Quote Originally Posted by rockhound View Post
You are fu....

i have not seen this discussed, i will admit that i have not read every post on the subject, but the misdemeanor part of this ban seems to have everyone thinking that it is innocuous

There are several types of misdemeanor charges that will cause you to fail a background check. Domestic violence for example... I am not positive about Colorado, but my father was LEO for 40 years in AZ. A second degree misdemeanor weapons charge will get you on the no gun side of the law.

This little 2nd degree misdemeanor is as insidious as it gets. I am almost 100 positive that it will cause you to lose your gun rights just as effectively as a felony.
No, it won't. The feds are very specific in federal statute as to who a prohibited person is. The state statute mirrors that. You can thank the Lautenberg Act for the misdemeanor DV addition to the prohibited persons list. HB-1229, the BGC pending bill does have language that a violation of that (upcoming) statute will cause a firearm prohibition for 2 years, beginning on the date of conviction. None of the other bills have that language in it, although the Protection Order bill has some very tough language and requirements set up in it regarding the forced removal/storage/sale of firearms.