Leigh Paterson
Senior Editor & ReporterAs KUNC's Senior Editor and Reporter, my job is to find out what鈥檚 important to northern Colorado residents and why. I seek to create a deeper sense of urgency and understanding around these issues through in-depth, character driven daily reporting and series work.
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Domestic violence offenders generally aren鈥檛 allowed to have firearms, but many still do. In Denver, a new investigator is searching them out. -
In its annual scorecard ranking the strength of state gun laws, the gun control advocacy group Giffords boosted ratings for a handful of states in the Midwest and West. -
In its first month on the books, Colorado's extreme risk protection order (ERPO) law was used eight times in January.The ERPO law, also known a red flag鈥� -
After police shot and killed a young black man in Colorado Springs in August, the community is grappling with the aftermath and what to do about it. -
After a mass shooting, resources pour into the community to help victims and survivors cope. As these incidents continue to unfold, the grim infrastructure that springs up around them is growing larger and more sophisticated. -
A vast majority of Coloradans, 93.5%, have health insurance, but more are struggling to pay their medical bills, according to a new report from the鈥� -
Dee Smith didn't know De'Von Bailey. But he knows Bailey's family, and says he was angry when he heard that the 19-year-old had been killed by Colorado鈥� -
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O鈥橰ourke reiterated his support for gun control measures such as an assault weapons ban during a rally in Aurora on鈥� -
As kids across the country head back to school for the year, the question of how to keep students safe is constant and ever-evolving, especially when it comes to mass shootings. One recent active shooter training at a school in northern Colorado focused on three actions: evacuate, barricade, and fight. -
People are hotly divided about many gun restrictions 鈥� but not on extreme risk protection orders. They allow police to temporarily take guns from people seen to be a risk to themselves or others.
