / El Paso County
Local and state developments are separated from the national briefing so Colorado clients can quickly see what may affect them closer to home.
Colorado Springs / El Paso County Watch
LOCAL CURRENT AFFAIRS Suspect Arrested in Cheyenne Mountain Estates Arson InvestigationOn August 26, 2026, at approximately 4:22 AM, a call was received by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Regional Communications Center reporting a vehicle “on fire” in front of a residence in the 8100 block of Piute Road in the Cheyenne Mountain Estates area of unincorporated El Paso County. El Paso County Sheriff’s Office […] |
LOCAL CURRENT AFFAIRS Stronger Together: Celebrating the Volunteers Who Serve El Paso CountyThe El Paso County Sheriff’s Office proudly honored its dedicated volunteers during a special recognition celebration held this week at the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs. The event brought together members of the Sheriff’s Office and community leaders to recognize the countless contributions made by Sheriff’s Office volunteers who generously give their time, […] |
LOCAL CURRENT AFFAIRS Give A Child A Book: Help get books to children across the Colorado Springs & Pueblo areas!Our "If You Give A Child A Book" campaign will kick off on September 9, and we're so excited to help inspire reading by giving new books to local children across the Colorado Springs & Pueblo areas! |
Colorado Statewide
SIGNIFICANT NEWS The opioid crisis is breaking hearts in Colorado — and that’s forcing doctors to make tough choicesAs the U.S., Colorado work to address the opioid epidemic, hospitals are seeing a major increase in deadly heart infections caused by injection drug use. That’s left doctors facing difficult moral and ethical decisions. |
LEGAL Colorado justices to hear appeal in Kendrick Castillo death lawsuit, ‘fugitive’ ruleThe Colorado Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will decide whether it was proper to dismiss a lawsuit over the 2019 shooting death of Kendrick Castillo after the defendants paid the maximum amount of damages available to Castillo’s parents, without admitting liability. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear […] |
LEGAL BLM oil and gas leases threaten critical Colorado wildlife corridors, lawsuit saysTwo environmental groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday, alleging the Bureau of Land Management violated federal law when it leased more than 134,000 acres of public lands in Colorado for oil and gas drilling earlier this year. In their lawsuit, filed in the U.S. |
LEGAL Colorado judge hikes Barry Morphew’s bond to $10MThe jailed murder suspect, awaiting trial in the killing of his wife, Suzanne, “has shown time and again he has no respect for any order of this court,” judge says |
Current Affairs & Quick Hits
Firearms, self-defense, legal developments, local current affairs, and exceptionally significant national or international events are summarized here.
FIREARMS Drones are becoming organized crime’s weapon of choice in Latin America. Governments are struggling to keep upBy Sol Amaya, CNN (CNN) — As some 2,500 heavily armed police officers, soldiers and snipers entered through a maze of narrow streets, intense gunfire could be heard all around. The scene reached its climax when a bomb targeting the security forces was seen falling from the sky, according to footage from the raid last |
SIGNIFICANT NEWS ‘Surge in construction’ at suspected Iranian nuclear site, analysts say, as US considers ways to strike deep undergroundBy Davis Winkie, Zachary Cohen, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — A suspected Iranian nuclear site buried under granite has seen a flurry of construction work this year as the war with the US has transpired, according to a group of analysts who reviewed six years of satellite imagery. The Pickaxe Mountain site, located near the |
SIGNIFICANT NEWS Super El Niño-fueled fires destroyed huge tracts of this country before. They’re happening againBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires are ripping across parts of Indonesia, destroying precious peatland and smothering the country in a toxic smoke so thick, people are struggling to breathe. With months of wildfire season still remaining, experts warn this could end up one of the country’s worst. |
SIGNIFICANT NEWS Russia launches massive, deadly, and ‘complex’ attack against UkraineFighting between Ukraine and Russia commenced after a 72-hour pause for diplomatic visits to both countries by U.S. officials. Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine on Tuesday, firing dozens of cruise missiles and over 140 drones as the war raged on after this weekend’s peace talks brokered by U.S. |
LEGAL What to know about Canada’s escalating trade war with the US as Carney retaliates with tariffsTORONTO (AP) — Canada struck back at U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday with tariffs on about $20 billion worth of U.S. |
LEGAL UK, France and Canada sanction Israeli settlements in West Bank as Britain accuses settlers of ‘ethnic cleansing’By Kara Fox, Oren Liebermann, Tal Shalev, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced plans for sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, in a coordinated move that underlined Israel’s growing isolation on the international stage. Announcing the sanctions in UK Parliament, British Foreign Secretary Ed |
