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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.
THIS WEEK'S BRIEFING Colorado and Colorado Springs current affairs first, followed by firearms, self-defense, legal developments, and major events worth knowing. Coverage is limited to the preceding seven 24-hour periods, with priority given to important stories not already briefed in Daily editions. 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 Poor Richard’s Books picks range from speculative to interplanetaryPoor Richard's Books in Colorado Springs recommends a tale of parthenogenetic birth, a Martian chronicle and a peek at the paranormal. |
LOCAL CURRENT AFFAIRS Man wanted on several warrants arrested near Colorado Springs business A man who was wanted on several warrants was arrested Friday night near a business in Colorado Springs, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. |
LOCAL CURRENT AFFAIRS Fine weekend weather with cooler days and scattered showers headed our wayPlenty of sunshine for the mid-afternoon hours in Southern Colorado. A few isolated thundershowers will spill over the Rampart Range into northern Colorado Springs between evening and Saturday night. |
LOCAL CURRENT AFFAIRS + LEGAL El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Honors 9/11 Victims, Survivors and Those Who Continue to ServeTwenty-five years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office joins our military partners, first responders, families, and community in remembering nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives and honoring the courage of those who answered the call. On September 11, 2001, firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency personnel, military […] |
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 […] |
Colorado Statewide
LEGAL · 2 SOURCES Nicolais: 2026 will bring a record number of ballot measures thanks to Advance ColoradoThe conservative organization has supplanted elected officials as the primary vehicle to pass Republican ideals into law The Colorado secretary of state’s office on Friday certified the list of ballot measures going before voters in November 2026 — and once again, the list is a long one. A total of 14 measures will be decided by Colorado voters this year. Why it is here: Multiple approved sources are covering the same underlying topic, so their feed descriptions are condensed into one briefing item. |
LEGAL Immigration reporting measure fuels debate over Colorado’s role with ICEA coalition of advocacy groups and several district attorneys rallied outside the Colorado Capitol on Thursday to oppose a ballot measure that, if approved by voters in November, would require state and local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Backed by Advance Colorado, Proposition 81 would require local law enforcement agencies to notify […] |
LEGAL Colorado Supreme Court changes course, dismisses case about special district bondsThe Colorado Supreme Court declined on Friday to decide a dispute between a large-scale Commerce City development and the various districts financing it, after initially showing interest in the ongoing case. Colorado has roughly 2,800 special districts, which are local governments that perform specific functions within a geographic area. |
LEGAL Contempt hearing over gender-affirming care at Children’s Hospital Colorado beginsOn the first day of a contempt of court hearing, attorneys for Children’s Hospital Colorado and families of transgender kids outlined their conflicting opinions of what compliance looks like with a court order that directed the hospital to resume gender-affirming care for patients under 18. Children’s Hospital Colorado stopped offering gender-affirming care to minors in […] |
LEGAL 10th Circuit tosses GEO Group’s pretrial appeal in human trafficking lawsuitThe Denver-based federal appeals court dismissed an attempt by The GEO Group on Wednesday to appeal a trial judge’s non-existent decision two months before the company is scheduled to face a civil trial over alleged trafficking violations at the Aurora immigration detention facility it operates. The class-action lawsuit, which has been pending since 2014, alleges […] |
LEGAL Colorado doctors, dentists challenge state law on gender‑transition services in new federal lawsuitA group of Christian doctors and dentists has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Colorado law they say requires them to provide gender‑transition services that conflict with their religious and ethical beliefs. The lawsuit, filed by the Christian Medical and Dental Associations and Button Family Practice of Cañon City, alleges that certain portions of Colorado’s […] |
Current Affairs & Quick Hits
Firearms, self-defense, legal developments, local current affairs, and exceptionally significant national or international events are summarized here.
FIREARMS + LEGAL Mississippi police make arrest in Tasia Fortune case after medical examiner rules death a homicideBy Dalia Faheid, Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the case of Tasia Fortune, the 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree outside an abandoned house last month, following the state medical examiner ruling her death a homicide. Jarques Ratliff, 51, has been charged with murder |
FIREARMS + LEGAL A Huge Ruling for Homemade FirearmsThis approved-source item met the briefing criteria, but the feed did not provide enough descriptive text for a fuller snapshot. Use the linked original source for complete details. |
FIREARMS La nueva número uno del mundo, Elena Rybakina, gana su primer título del US Open en una final de tres setsPor Jacob Lev, CNN La segunda cabeza de serie, Elena Rybakina, tendrá mucho que celebrar el lunes después de derrotar a la primera cabeza de serie, Aryna Sabalenka, por 6-4, 5-7 y 6-2 en la final individual femenina del US Open, este sábado en el Arthur Ashe Stadium. Rybakina no solo ganó su primer título |
FIREARMS This Gun Sold For $5.8 Million… And It Might Still Be EarlyThis approved-source item met the briefing criteria, but the feed did not provide enough descriptive text for a fuller snapshot. Use the linked original source for complete details. |
FIREARMS Trump se mete en un tema pantanoso durante su visita a Dublín y afirma que la unificación de Irlanda sería “fantástica”Por Kit Maher, Issy Ronald y Niamh Kennedy, CNN El presidente Donald Trump afirmó este sábado que la reunificación de Irlanda “sería algo fantástico” durante una reunión bilateral con el taoiseach (primer ministro) de Irlanda, Micheál Martin, y pronosticó que es algo que “terminará sucediendo”. Cuando un periodista le preguntó su opinión sobre la reunificación |
FIREARMS Clarence Thomas Explained The Second Amendment In One SentenceThis approved-source item met the briefing criteria, but the feed did not provide enough descriptive text for a fuller snapshot. Use the linked original source for complete details. |
SIGNIFICANT NEWS Grand Canyon flooding threatens economy that’s still recovering from a fire | OUT WEST ROUNDUPARIZONA Flooding slams park’s economy Deadly flooding at the Grand Canyon is damaging the area’s economy, with a washed-out pipeline severing the South Rim’s water supply and shutting down lodging at the popular tourist vista for an indefinite period. The national park remained open Sept. |
SIGNIFICANT NEWS New video shows interaction between NYC Mayor Mamdani and AOC at 9/11 ceremony after the moment sparked debateBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A brief interaction between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez captured on video Friday during a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, sparked fierce criticism that was met with pushback from those who say the video was taken |
SIGNIFICANT NEWS Trump honors the fallen of the 9/11 terrorist attacks during Pentagon speechPresident Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump honored the roughly 3,000 Americans killed during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks during a ceremony at the Pentagon. |
LEGAL Judge rules Trump administration order to fire FEMA staffers was illegalBy Fadel Allassan, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge said in a filing Friday that a Trump administration order for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its staffing nearly in half was illegal. In a decision that marked a critical victory for union workers in the ongoing lawsuit, US District Judge Susan |
