On Tuesday, February 17, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hear HB26-1021, the “Second Amendment Protection Act,” is a comprehensive bill seeking to repeal dozens of “lost sportsmen and gun owner rights” by removing various restrictions on the sale, possession, and carry of firearms.
This bill isn’t just about policy; it’s about respecting the heritage of the Colorado hunter. If you believe in protecting our outdoor ways of life, now is the time to make your voice heard.
Use the Take Action button to email the committee and urge them to support HB26-1021.
Key Provisions of the Second Amendment Protection Act
If passed, the bill would repeal or eliminate the following and more:
- Liability Fairness: Restores previous product liability provisions, ensuring that firearm manufacturers and dealers cannot be held liable for the criminal acts of third parties.
- Merchant Code Privacy: Repeals the requirement for banks and payment processors to use specific “merchant category codes” for retail firearm sales, protecting your private financial data from being flagged.
- Ammunition Freedom: Eliminates several regulations on the sale of ammunition, simplifying the process for hunters to stock up for the season.
- Minimum Age: Repeals the law setting the minimum age to purchase a firearm at 21 years old.
- Magazine Limits: Eliminates prohibitions on certain ammunition magazines and associated marking requirements.
- Background Checks: Removes requirements for background checks in private firearm transfers.
- Sensitive Places: Repeals bans on carrying firearms in polling locations, government buildings, licensed child care centers, and school/university grounds.
- Safe Storage: Removes mandates for firearm storage in homes and unattended vehicles.
- Dealer Regulations: Eliminates the requirement for a state permit to deal firearms and repeals regulations for gun shows.
- Ghost Guns: Repeals provisions regarding unserialized firearms.
- Office of Gun Violence Prevention: Abolishes this state office and directs the return of certain funds to their original donors.
- Local Authority: Reasserts that firearm regulation is a matter of statewide concern, effectively limiting local governments’ ability to enact stricter gun laws than the state.
Hearing Schedule and Participation
The meeting is scheduled to start upon the House’s adjournment.
Defending the Future of the Great Outdoors
HB26-1021 is a rare opportunity to clear the legislative hurdles that have accumulated over the last decade. It’s time to stop treating law-abiding sportsmen like the problem.
Don’t forget to share this important email with your family, friends, and fellow sportsmen. Urge them to Take Action and email the committee today.
Make sure you share this important email with your family, friends, and fellow sportsmen.
This fight isn’t one we can win alone. To protect our heritage from further legislative overreach and ensure our voices carry weight at the Capitol, we need a united front. Urge your family and friends to join you and the Sportsmen’s Alliance today.
Standing with an organization dedicated to defending our right to hunt, fish, and trap, you are helping secure the future of the great outdoors for generations to come. Let’s get to work.
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