{"id":21474,"date":"2013-04-01T08:43:54","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T13:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=21474"},"modified":"2013-03-30T18:56:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T23:56:05","slug":"colorado-shooting-competition-canceled-in-wake-of-new-gun-control-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/colorado-shooting-competition-canceled-in-wake-of-new-gun-control-laws\/21474\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Shooting Competition Canceled In Wake Of New Gun Control Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Canceled-Rocky-Mtn-Reg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-21475\" alt=\"Canceled-Rocky-Mtn-Reg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Canceled-Rocky-Mtn-Reg-300x300.png\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Canceled-Rocky-Mtn-Reg-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Canceled-Rocky-Mtn-Reg-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Canceled-Rocky-Mtn-Reg-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Canceled-Rocky-Mtn-Reg.png 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. \u2013 Organizers of the Rocky Mountain Western States Regional IDPA Championship, initially scheduled to take place July 4-6 in Montrose, Colorado, have announced that the match is being canceled in the wake of Colorado\u2019s recently passed gun control laws.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 300-plus shooters from the neighboring states and across the country were expected to attend the three-day competitive shooting event. This is the second shooting competition to abandon the state after a recent announcement by firearms maker Ruger that it was moving the 2013 Ruger Rimfire Challenge World Championship out of Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith these new Colorado laws going into effect July 1, and based on the ambiguous way in which they were written, we have decided to cancel the Rocky Mountain Western States Regional IDPA Championship,\u201d said event organizer Walt Proulx of Grand Junction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to the growing number of hunters and shooters choosing to boycott Colorado, and the risk that these laws as written will turn law-abiding citizens into criminals, we were left with no other choice but to cancel what was planned to be one of IDPA\u2019s major regional championships, and one strongly supported by Montrose-area businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cancellation of the Rocky Mountain Western States Regional adds to the negative economic impact resulting from the passage of Colorado\u2019s recent gun control legislation. Already, Colorado-based firearms accessories manufacturer Magpul Industries Corp. has announced its intention to leave the state, and Michael Bane, an independent producer for the Outdoor Channel, has said he will cease production of four of the channel\u2019s popular shooting programs in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Hunters and shooters, as well as the firearms industry, play a major role in Colorado\u2019s economy. According to data from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, over $590 million in annual economic impact is generated by the firearms industry in the state while Colorado\u2019s 259,200 hunters spend another $465 million annually.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on IDPA visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.IDPA.com<\/a>. You can also follow the latest news from IDPA via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/officialidpa\" target=\"_blank\">@OfficialIDPA<\/a> on Twitter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShootIDPA\" target=\"_blank\">ShootIDPA<\/a> on Facebook, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/IDPAtv\" target=\"_blank\">IDPA TV<\/a> on YouTube, and IDPA\u2019s official blog, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idpa.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">DOWN ZERO Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organizers of the Rocky Mountain Western States Regional IDPA Championship, initially scheduled to take place July 4-6 in Montrose, Colorado, have announced that the match is being canceled in the wake of Colorado\u2019s recently passed gun control laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[164,2597],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idpa","category-shootingsports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}