City Council Agenda and Packet 2022 06 07

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Second Reading Amendments Ordinance No. 1831, Series 2022 is revised to read as follows (amendments are shown in bold underline and Meld- strikeefft): ORDINANCE NO. 1831 SERIES 2022 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9, ARTICLE VIII OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE BANNING THE SALE AND POSSESSION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS, LARGE -CAPACITY MAGAZINES AND RAPID-FIRE TRIGGER ACTIVATORS, AND ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM AGE TO POSSESS FIREARMS WHEREAS, the City of Louisville (the "City"), is a Colorado home rule municipal corporation duly organized and existing under laws of the State of Colorado and the City of Louisville Home Rule Charter (the "City Charter"); and WHEREAS, gun violence poses a grave public safety threat in the City of Louisville. Statewide in Colorado, guns are the leading cause of death for children ages 1-17 and cause the deaths of nearly 2/3 of women who are killed by intimate partners; and WHEREAS, Colorado has the 18th-highest gun death rate among the 50 states and saw elevated levels of mass shootings in 2020 and early 2021, when a mass shooter killed 10 people at King Soopers in Boulder using an assault weapon and large -capacity magazines; and WHEREAS, assault weapons are semiautomatic firearms with large ammunition capacities and specific features that are useful in military and criminal applications yet are unnecessary in shooting sports or self-defense. These weapons include semiautomatic assault rifles that have the ability to accept large -capacity magazines holding up to 100 rounds, and with features that enhance concealability, control, and the ability to fire many dozens of rounds without pause. They also include assault pistols and high -capacity "combat" shotguns; and WHEREAS, assault weapons are semiautomatic versions of firearms. Although these semiautomatic versions of military firearms are marketed to civilians, they are military -grade weapons: the U.S. military calls semiautomatic rifle fire the "most important firing technique during fast-moving, modern combat" and "most accurate technique of placing a large volume of fire." These rifles fire bullets with a velocity three times greater than 9mm handguns, leaving "softball -sized exit wounds" much more likely to kill than to incapacitate victims; and WHEREAS, perpetrators of the five deadliest shootings in modern U.S. history —Las Vegas, Orlando, Sandy Hook, Sutherland Springs, and El Paso —used assault rifles with military - style features. Colorado's deadliest mass shooters have also used assault rifles or pistols, including the Aurora movie theater shooter, who used an assault rifle and a 100-round drum magazine; and the King Soopers shooter, who used an AR -style pistol that an ATF expert described as "made for the military and designed for short-range combat"; and Ordinance No. 1831 Series 2022 Page 1 of 12 11