Colorado protesters demand that governor issue order banning all guns

A group of nearly 1,000 protesters, mostly women, demanded a ban on all guns - a move the governor said would be unconstitutional

Hundreds of women staged a sit-in outside Colorado's capitol on Monday, calling on the state's Democratic governor to ban all guns, a move his office said would simply be unconstitutional".

The gun-ban protest included an estimated 1,000 people by late Monday morning, with some protesters joining from out of state, the Denver Post reported.