The now-amended bill, which does not outright prohibit the possession of any firearms and would not take away guns that people already own, is set for a final vote in the Senate Tuesday.

Colorado's lawmakers in the state Senate advanced a bill to ban the sale and manufacture of some semiautomatic weapons.

The Colorado Senate gave preliminary approval early Friday to a bill that would ban the manufacture and sale of semiautomatic rifles, shotguns and pistols, but the chamber added a major