Gun-Controlled Colorado: Another Nuggets Celebration, Another Shooting

NBA Finals MVP Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets enters the stage at the City and Co
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AWR Hawkins

Two people were shot, conditions unknown, following a Denver Nuggets NBA title celebration Thursday in gun-controlled Colorado.

This is the second shooting associated with the Nuggets’ victory.

Denver Police Department investigators work the scene of a mass shooting early Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Denver. Police say several people were wounded in an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Denver Nuggets first NBA title win. A man who is a suspect was one of the people shot and was taken into custody. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

NBC 15 noted that Thursday’s shooting occurred roughly an hour after the parade ended.

There may be multiple suspects, but NBC 15 pointing out “at least one suspect was described as a black male.”

Breitbart News reported that 9 people were shot early Tuesday, following the team’s Monday night win in the NBA title game.

Denver Police Department investigators work the scene of a mass shooting early Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Denver. Police say several people were wounded in an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Denver Nuggets first NBA title win. A man who is a suspect was one of the people shot and was taken into custody.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Denver Police Department investigators work the scene of a mass shooting early Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Denver. Police say several people were wounded in an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Denver Nuggets first NBA title win. A man who is a suspect was one of the people shot and was taken into custody.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A suspect was apprehended in Tuesday’s shooting.

Colorado has a “high capacity” magazine ban, a red flag law, universal background checks, a minimum firearm purchase age of 21, a 3-day waiting period on gun purchases, and numerous other gun controls which Democrats say will keep people safe.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010, a speaker at the 2023 Western Conservative Summit, and he holds a Ph.D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.

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