Colorado Hunting and Gun Facts
Colorado Hunting and Gun Facts
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Thank you for contacting Colorado Parks and Wildlife. We appreciate that you trust our agency enough to communicate with us even when you're frustrated. We pride ourselves on always listening to our constituents and trying to address their concerns. We are pleased to provide some facts about Colorado's new legislation because there is a lot of misinformation out there.
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Exemptions HB 1224, contains the following exemptions: "(b) LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINE" DOES NOT MEAN: (I) A FEEDING DEVICE THAT HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY ALTERED SO THAT IT CANNOT ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN FIFTEEN ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION; (II) AN ATTACHED TUBULAR DEVICE DESIGNED TO ACCEPT, AND CAPABLE OF OPERATING ONLY WITH, .22 CALIBER RIMFIRE AMMUNITION; OR (III) A TUBULAR MAGAZINE THAT IS CONTAINED IN A LEVER-ACTION FIREARM." Removable base plates One section of HB 1224 that has drawn attention defines a high-capacity magazine as one that is "CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING, OR THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE READILY CONVERTED TO ACCEPT, MORE THAN FIFTEEN ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION. " As most removable base plates are designed for cleaning purposes - not for accepting additional rounds or for conversion - there is a presumption that they are legal. Affirmative enforcement The burden of proof regarding purchase date of a magazine will be on law enforcement, not on the person using the magazine. There is no affirmative enforcement required in these bills - meaning that we are not required to ask for gun or magazine ownership information unless we do so as part of some other inquiry, such as an investigation into another violation. Other Questions This is not legal advice, but rather a summary of facts related to House Bill 1224 as we understand them at this time. Colorado Parks and Wildlife is working with the Colorado Department of Public Safety and the Attorney General to receive additional technical guidance on the new statutes. The new statutes do not take effect until July 1 and implementation guidance will be available prior to that time.
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HB 1229 requires that a background check is performed before the transfer/sale of a gun from one individual to another. To facilitate the background checks, a separate bill (HB 1228) authorized the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to establish a fee for background checks and to create a system to provide those checks.
HB 1229 exempts shooting competitions or trainings specifically: "AT A TARGET FIREARM SHOOTING COMPETITION UNDER THE AUSPICES OF, OR APPROVED BY, A STATE AGENCY OR A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION"
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife is working with the Colorado Department of Public Safety and the Attorney General to receive additional technical guidance on the new statutes. The new statutes do not take effect until July 1 and implementation guidance will be available prior to that time.
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