Residency Rule?

[mattiooo]

I went to a gunshop yesterday after selling my shotgun to pick up some cowboy action guns.

The person there (who was very friendly and spent a lot of time with me) told me that in order to purchase the handgun, I had to show proof of residency for at least 90 days. I was okay with long guns.

I have read through all of the Colorado legislation pages and looked through the CIB website and could not find any mention of this. Is this true, and am I just missing something in the legislation? I did do the searches last night around 1:00 am...so it might just be my brain.

He also recommended against buying more than one handgun at any time, unless I had a good reason to - consecutive serial numbers was his example. Is this also true?

Thanks from a stranger from a strange land.

Matt

[HunterCO]

Federal law requires you to have established residency for 90 days before you can purchase a handgun.

I have no idea why he told you not to purchase more than one gun that is BS you can purchase as many as you like. The only thing I could see would be a problem is if you purchase several handguns at a time on a regular basis. This might raise red flags with ATF because they might think you are engaged in dealing in firearms with out an FFL.

Hope this helps.

[Circuits]

90 days only applies to legal aliens. If you've got an in-state driver's license/ID, and an in-state address, you're good to go.

Military with out-of-state ID need a copy of their PCS orders, and those have to be phoned in (can't do those background checks over the computer online).

If a single purchaser buys more than one handgun within a 7-day period, the FFL does indeed have to fill out an additional form (report of multiple handgun sales). Generally not a problem as long as you're not straw-buying, but straw-buying for illegal resale is what the mulitple sales form is intended to prevent.