Is it legal to have a loaded rifle in your vehicle?

[rondog]

Beware of local city laws though, never know about them....

[spqrzilla]

In CO your vehicle is an ext of your house.

Not actually. There is a prohibition of having a loaded long gun in your vehicle where "loaded" means a round in the chamber. Its rooted in the attempt to curb poaching but it applies to everyone.

[brokenscout]

Not actually. There is a prohibition of having a loaded long gun in your vehicle where "loaded" means a round in the chamber. Its rooted in the attempt to curb poaching but it applies to everyone.

Thats what CDOW told me, but I was told to keep them seperate.

[brokenscout]

Correct, but I wouldn't count on LE knowing this.

what he said

[68Charger]

Not actually. There is a prohibition of having a loaded long gun in your vehicle where "loaded" means a round in the chamber. Its rooted in the attempt to curb poaching but it applies to everyone.

I was told that was created for safety reasons- a few accidents involving ND while taking long guns in/out of vehicles were the inspiration.

[rondog]

Not actually. There is a prohibition of having a loaded long gun in your vehicle where "loaded" means a round in the chamber. Its rooted in the attempt to curb poaching but it applies to everyone.

Also intended to curb accidents from morons grabbing a loaded long gun and pulling it out of their vehicle, and either touching the trigger or snagging it on something. My wife used to have a co-worker who lost a son that way due to a loaded shotgun. Was pulling it out by the barrel end (yes, people really do that, he was a teenager) , trigger snagged on something, his life ended.

[sniper7]

Not actually. There is a prohibition of having a loaded long gun in your vehicle where "loaded" means a round in the chamber. Its rooted in the attempt to curb poaching but it applies to everyone.

this.

mostly it is a hunting thing but it extends to all people.

[Not_A_Llama]

I was under the impression this was a hunting license points violation. Are there actual penalties beyond that?

Edit: Did some research "Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars and an assessment of fifteen license suspension points."

[JohnTRourke]

I was under the impression this was a hunting license points violation. Are there actual penalties beyond that?

Edit: Did some research "Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars and an assessment of fifteen license suspension points."

oaf, since you only have 12, that's pretty much the end of your license.

[J]

oaf, since you only have 12, that's pretty much the end of your license.

Hunting license points. You get 20 in any five year period.