First & Fourteenth filed a motion for preliminary injunction on behalf of five Colorado residents and the Colorado State Shooting Association, seeking to enjoin a new Colorado law that compels law-abiding firearms purchasers to obtain a state permit before acquiring commonly used firearms.
Senate Bill 25-003 took effect on August 1 and requires anyone buying a covered semiautomatic firearm to pass a background check, apply for a training “eligibility card” from their local sheriff, pay fees reaching hundreds of dollars, complete up to 12 hours of in-person training, score 90% on a written exam (a higher score than required by police officers), then clear a second background check and wait three days.
The motion argues the new permitting process violates the Second Amendment under the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bruen test, which requires the government to show a modern firearm regulation matches the nation’s historical tradition. It also argues the process is unreliable enough, given deficiencies in the state’s rollout of the new process, to function as a de facto ban for some law-abiding buyers.
First & Fourteenth attorneys Julian Ellis, Michael Francisco, and Rob Bucknam, with Mountain States Legal Foundation and the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, represent the plaintiffs in this matter.
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