To Avoid Governor’s Veto, Colorado Democrats Drop Key Provision From Bill Banning 3-D Printed Guns

To avoid governor’s veto, Colorado Democrats drop key provision from bill banning 3-D printed guns

A bill seeking to ban 3-D printed firearms in Colorado will no longer prohibit the sale or distribution of digital instructions for how to print guns or gun components after lawmakers dropped that provision to avoid a veto from Gov. Jared Polis.  Senate sponsors of the measure, House Bill 1144, said on Friday that they were told by Polis that he would not sign the bill without the change, which was made that day as the measure was being debated …

Democrats abandon effort to ban distribution of 3D gun instructions to avoid Jared Polis veto

The Democrats behind a Colorado bill that would make it illegal to build firearms or firearm parts using a 3D printer removed provisions in the measure Friday that also would have prohibited the distribution of digital instructions on how to make the weapons. House Bill 1144’s main sponsors said they were making the change to avoid a veto from Gov. Jared Polis. “This amended bill is what the governor tells us he will sign into law,” said state S…