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With less than 60 days left to go and plenty of big, controversial bills still in play, it’s crunch time for state lawmakers.

Senate Bill 3 is aimed at making it harder for people to violate the state’s 15-round magazine limit. But the gun industry warns that it would also have a major effect on their business and that it presents safety and liability issues.

A gun-owning Democrat who leads horseback adventure in San Miguel County is torn over the idea of an assault weapons ban. A former corrections officer living in Cortez says lawmakers should focus on strengthening laws already on the books.

To secure enough votes in 1994, the ban's sponsors in Congress accepted a "sunset provision" — meaning it would last 10 years but need to be reauthorized. Politics in the U.S. changed.

Update April 6, 2018: The Boulder City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that would ban the sale and possession of so-called assault weapons. The…