Sidearm’s in CO

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Only a logical person would come to that conclusion. That rules out all CO liberal legislators.

"Their" logic is that a locked gun case inside a vehicle will keep these guns out of the hands of criminals. They can't grasp the concept of the criminals just taking the entire locked gun case out of a locked vehicle. SMH

You think they care about keeping guns away from criminals? Their soft on crime attitude conveys the exact opposite. Otherwise they would aggressively enforce laws and sentences for stealing a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm (which they don’t).

Hell when they wrote and passed this law you know what was also only a misdemeanor? Stealing a gun $<300 (iirc).

Think about that, the penalty for stealing a deadly weapon and violating all their hoops they make legal gun owners jump was a misdemeanor. While that was the case they voted to also make it a misdemeanor if you got your gun stolen out of your vehicle if it was merely in a locked vehicle and not also in a locked case.

 

[bz_711]

2A says you can be armed anytime, any place. Just got to be able to run it all the way up to the Supreme Court!

 

[taskswap]

Every year when we go to Chama for my annual elk chasing, we end up taking a trip to the WalMart in Pagosa Springs Colorado about 45 minutes away. We always notice there are several folks open carrying handguns (in a belt holster). Could be hunters roaming through the store or just citizens exercising their 2A rights. It seems peculiar that they are lawful in their open carry but if they left the handgun in the car under the seat or in the glove compartment they would be violating the law.

You can thank Reagan and the NRA for half of that. Their fear of and efforts to control the Black Panthers are the source of a lot of how we got to where we are today in terms of gun control legislation. The Mulford Act is no longer the main "reason" but all of our current rules trace back to that in some way.

Regarding vehicle storage, there has been a string of firearms thefts from vehicles, and thieves are pretty good at getting what they want even if the vehicle is locked. And we all like to think we always lock our cars, but we don't - that one time at the gas station when you figured you were just buying a bottle of water, shooting into the post office, etc.

Love or hate him (I'm no fan, but even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile) Polis also signed a sibling law into effect this past Jan that makes all firearms theft a felony (it wasn't before). They're really trying to crack down on firearms theft on both sides of the issue - opportunity and consequence.

See https://stateline.org/2025/07/07/pa...ading-source-of-stolen-guns-new-report-finds/ and in particularly "By 2022, 40% of all reported gun thefts involved a vehicle, up from 31% in 2018." And that's just the ones we know of. Since there is no national database of stolen firearms and no standardized system of reporting firearms thefts, the real number could be higher.

 

[TradLife406]

I carry everywhere in Montana. Especially hunting as there are griz basically everywhere from Lewistown west.

But I think if I hunted CO I'd gladly leave the few pounds of a gun and ammo behind.


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[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Love or hate him (I'm no fan, but even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile) Polis also signed a sibling law into effect this past Jan that makes all firearms theft a felony (it wasn't before). They're really trying to crack down on firearms theft on both sides of the issue - opportunity and consequence.

He didn't find a nut, republicans and moderate democrates pushed this bill through, it was RIDICULOUS it wasn't already a felony and/or addressed way before all these other attacks on gun owners if the true intent was limiting gun crime. Being it obviously is not it should come as no surprise ~20% of the house reps and senators opposed this, mostly leftist domocrats who voted for these other laws against legal gun owners. Polis would have hypocritical egg on his face if he didn't sign it after all the attacks on gun owners.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

But I think if I hunted CO I'd gladly leave the few pounds of a gun and ammo behind.

I do.

 

[*zap*]

Personal security is every persons right. Never minded the weight of my airweight j frame, model 36 or shield. You are either prepared or you are not prepared. I always choose to possess a sheath knife and handgun.
May not run into trouble in the woods but you still need to travel to and from.....

 

[RonD]

https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-18/article-12/part-1/section-18-12-114-5/

2024 Colorado Revised Statutes​

Universal Citation:
CO Rev Stat § 18-12-114.5 (2024)
Learn moreThis media-neutral citation is based on the American Association of Law Libraries Universal Citation Guide and is not necessarily the official citation.

• (1)
  • (a)A person shall not knowingly leave a handgun in an unattended vehicle unless the handgun is in a locked hard-sided container that is placed out of plain view, including a locked container that is permanently affixed to the vehicle's interior, and the container is in any of the following:
    • (I) A locked vehicle;
    • (II) The locked trunk of a locked vehicle; or
    • (III) A locked recreational vehicle, as defined in section 24-32-902.
  • (b)A person shall not knowingly leave a firearm that is not a handgun in an unattended vehicle unless the firearm is in a locked hard-sided or locked soft-sided container, including a locked container that is permanently affixed to the vehicle's interior, and the container is in any of the following:
    • (I) A locked vehicle;
    • (II) The locked trunk of a locked vehicle; or
    • (III) A locked recreational vehicle, as defined in section 24-32-902.
  • (c) A firearm that is not a handgun that is stored in a soft-sided container must have a locking device installed on the firearm while the firearm is stored in the soft-sided container.
  • (d) For the purposes of this subsection (1), a locked glove compartment or the locked center console of a vehicle is a locked hard-sided container.
• (2) A person who violates subsection (1) of this section commits unlawful storage of a firearm in a vehicle. Unlawful storage of a firearm in a vehicle is a civil infraction.
• (3)This section does not apply to:
  • (a) Storing an antique firearm, as defined in 18 U.S.C. sec. 921 (a)(16), as amended;
  • (b) Storing a firearm that is a not a handgun in a vehicle that is being used for farm or ranch operations that is on the person's private farm or ranch, including a leased farm or ranch. As used in this subsection (3)(b), "farm" and "ranch" have the same meanings as set forth in section 39-1-102.
  • (c) A person who lives in a vehicle or in a recreational vehicle, as defined in section 24-32-902, in which the firearm is stored. A person who lives in a vehicle or recreational vehicle must store firearms in the vehicle or recreational vehicle in accordance with the storage requirement described in section 18-12-114.
  • (d) A peace officer;
  • (e) A person who holds a valid resident or out-of-state hunting license who is engaged in lawful hunting activities;
  • (f) A person engaged in the instruction of hunter education courses and outreach offered by the division of parks and wildlife; and
  • (g) An active member of the United States armed forces while on duty.
• (4) Notwithstanding the requirement in subsection (1) of this section to store a firearm in a locked hard-sided container, a person who is considered to have a disability, as defined in 42 U.S.C. sec. 12102, who stores a firearm in a locked soft-sided container does not violate this section with respect to the storage of the firearm that is in the locked soft-sided container.
• (5) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "vehicle" has the same meaning as set forth in section 42-1-102.

Added by 2024 Ch. 178,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2025.



Section 7 of chapter 178 (HB 24-1348), Session Laws of Colorado 2024, provides that the act adding this section applies to offenses committed on or after January 1, 2025.

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