Does CO have a law about keeping guns locked up? In a safe or otherwise?
Not debating the wisdom of locking up or not, just curious if there's a LAW about it.
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Does CO have a law about keeping guns locked up? In a safe or otherwise?
Not debating the wisdom of locking up or not, just curious if there's a LAW about it.
Not that I've ever heard of. What got you thinking about it?
No. I actually called a gas station clerk out on floating a whole bunch of bs about guns to another customer. The laws we have are stupid enough let's not try to add to them.
Didn't happen to stop at the Valero on Laredo and 6th did you?
No there is not. However traditional laws of criminal negligence and civil liability are strong motivators to keep weapons safely secured.Quote:
Originally Posted by rondog
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Some yahoo said something about a Colorado gun safe law on Facebook but didn't reply when I asked for the CRS, so I figgered this group would know.
NO, Negative, not at all, yet.
They are working on one, and a 10 round mag limit, and a Red Flag law...going to be a brutal spring.
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Both are very true, and very bad for CO residents.Quote:
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Such a law has been proposed at least once in the past, maybe more than once. But it's never been passed, in fact I don't think the previously proposed laws ever made it out of committee.
So, simple answer, no, there is not a "safe storage" law in Colorado.
Now, having said that, if you store your weapons in such a way that it makes it likely that some unauthorized person (like a minor child) can get ahold of them and injure or kill someone else, there could very well be civil liability.
Also, if a child gets ahold of a firearm and injures himself or another person the owner of the gun could potentially be prosecuted for criminal negligence, child abuse or neglect, or something similar depending on the circumstances.
But there is no black-letter law that requires a firearm to be locked up.
Washington state just passed a safe storage type law this past cycle. Will probably be soon for us being full blue govt.
I'm not in favor of more gun laws but every time I read about a toddler getting ahold of mommy or daddy's gun and shooting himself or another child, it makes me sick, and it makes me ask "what the hell was that gun owner thinking, keeping that loaded gun where his/her kid could get it?"Quote:
Originally Posted by skoodge
Like most of us here I can tell you exactly where every firearm I own is located and NONE of them are in a place where they can be accessed by a child.
The law is generally more "reactive" than "proactive." That is to say, legislators act on things that actually happen when their constituents start screaming "DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!"
Awhile back I took an interest in those "kid gets ahold of a gun and shoots someone" stories, and started digging up a lot of additional information on them.
In nearly every single case, it turned out that the parents were criminal dirtbags.
Not that this makes such incidents any less tragic; it doesn't, but the media likes to spin these incidents in such a way as to portray them as a common thing that happens to regular Joe Citizen the Gun Owner, and it's simply not true.
I know several people who would offer an alternative perspective and actually want to keep at least one firearm accessible, particularly with older (including pre-teen) children who have demonstrated sufficient responsibility and at least a minimal level of proficiency.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinjmpr
Zero Discretion/Tolerance laws are bullshit any way you look at them...
I know where mine are, for home defense use, either sitting with one on hip, or a short reach for access.. Everything else is locked up, just because it's easier to keep track of.