Colorado sheriffs: Don’t ban assault weapons, big magazines, ammo

By Paul Bedard

Published January 29, 2013 5:00am ET

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Colorado sheriffs: Don’t ban assault weapons, big magazines, ammo — Police are pictured outside of a Century 16 movie theatre where as many as 14 people were killed and many injured at a shooting during the showing of a movie at the in Aurora, Colo., Friday, July 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Count the sheriffs’ association of Colorado, home to the Aurora movie slaying, as another state law enforcement group opposed to broad gun control laws.

In a sweeping rejection of some of the harshest gun control proposals of any state, the County Sheriffs of Colorado has issued a statement calling on proponents to take a breather and consider the impact of the laws being proposed.

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