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Colorado's Concealed Carry Guide
Summary of Colorado Concealed Carry Law
Colorado's Concealed Carry Law (SB03-24, passed in 2003)
Reciprocity
List
Reciprocity Addendum - Note: change to Colorado's
reciprocity agreement (added 7/11/07)
Extensive list of questions & answers about where you can
carry, where you can't, etc.
Reciprocity Map
(click to enlarge)
CCW Applications
(by county)
Statistics on
number of permits issued
Criminal Database Entry
(updated 3/15/07)
How to fight
back against Merchants who post "No Firearms" signs
Why the
Vermont/Alaska law is better
How Colorado got
it's existing law
Summary of Colorado's Concealed Carry Law
(passed in the 2003 Legislature)
On Tuesday, March 18th, 2003, Colorado Governor Bill Owens
signed into law a bill that was 10 years in the making. From the first
salvo, fired in 1994's session, to 2003, it has been a contentious battle,
spanning the entire careers of politicians and forcing a wide-ranging debate on
the subject of citizens carrying concealed handguns.
Below is an overview of what SB24 will mean to Colorado.
The red items are new restrictions to Colorado permit
holders.
The blue items are more lenient than previous Colorado law.
The black items are no change in Colorado law.
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Issue |
SB24 Chlouber/White |
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Max. cost and length
(fee must not exceed actual costs, but no auditing mechanism is in place |
$100 + fingerprint fee / 5 years
(prior to SB24, Sheriffs could charge any fee) |
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Max. renewal |
$50 |
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New Criminal Safezones
(no carry allowed except by criminals) |
Public elementary, middle, junior high
or high school (p. 24)
Facilities with security personnel and
electronic weapons screening devices permanently in place at every entrance (p. 24)
Facilities with security personnel
electronically screening (such as handheld devices) (p. 24) |
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Permit holders entered into CCIC, a statewide database
for criminals |
Shared by law
enforcement (p.17) |
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Prohibition of Statewide database |
Sunsets in 2007 |
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Criteria |
Is 21 years of age (p.
8) Is a legal
Colorado resident (p. 8) Long
list, including federal and existing state prohibitions for possessing a
firearm. (starting on p. 7)
Does not chronically and habitually use
alcoholic beverages (p. 8)
Has not had two or more alcohol-related
convictions within last 10 years (p. 6)
Is not, at time of application, subject to a restraining
order (including temporary)(p. 9)
Is not an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance (p. 8)
Not convicted of perjury in relation to a
concealed weapons application (p. 8) |
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Fingerprint gathering
(fingerprints submitted to the FBI, where they are held in perpetuity) |
CBI may not keep the prints, but no
prohibition on the FBI (p. 15) |
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Maximum time before issuing or denying |
90 days |
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Training
(one of the following, though some of these items will be
subject to interpretation by sheriff's departments) |
Documented participation
in an organized shooting event
Current military service
Proof of honorable discharge from military
within 10 years of application
Evidence of being a certified instructor
Retirement from a Colorado law enforcement
agency within the last 10 years
Handgun class within the last 10 years
(p. 9) |
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Expiration of existing permits |
June 2007 or initial expiration,
whichever is sooner |
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Arbitrary denial by sheriffs |
“Documented previous behavior” (p. 10) |
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Legalized concealed carry in vehicle
without permit |
(p. 12) (note: SB00-154
codified this as well, but some court cases have challenged the right) |
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Preemption (bars municipalities from
creating criminal safezones, denying permits, etc) |
(p. 4 & 5) |
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Bar Sheriffs from gathering firearms
serial numbers |
Not addressed |
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Reciprocity |
States that recognize
Colorado permits (p. 23)
Current list is here |
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Bill length |
30 pages |
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Weapons vs. handguns |
Only concealed handguns |
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