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Congress and Colorado cities debate gun policies

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, semi-automatic rifles fill a wall at a gun shop in Lynnwood, Wash. Mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado in March 2021, that left several people dead, have reignited calls from gun control advocates for tighter restrictions on buying firearms and ammunition. But with Democrats in control of the federal government, gun rights advocates have been persuading Republican-run state legislatures to go the other way, making it easier to obtain and carry guns.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

DENVER (KDVR) — President Biden delivered a primetime, national address on gun violence Thursday, urging Congress to act.

Right now, the U.S. House is debating the Protecting Our Kids Act. The bill would raise the minimum age to buy semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21. It would also create new laws to crack down on large-capacity magazines and create a new tax credit for the sale of safe storage devices.

Our political analysts, Republican strategist and Director of the Advance Colorado Institute Michael Fields, and Democratic strategist and White House and gubernatorial advisor Andy Boian, discussed the Protecting Our Kids Act and other proposals happening in Colorado.

You can watch the full heated discussion this Sunday on Colorado Point of View at 7:30 a.m. on Colorado’s Very Own Channel 2.