Access to Belmar was shut down this afternoon around 3 pm for about an hour as over 30 police officers responded to reports of a man with a rifle.
It's legal to open carry weapons in Colorado, so I want to praise the Lakewood police department for taking this threat seriously and responding quickly and in force.
Just two weeks ago, a similar report of a man with a rifle in Colorado Springs was disregarded by local police. The man went on to kill four people, and the incident has raised questions about whether Colorado's lax gun laws make it more difficult for police to protect citizens.
When found, the man in Belmar this afternoon claimed he was just back from a hunting trip.
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