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DOJ sues Colorado over high-capacity magazine ban

Krdo · · 665 words · By Mackenzie Stafford
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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the State of Colorado and the Colorado Department of Public Safety.”
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Multiple independent web sources (KRDO, Center Square, Bearing Arms) report that the DOJ filed a lawsuit against Colorado regarding the magazine ban.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is an executive department of the United States federal government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justic…
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“The federal government alleges Colorado's statute banning certain-capacity firearm magazines is unconstitutional, infringing on Second Amendment rights in violation of federal law.”
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Multiple independent sources (KRDO, Bearing Arms) explicitly state that the DOJ alleges the ban is unconstitutional and infringes on Second Amendment rights.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jared Schutz Polis ( POH-liss; né Schutz; born May 12, 1975) is an American politician, entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Colorado. From 2009 to …
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“The lawsuit challenges Colorado Revised Statute §18-12-302, which makes it a crime to sell, transfer or possess magazines capable of holding more than 15 rounds of ammunition.”
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Web search results from Center Square and other sources confirm the lawsuit targets a ban on magazines holding more than 15 rounds, and that the ban was enacted in 2013. Note: One Wikipedia result for § 18-4-302 refers to robbery, but the specific context of the magazine ban is corroborated by news sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Murder in Colorado law constitutes the unlawful killing, under circumstances defined by law, of people within or under the jurisdiction of the U.S. state of Colorado. The United States Centers for Dis…
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“Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division stated the lawsuit is necessary to protect constitutional rights.”
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Wikipedia and official leadership pages confirm Harmeet K. Dhillon is the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) are headed by an assistant attorney general. The president of the United States appoints individuals to the position …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Harmeet Kaur Dhillon (born 1969) is an American lawyer and Republican Party official serving as the U.S. assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division since 2025. She is the former vice cha…
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“The Colorado State Patrol and Colorado Bureau of Investigation, divisions of the Colorado Department of Public Safety, are responsible for enforcing the magazine ban.”
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KRDO reports that the Colorado State Patrol and Colorado Bureau of Investigation (divisions of the Dept of Public Safety) are responsible for enforcement. Wikipedia confirms the CSP is a division of the Colorado Department of Public Safety.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colorado is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, and part of the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners regio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Colorado State Patrol (CSP; originally known as the Colorado State Highway Courtesy Patrol), based in Lakewood, Colorado, is a division of the Colorado Department of Public Safety, and is one of t…
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“These law enforcement officers have routinely enforced the ban since 2013”
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Multiple web sources confirm the magazine ban has been in place and enforced since 2013.
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web search NEUTRAL — Colorado became the center of the gun debate in 2013. It was the legislative session after the Aurora theater shooting and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. Both mass shootings…
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web search NEUTRAL — A high-capacity magazine ban is a law which bans or otherwise restricts detachable firearm magazines that can hold more than a certain number of rounds of ammunition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-capacity_magazine_ban
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web search NEUTRAL — Since 2013, Colorado has banned the sale, transfer, or possession of magazines that can hold more than 15 rounds."The State's magazine ban is a ban on an arm in common use for lawful [purposes] by law…
https://reason.com/2026/05/07/doj-challenges-denvers-assault…
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“The United States DOJ is requesting the court to issue a declaratory judgment that the State of Colorado and the Colorado Department of Public Safety are violating federal law by enforcing the magazine ban.”
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While the lawsuit itself is corroborated, the specific legal request for a 'declaratory judgment' is not explicitly detailed across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence, though it is a standard legal procedure for such suits.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is an executive department of the United States federal government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justic…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 3, 2026 · Messages to the Department of Justice, including the Attorney General, may be sent using this form. Your message will be forwarded to the responsible Department of Justice component for …
https://www.justice.gov/contact-us
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web search NEUTRAL — The Department of Justice has hundreds of different programs. To locate a specific program, please use our A-Z guide.
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“The Justice Department is also seeking permanent injunctive relief to prohibit the defendants and their agents from enforcing the ban”
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Similar to claim 6, the request for 'permanent injunctive relief' is a standard legal remedy in these cases, but is not explicitly corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided text.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is an executive department of the United States federal government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justic…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 3, 2026 · Messages to the Department of Justice, including the Attorney General, may be sent using this form. Your message will be forwarded to the responsible Department of Justice component for …
https://www.justice.gov/contact-us
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web search NEUTRAL — The Department of Justice has hundreds of different programs. To locate a specific program, please use our A-Z guide.
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“Governor Polis signs bill to restrict semiautomatic weapons, SB25-003 now law”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding SB25-003 or Governor Polis signing such a bill.
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