Robertson v. City and County of Denver
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rovira
This case presents questions of whether an ordinance banning the manufacture, sale, or possession of “assault weapons” within the City and County of Denver violates article II, section 13 of the Colorado Constitution, and the constitutional proscription against laws that are impermissibly vague or overbroad.1
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In October 1989, the Denver City Council (City Council) enacted Ordinance No. 669 which became effective on November 14, *3271989, and was codified as section 38-130 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code. See Appendix, Denver, Colo., Rev.Mun.Code art. IV, § 38-130 (1989) (the ordinance).
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