Colorado 3-day Waiting Period

[kidicarus13]

Will Colorado's 3-day waiting period enter into your decision-making process to buy/sell firearms come October 1st?

I will list a few firearms in the next week or so that I don't really shoot. It's not convenient to go to an FFL once, let alone twice after Oct 1.

[Linkless]

I'd assume the seller would only have to go once, the buyer would have to go the initial time and then again to pick it up. That is how it worked for me when the multi-day waits happened during covid.

[BladesNBarrels]

The devil is in the details and results in unintended consequences.
Does the FFL hold the firearm during the waiting period?
Now the FFL is required to provide secure storage, insurance, and does the FFL become the legal owner?
If the FFL becomes the owner, does the seller have to have a background check if the buyer does not pass?
Does that require another 3 day waiting period?
What additional costs does the FFL incur that will be passed on to the Seller and Buyer?

[kidicarus13]

If the FFL becomes the owner, does the seller have to have a background check if the buyer does not pass?

Isn't this what happens now when the FFL transfers a firearm between 2 people?

[ray1970]

Isn't this what happens now when the FFL transfers a firearm between 2 people?

Pretty much but they don?t have to keep it and store it for three days right now.

I figure most FFLs will just quit doing private party transfers and I doubt that was an unintended consequence.

[HBARleatherneck]

Once face to face purchases went away in Colorado, I stopped buying any used guns. I have seen good deals here but its not worth it to me to have to set up time to meet at an FFL, pay a fee to exercise my rights, etc. (now I live on this side of the border I havent bought any used guns either. Nobody selling and too far to go if I found someone selling.)

[VolksDragon]

Wyoming is nice this time of year.

I foresee much higher fees for PP transfers locally, especially since the dealer now has to keep, store and secure the gun for the three days instead of just putting it behind the counter until the BGC clears.

The common "I'll meet you in the middle" transfers for members who live on different ends of the state will become pretty scarce since the buyer now has to make the trip twice. Ugh.

[VolksDragon]

I figure most FFLs will just quit doing private party transfers and I doubt that was an unintended consequence.

Agreed. Savages.

[beast556]

They will still do them, prices will just go up to put up with the extra headache. Growing up in CA the 10 day wait was just part of buying a gun. The 5 years that I worked in a gunshop in CA we did hundreds of private party transfers every year.

[def90]

Yeah, add on amother $15 3 day storage fee.