How did we miss this? (Well, it did happen at about the same time that Denver had a record blizzard and the liberation of Iraq began.) According to this Rocky Mountain News editorial (strangely, I couldn't find an actual news article about it), Colorado's Governor Owens signed two new gun bills into law on March 18th.
Quoting the editor of Gun Tests, one of my favorite gun magazines and the first place I learned of this news: "SB 24 requires sheriffs to issue carry permits to individuals who have taken handgun training and passed a fingerprint-based background check. SB 25 abolishes local registries of gun owners and prohibits local governments from enacting gun control ordinances and laws more restrictive than Colorado state law."
Predictably, the City of Denver has threatened to challenge SB 25 in court.
As far as I can tell, SB 24 is effective 60 days after passage and SB 25 is effective immediately. Here are links to Colorado General Assembly info on SB 24 and SB 25.
Posted by JohnGalt at April 24, 2003 09:36 AM