Happened in California too - in the 80s.
It’s been downhill ever since and we now have a deep blue government and $5.00/gallon gas.
To see your future, Colorado, look no further than the mess that is California.
California got “californicated” by people from the NE Part of the country. Damn Yankees.
Plus, the state never adopted an RKBA clause in the state constitution, so it was doomed from the beginning.