Proposed Boulder County Firearms restrictions

[moose76]

Following suit with Boulder, Superior, and Louisville, Boulder County is moving forward with their own suite of firearms restrictions.

https://www.bouldercounty.org/departments/commissioners/proposed-gun-violence-prevention-ordinances/
(https://www.bouldercounty.org/departments/commissioners/proposed-gun-violence-prevention-ordinances/)
The county AW ban seems to stop short of banning possession and does not include a registration requirement.

With the recent Supreme Court actions, is anyone aware of a group or organization challenging these ordinances in court?

[.455_Hunter]

Interesting...

The overly broad carry restrictions will get encumbered by the recent SC ruling. Just calling a place "sensitive" does not make it so. Sure- specific county buildings will probably be legally viable restriction, but "all parks and open space" will not pass muster. It also appears that NF would not be covered by such a prohibition, but that is a topic to be discussed. Using "because mass shootings happened at grocery stores" justification on why you shouldn't be able to defend yourself at grocery stores hurts the brain.

The watering down of the AW and mag thing also raises an eyebrow, plus the change from firearm "sale/possession" to just "sale" for under 21.

I wonder how FFL dealers outside Boulder County will handle county residents who want to purchase verboten firearms? If anybody has something they want to buy, probably good to get it now before that trick can be executed.

Also seems to have limited impact on people passing through the area since possession is not targeted.

What a shit show. I have some contacts at BRC and will ask if they are engaged in tempering some of this crap, especially since the county needs their support to end dispersed NF shooting.

[DDT951]

Again,

We need FFL help.

Don't sell any ammo, guns. or accessories to BCSO (or the other Boulder County) or their officers since these weapons and ammo are so dangerous.

Of course watching the BCSO and LPD practicing shooting up cars with full auto weapons with the only barrier between their "practice range" and other private property is a normal cedar fence convinces me that they are really safe with their firearms...

[def90]

The Mountain States Legal Foundation is the group that filed the lawsuit against Boulder the first time around along with the Independance Institute. they will be re-filing their lawsuit against Boukder after they review the final text of all the laws Boulder passed again.

https://mslegal.org/

[osok-308]

Since it doesn't ban the possession, all you have to do is go to another county to buy any of those items. You're not dealing with state law, but country ordinances/ municipal codes. I see this as having a high likelihood of getting overturned. But even if it doesn't, I don't see this being difficult for anyone to get around.

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[def90]

Since it doesn't ban the possession, all you have to do is go to another county to buy any of those items. You're not dealing with state law, but country ordinances/ municipal codes. I see this as having a high likelihood of getting overturned. But even if it doesn't, I don't see this being difficult for anyone to get around.

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Yes, it is a city ordinance just as Denvers law has been for years, you likely will not be fined or serve jail time but they will most definitely confiscate whatever you have.

[eddiememphis]

https://kdvr.com/news/local/unincorporated-boulder-county-gun-measures/
https://www.thecentersquare.com/colorado/boulder-county-adopts-new-gun-control-ordinances-including-assault-weapons-ban/article_43d0d4d8-135a-11ed-b17c-af0b5d3638ae.html

Passed for Boulder County

Ordinance 2022-2  Prohibits anyone under the age of 21 from purchasing a firearm and prohibits anyone from selling a firearm to anyone under the age of 21.

Ordinance 2022-3 - Establishes a 10-day waiting period for delivering firearms from a licensed firearms dealer and for the dealer to have received approval from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation for the transfer of the firearm.

Ordinance 2022-4  Prohibits the carrying of firearms, whether in an open or concealed manner, in sensitive public areas in unincorporated Boulder County, including (but not limited to) government buildings, playgrounds, parks, within 500 feet of a polling station or ballot box, healthcare facilities, places of worship, preschools and daycares.

Ordinance 2022-5  Prohibits the manufacture, import, purchase, sale or transfer of any assault weapon, large-capacity magazine, or rapid-fire trigger activator in unincorporated Boulder County.

Ordinance 2022-6  Prohibits the possession of firearms that have not been identified with a serial number by a federal licensee (so-called "ghost guns").

Unincorporated Boulder County is comprised of Allenspark, Coal Creek Canyon, Eldora, Eldorado Springs, Gold Hill, Gunbarrel, Hygiene and Niwot. Unincorporated Boulder County does not include the City of Boulder.

[.455_Hunter]

https://kdvr.com/news/local/unincorporated-boulder-county-gun-measures/
https://www.thecentersquare.com/colorado/boulder-county-adopts-new-gun-control-ordinances-including-assault-weapons-ban/article_43d0d4d8-135a-11ed-b17c-af0b5d3638ae.html

Passed for Boulder County

Ordinance 2022-2  Prohibits anyone under the age of 21 from purchasing a firearm and prohibits anyone from selling a firearm to anyone under the age of 21.

Ordinance 2022-3 - Establishes a 10-day waiting period for delivering firearms from a licensed firearms dealer and for the dealer to have received approval from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation for the transfer of the firearm.

Ordinance 2022-4  Prohibits the carrying of firearms, whether in an open or concealed manner, in sensitive public areas in unincorporated Boulder County, including (but not limited to) government buildings, playgrounds, parks, within 500 feet of a polling station or ballot box, healthcare facilities, places of worship, preschools and daycares.

Ordinance 2022-5  Prohibits the manufacture, import, purchase, sale or transfer of any assault weapon, large-capacity magazine, or rapid-fire trigger activator in unincorporated Boulder County.

Ordinance 2022-6  Prohibits the possession of firearms that have not been identified with a serial number by a federal licensee (so-called "ghost guns").

Unincorporated Boulder County is comprised of Allenspark, Coal Creek Canyon, Eldora, Eldorado Springs, Gold Hill, Gunbarrel, Hygiene and Niwot. Unincorporated Boulder County does not include the City of Boulder.


I will give the progressives credit- they charge forward no matter what the headwinds indicate.

I would still officially like to hear their official reasoning for not pursuing a county AWB for possession with grandfather registration.

Stand by for more lawsuits, injunctions, and rulings...

[O2HeN2]

So I'd give the progressives two byes. When Boulder's are shot down as unconstitutional and the third town suggests the very same thing, the folks proposing the laws should be charged with treason.

...because the by third time they obviously don't give a $#!+ about the Constitution.

O2

[Martinjmpr]

Didn't Boulder also "outlaw" nuclear weapons back when they were making plutonium triggers at Rocky Flats? [ROFL1]

[BPTactical]

What a wonderful way to make the entire county a free fire zone for criminals!

So brave Boulder Co.

[eddiememphis]

https://denvergazette.com/opinion/columns/boulder-county-s-new-gun-law-imperils-public/article_9276b571-46f2-5cd1-8c52-b02243af3928.html

Dave Kopel's take on it.

"...the commissioners do not appear to have read or obeyed the Bruen opinion."

"There is no public safety benefit to prohibiting an early morning jogger from protecting herself against a mountain lion or a human predator."

"The Boulder Commissioners take away the choices of the grocery stores that do not want their customers to be sitting ducks for mass shooters."

"The new Boulder law is regressive for public safety. It based on animus against exceptionally law-abiding Coloradans."

[Mtneer]

Judge just blocked the ban from going into effect (except for reset triggers and bumpstocks).

[.455_Hunter]

Judge just blocked the ban from going into effect (except for reset triggers and bumpstocks).


Are the carry limits also being challenged? Seem to me to be just as important (or more so) than the AW/mag restrictions.

Anyway, more positive developments.

[eddiememphis]

https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/2022/08/28/town-of-lyons-takes-aim-at-gun-rights-open-carry-sales-and-manufacture-bans-on-the-table/

Lyons is trying the same thing.

[def90]

Lyons is jumping on board now.. One council member brought up that maybe it "wasn't right and maybe they should put it on the ballot" but after a couple other members told him that the people shouldn't have a choice he voted for it anyway.

[.455_Hunter]

It's pretty clear the local governments are just the next step for HOA Karens. People who value the personal liberty of citizens don't tend to have the lust for power shown in the past year.

Lyons used to have a muzzleloading shop in the downtown core and I bet the hardware store used to have an ammo cabinet.

It's still interesting to watch the circling of the progressive gun safety wagons.