After weeks of delays, tomorrow, March 11, upon adjournment in the Old State Library, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hear the freedom-cratering bill to ban “specified semi-automatic” rifles and shotguns, which has now turned into a convoluted permit-to-purchase scheme.
Originally, SB25-003 would have banned a wide swath of “specified semiautomatic firearm(s),” but the bill was amended. It still bans those firearms, unless an individual applies for a permit-to-purchase that includes:
- A completed hunter education course certified by the Colorado of Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and, within 5 years before making the purchase, completed a basic firearms safety course;
- A completed extended firearms safety course, within 5 years before making the purchase, or
- A completed extended firearms safety course more than 5 years before making the purchase and completed a basic firearms safety course within 5 years before making the purchase.
Now are you wondering who will be keeping the records (database) on who has taken a hunter education course, firearms safety course, and the extended firearm safety course before they can apply for a permit-to-purchase? The Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Under the bill, the CPW shall develop and operate a system of records of people who:
- Hold a valid firearms safety course eligibility card
- Have completed a hunter education course, a basic firearms course, or an extended firearms safety course.
CPW shall consult with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation in developing and operating this system.
Talk about a backdoor scheme to knowing who owns a firearm…
This amended bill is absolutely not acceptable. As we all know, only the law-abiding will follow the law. Criminals will not take the required hunter education course or firearm safety course, nor will they even bother applying for a permit-to-purchase. Therefore, SB25-003 still does nothing to address and reduce Colorado’s violet crime rate. It only gives the government complete access to a list of law-abiding sportsmen and gun-owners who own firearms.
Use our Take Action button now to email the committee urging them to vote “No” on SB25-003. This bill, even as amended, still has devastating effects on sportsmen and gun owners.
Extremists believe banning the possession of all firearms, including our hunting semiautomatic rifles and shotguns, will reduce crime. We know SB25-003 is not the answer. Criminals are the cause of the Centennial State’s firearm crime rate, not its sportsmen.
Don’t forget to share this important alert with your family, friends, and fellow sportsmen. The committee must hear from you and the sportsmen community opposing SB25-003.
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