Comparison of the two concealed carry bills being offered in the 2003 Colorado General Assembly
|
Issue |
SB24 Chlouber/White |
SB63 Lamborn/Schultheis |
|
Max. cost and length |
$100 + fingerprint fee / 5 years |
$50 / 5 years |
|
Renewal |
$50 |
$25 |
|
New Criminal Safezones (no carry allowed except by criminals) |
Public elementary, middle, junior high or high school (p. 24) Facilities that screen electronically (p. 24) |
None Lamborn added an amendment which does not allow concealed carry in K-12 public schools "with criminal intent", which is already in the law. |
|
Statewide database |
Shared by law enforcement (p.17), sunsets in 2007 |
None - prohibited |
|
Prohibition of Statewide database |
Sunsets in 2007 |
(p. 7 and p. 9) |
|
Criteria |
Long list (starting on p. 7) |
Eligible to purchase a handgun (p. 4) |
|
Fingerprint gathering |
(p. 15) |
None |
|
Maximum time before issuing or denying |
90 days |
15 days |
|
Training |
Handgun class within the last 10 years (p. 9) |
Encouraged, but not required |
|
Expiration of existing permits |
June 2007 or initial expiration, whichever is sooner |
Expire naturally, as issued |
|
Arbitrary denial by sheriffs |
“Documented previous behavior” (p. 10) |
None (sheriffs currently deny arbitrarily, which has created our problem) |
|
Legalized concealed carry in vehicle without permit |
(p. 12) |
Page to be renumbered |
|
Preemption (bars municipalities from creating criminal safezones, denying permits, etc) |
(p. 4 & 5) |
(p. 3, 4 & 5) |
|
Bar Sheriffs from gathering firearms serial numbers |
Not addressed |
Prohibited (p. 6) |
|
Reciprocity |
(p. 23) |
(p. 9) |
|
Bill length |
30 pages |
12 pages |
| Weapons vs. handguns | only concealed handguns | concealed weapons (such as hunting knives) |
