Colorado: Legislature Making Final Push For Gun Control Before End of Session

Dear [Lawmaker],

As a fellow resident of Colorado and your constituent, I urge you to please OPPOSE all anti-gun bills before you in the Senate.

HB24-1270 would force gun owners to obtain liability insurance to purchase and carry a gun in Colorado.

HB24-1292 is a semi-auto ban bill, and its broad definition of “assault weapon” bans all semi-automatic rifles including America’s most common rifle, the AR-15, along with countless other rifles, pistols, and shotguns that Coloradans use for hunting, target shooting, and self-defense. The bill also bans .50 BMG rifles, despite the fact that these rifles are essentially never used in crime. Even worse, the ban extends to common firearm parts and many innocuous components in the definition of “assault weapon” and “rapid-fire trigger activator” (FRT/forced reset trigger). A person in violation of this unconstitutional ban will be charged with a petty offense.

HB 24-1348 mandates that firearms stored in unattended vehicles must be kept in a locked hard-sided container that is kept out of view or within the locked trunk of the vehicle. The bill creates civil penalties for infractions.

HB 24-1349 creates an 9% excise tax on the sale of all firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the state. If passed, the tax will be on the ballot this Fall. Firearms and ammunition are already subject to an 11% federal excise tax through the Pittman-Robertson Act, along with a variety of other state and local taxes and fees. California is the only other state to enact similar legislation. This tax should be seen as nothing more than an attack on the Second Amendment and those who exercise their rights under it.

HB 24-1353 creates a duplicative state level permitting system for federally regulated firearm license holders. The new permit adds one more layer of scrutiny and potentially state sanctioned harassment of these already highly regulated businesses.

These bills only seek to burden law-abiding gun owners and businesses, and do nothing to address crime in our state. Again, I urge you please OPPOSE all of these bills.

Thank you for all that you do for our state.

Sincerely,
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