The Colorado legislature is wasting no time in pushing their agenda.
Governor: https://www.colorado.gov/governor/contact-us
State Legislature Senate District 4, Penrose:
Mark.Baisley, mark.baisley@senate.co.com
Representative District 60 Penrose:
Stephanie Luck, stephanie.luck.house@coleg.gov
SB25-003: The 2025 Semi-Auto Gun Ban would restrict the sale of nearly every semi-automatic firearm that accepts a detachable magazine. After passing the Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee on a party-line vote of 3-2 on January 28th, it was heavily amended on the Senate floor before passing its second reading. With the new amendments, prospective buyers will be permitted access to the restricted semi-auto firearms if they submit their information to a gun owner registry, pay a yet-unknown sum in fees, and jump through a litany of expensive and time-consuming bureaucratic hoops. (https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_003_01.pdf
HB25-1133: The “Requirements for Sale of Ammunition” bill would:
- Require ammunition sellers to control access to ammunition during in-person transactions. Note: this will cause many problems for retailers like Scheels who display ammunition in their stores, and is only an early attack in what will likely become an ongoing onslaught against the sale of ammunition in Colorado.
- Increase the age to purchase any kind of ammunition to 21 years old.
- Add new requirements for shipping ammunition to customers.
This bill passed its third and final vote in the House on February 25th and will move to the Senate.
SB25-158: “State Agency Procurement & Disposal Certain Items” – Upon reading this legislation, anyone will find that the “certain items” referred to in the title are in fact guns, ammo, and firearm accessories. This measure will:
- Make the process of selling firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories to law enforcement agencies in Colorado more burdensome for our state’s FFLs
- Require law enforcement agencies to destroy and dispose of surplus firearms and other firearms in their possession that are not considered evidence, eliminating a source of firearms for the private market
HB25-1128: “Income Tax Credit for Firearm Safety Device” – This bill will establish a tax credit equal to the purchase price of a gun safe or lockbox and limited to a maximum of $200. It passed its first hearing in the House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Committee today (2/20). It is now assigned to the House Finance Committee and its next hearing has not been scheduled yet.
SB25-034: This self-red flag bill would create a “Voluntary Do-Not-Sell Firearms Waiver” that interested parties can fill out and submit to the state, rendering themselves prohibited persons — a decision one might want to reverse in the future. One major problem with this bill is that getting onto the list is voluntary, but getting off of it (if the person in question so desires) requires state approval. Of course that’s no surprise: governments aren’t particularly known for their willingness to give freedoms back after they’ve managed to revoke them — even if they were handed over voluntarily. This bill passed the Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee on February 6th and will now go to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Its next hearing has not been scheduled yet.
SB25-059: “Supports for State Response to Mass Shootings” is an attempt to offset the revenue the gun grabbers expect to miss out on from the Guns & Ammo Excise Tax after putting gun stores out of business with the Semi-Auto Gun Ban. This bill passed third reading in the Senate on February 12th and was introduced in the House the following day. It’s up for its next hearing in the House State, Civic, Military & Veterans Affairs Committee on Monday, March 17th at 1:30 PM. Follow this link to sign up and testify in opposition to this bill.
HB25-1055: “Repeal Firearm Dealer Requirements & State Permit” – This bill would, as its title suggests, overturn a law gun grabbers passed last year requiring firearms sellers to maintain a state permit in addition to their federal firearms licenses. Given the fact we vehemently opposed the law this bill would get rid of, we support this legislation. It is scheduled for its first hearing in the House Business Affairs & Labor Committee on Thursday, February 27th at 1:30 PM. Follow this link to sign up and testify in support of this bill.
HB25-1062: “Penalty for Theft of Firearms” – This bill would increase penalties for theft of firearms by making theft of any firearm, regardless of its monetary value, a class 6 felony. We support this proposal. It passed the House Judiciary Committee on February 18th and will go next to the House Appropriations Committee. Its next hearing has not been scheduled yet.
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