Colorado voters have forced out two Democratic legislators – including the state senate president – in a recall election over gun controls.
Senate President John Morse and Sen Angela Giron were kicked out after backing tighter gun-control laws.
Mr Morse said he had “no regrets”, but the National Rifle Association said the result showed legislators should protect people’s “rights and freedoms”.
The vote was at the centre of a national battle over gun control.
The debate assumed added emotional resonance following the shooting deaths of 12 people at an Aurora, Colorado cinema in July 2012 and 26 children and six teachers at an elementary school in Connecticut last December.
In the wake of the tragedies, the Democrat-majority Colorado state legislatures passed new laws banning ammunition magazines with more than 15 rounds and beefed up background checks on private gun sales – an effort in which Mr Morse played a leading role.
The new controls infuriated gun rights advocates, who launched the recall – a process by which voters are able to remove elected officials before the end of their terms.
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