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Sheriffs are some of Colorado鈥檚 most powerful local elected leaders. They are tasked with enforcing a multitude of laws, running jails and carrying out evictions. But how closely they follow the law sometimes hinges on other factors 鈥� like their own politics or those of the community they serve.

The Club Q mass shooting in Colorado Springs that left five people dead and many more injured is raising questions about the state鈥檚 red flag gun law and the sheriffs who oppose it.

ERPOs are designed as an intervention in a time of crisis. He says it only made things worse.

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�

The new laws often don鈥檛 lay out a process for actually seizing the guns, leaving local law enforcement to figure out for themselves how to manage confrontations.

Some of the biggest and most contentious laws the state legislature passed this year are going into effect on Wednesday.Together, the new laws aim to鈥�

Guns & America has reviewed all 166 petitions that were filed in the state from Jan. 1, 2018, when the law went into effect, through Oct. 31, 2019. They paint a picture of people in extraordinary crisis.

The concerns Melissa Potter shared would ultimately led police to use a risk warrant, which is an element of Connecticut鈥檚 Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPOs), and to her nephew鈥檚 door.

Following a series of high-profile shootings, one Congressional committee is marking up gun bills.

At least seven people were killed and another 20 were injured in a mass shooting that stretched in and around Midland and Odessa, Texas, Saturday. But less than 24 hours later, a series of new gun laws, passed in late May and early June by the Texas legislature, went into effect.