A district judge in Colorado has ruled that gun advocacy groups challenging “assault weapon” bans in several cities lack standing to pursue their claims and ordered the plaintiffs to prove their standing or risk dismissal of the case.
In an opinion and memorandum issued on Sept. 30, Judge Nina Wang of the U.S. District Court for Colorado said that the plaintiffs, led by Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and the National Association for Gun Rights, had failed to demonstrate that they were directly harmed by local ordinances that prohibit the possession, sale, and transfer of certain firearms classified as “assault weapons.”
