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Colo. House Dems lead passage of gun control bills

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Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, speaks before the Colorado House as they consider her bill, HB13-1224, that prohibits large capacity ammunition magazines at the State Capitol in Denver, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Colorado House Democrats passed new ammunition limits and expanded background checks as part of a package of bills responding to recent mass shootings.

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Colorado's Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed a handful of gun control bills, signaling a political shift in the wake of recent mass shootings and pressure from the White House. "Enough is enough. I'm sick and tired of bloodshed," said Democratic Rep. Rhonda Fields, who sponsored a bill limiting the size of ammunition magazines and whose son was fatally shot in 2005.

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