Colorado Gun Owners Lack Standing Against Assault Weapon Ban

Colorado gun owners lack standing to challenge several state assault weapon bans, a federal judge said, though she didn’t immediately dismiss their case.

Judge Nina Wang of the US District Court for the District of Colorado said in her Monday opinion that the gun owner plaintiffs, who are led by Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, failed to establish they have standing to sue three Colorado municipalities—Superior, Louisville, and Boulder—over their respective ordinances banning assault weapons.

However, the judge added, the Colorado municipality defendants didn’t raise the standing issue in their motion for summary judgment so that motion, for now, is denied. ...