FWIW - if I lived in CO I would wait to see how the finished bill ends up and what additional direction owners are provided before doing a bunch of paperwork. For example, I might just do an affidavit of ownership - which has sufficed under some regimes and might here as well when all is said and done. Depending on where it ends up that may or may not work.
To be honest, I don’t think the authors have any idea of where even they want the “bill” to end up! There is now a 2nd draft and in it they have deleted the prohibition of possession and now only have “Unlawful manufacture, import, purchase, sale and transfer of ownership of assault weapons prohibited”, but with that said, the
lead sponsor, told the press on Monday that criminal and civil penalties under the measure would be “reserved for individuals, businesses and manufacturers that sell or try to sell assault weapons”, and because of the change, Coloradans who already own an assault weapon wouldn’t face penalties”. He also said: “Neither would a Coloradan who travels to a neighboring state to purchase an assault weapon and returns home with the firearm”.
That makes no sense to me; even though the sale could happen in another state, isn’t the Coloradan “importing” it not, or is the “import” protected by FOPA? If what he said is actually true, then what does the law accomplish if anybody that wants an assault weapon can just go to WY, UT or AZ and buy one and anybody in Colorado that owns one could just sell it in WY, UT or AZ (or maybe both: seller to FFL to buyer)?
At any rate, in Colorado, if I want to gift ownership of one of my “assault weapons” to my son-in-law, universal background checks requires a background check be done, so why not also do a 4473 for my daughter? I believe, with a 60% majority, the Democrats ARE going to get A bill passed and maybe quickly! So whatever I need to do, I feel, I need to do it before that can happen. (sounds to me that I’ve already decided, but again, thank you)
) That WAS the job!
