The city council unanimously passed an ordinance on Tuesday to ban the sale and possession of assault weapons, bump stocks and high-capacity magazines — becoming one of a handful of cities nationwide that have taken action to change its gun laws in the wake of the Parkland , Florida, shooting massacre. Despite angry protests and the threat of a looming lawsuit, the city of Boulder, Colorado, took a bold stand for gun control this week. City Council voted unanimously last night to approve an assault weapons ban and a two-year extenstion of a moratorium on oil and gas applications. Owners of assault weapons, defined by the ordinance as “semi-automatic firearms designed with military features to allow rapid spray firing,” have until December 31 to relinquish or destroy their guns. In April, Deerfield, Illinois voted to ban assault weapons and fine lawbreakers up to $1,000 a day.

Source: Huffington Post May 17, 2018 10:41 UTC