(CNN) In a state scarred by two of the worst mass shootings in recent memory, it was no surprise that questions about guns kept coming up at Rep. Mike Coffman's town hall in Greenwood Village, Colorado. "I cannot understand how somebody who represented the district that has the Aurora theater in it can say this is a bad idea," one man told Coffman. Aurora's Century 16 Multiplex Theater, where 12 people were gunned down while watching "The Dark Knight Rises" in July 2012, is less than 10 miles from the high school where Coffman's town hall was held. The memories of those tragedies were still fresh for many town hall attendees. "There is a pervasive feeling, particularly for young people in schools, that they just aren't safe," Coffman told CNN affiliate KDVR after the town hall.

Source: CNN February 21, 2018 16:07 UTC