Twelve people lost their lives last year when James Holmes, profusely armed and dressed like the Joker, sprayed Aurora moviegoers with bullets while The Dark Knight Rises played out on the screen. A reporter on this site wrote that the gun control laws passed in this year’s legislative session “came in reaction to the random massacres” in Aurora and Connecticut.

This photo was taken at the “Sheriffs Rally for the Recall” organized by Tamra Farah and held in Colorado Springs at the Pioneers Museum.  Speakers included Sheriff Terry Meketa of El Paso County and several other Sheriffs from around the state.