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Gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado’s red flag gun law

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Anderson Lee Aldrich allegedly threatened his mother with a homemade bomb last year, but there's no record that prosecutors ever moved forward with felony kidnapping and menacing charges. Colorado has one of the lowest rates of red flag usage despite widespread gun ownership. Gun control advocates say Aldrich's June 2021 threat is an example of a red flag law ignored. It's not clear the law could have prevented Saturday night's attack, but experts say it could have at least slowed Aldrich and put him higher on the radar.

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Gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado's red flag gun law

DENVER (AP) — A year and a half before he was arrested in the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting that left five people dead, Anderson Lee Aldrich allegedly threatened his mother with a homemade bomb, forcing neighbors in surrounding homes to evacuate while the bomb squad and crisis negotiators talked him into surrendering.

1 year ago·United States

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Gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado's red flag gun law

By BERNARD CONDON and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated PressDENVER (AP) — A year and a half before he was arrested in the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting that left five people dead, Anderson Lee Aldrich allegedly threatened his mother with a homemade bomb, forcing neighbors in surrounding homes to evacuate while the bomb squad and crisis negotiators talked him into surrendering.Yet despite that scare, there’s no public record that prosecutors m…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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New York Post

Colorado LGBTQ club gunman made bomb threat to mother, evaded ‘red flag’ laws

Aldrich had "multiple weapons" and ammunition in his possession when he allegedly threatened to unleash carnage -- causing ten homes in the area to be evacuated.

1 year ago·New York, United States

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Los Angeles Times

Suspect in Colorado gay club attack appears to have escaped state's 'red flag' gun law

A Colorado law allowing guns to be taken from people deemed dangerous has seldom been used, and was not in the case of the gay club shooting suspect.

1 year ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado's red flag gun law

More than a year before he was arrested in the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooting that left five people dead, the suspect allegedly threatened his mother with a homemade bomb.

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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Chicago Tribune

Suspect in Colorado gay bar shooting faces murder, hate crime charges

The man suspected of opening fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs was being held on murder and hate crimes charges Monday, two days after the attack that killed five people and wounded many others.

1 year ago·Chicago, United States

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