Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share via Email Share via SMS Copy LinkState Sen. Tom Sullivan, D-Centennial, listens to testimony on his bill to expand the state's "red flag" law at the Colorado Capitol building on Jan. 27, 2026. He sponsored the original red flag law in 2019 and led a bill last year that created a training and permit program for people who want to purchase most semi-automatic guns . He asked lawmakers to support an expansion of the state’s red flag law to “continue to make Colorado a safer place to live.”When Colorado’s red flag law first went into effect in 2020, it gave law enforcement and family members the ability to petition a judge to remove someone’s access to firearms for up to one year if they believe that person poses a threat to themselves or others. As of 2024, more than 80% of law enforcement petitions for a one-year firearm removal have been approved, compared to just 22% for non-law enforcement petitioners. “We strongly believe that this bill will help keep our children safer.”Gun rights groups are sharply opposed to the measure.