The Colorado lawyers we work with have informed us that there are several new laws about to be passed soon. To provide the maximum flexibility to manage your firearms and magazines they are suggesting that you form a Gun Trust and transfer all of your firearms and magazines into the trust ASAP. We have been overwhelmed with trust requests in the last few days from residents of Colorado seeking to protect their rights.
If you need a trust right away but are low on cash, you can get one online at http://mynfatrust.net
Hopefully Colorado will come to its senses and not pass such stupid legislation. As we understand it, once the new law goes into effect, you cannot transfer certain weapons and magazines into a trust. Anything in a trust before hand, will be grandfathered in. Better get the trust now, before it is too late.
I just checked the law and it does not allow transfers of magazines that are grandfathered. That is the reason for the trust:
18-12-302. Large-capacity magazines prohibited - penalties - exceptions.
(1)(a) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, ON AND AFTER JULY 1,2013, A PERSON WHO SELLS, TRANSFERS, OR POSSESSES A LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINE COMMITS A CLASS 2 MISDEMEANOR.
(2)(a) A PERSON MAY POSSESS A LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINE IF HE OR SHE:
(I) OWNS THE LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINE ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION; AND
(II) MAINTAINS CONTINUOUS POSSESSION OF THE LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINE
I have not really seen this mentioned in many of the forums. I hope all the folks participating in the PMAG airlift realize they cannot xfer these to anyone else if individually owned.
I think what the lawyers are telling people, is that the Colorado legislation contains language that will PREVENT the transfer of specific classes of weapons into Trusts. Many people like the idea of a trust and just haven;t gotten around to doing it. They are telling them to do it now before it becomes too late.
I agree that they stand to profit a lot of money from it, but making drugs illegal allows for drug dealers to profit too. I am not equating lawyers to drug dealers per se, but just to illustrate the point.
I am shocked that a state like Colorado would even consider that kind of legislation when Colorado has historically voted republican in most elections (both federal and local) with few exceptions.
But as far as “fear mongering” goes, it is only fear mongering if there is only somewhat of a chance at passing. But everything I have read says that it has more than enough support on both sides of the isle to pass. That is not fear mongering, that is just a warning.
House Bill 1224 – Bans magazines with a capacity greater than fifteen rounds. (Passed 34-31)
House Bill 1226 – Repeals current law allowing individuals with a concealed carry permit to carry a firearm for self-defense on a college or university campus. (Passed 34-31)
House Bill 1228 – Imposes a “gun tax” for a background check when purchasing a firearm. (Passed 33-32)
House Bill 1229 – Criminalizes the private transfer of a firearm. (Passed 36-29)
So it is very likely that these other changes will pass as well.
If the law passes, there won’t be any magazines manufactured in Colorado so that requirement will be moot. The Colorado legislature cannot direct somebody outside of colorado to obey their laws in absentia.
Magpul is likely to move out of Colorado soon and move to Texas over this. I would suspect most manufactures will move out of Colorado as well. I wonder if the guy from Gunsmoke, will move his operations or stop his manufacturing as well? :suicide2:
You’re right. So the hope there is that magazines without serial numbers would be illegal and therefore manufacturers would not ship their products into CO, thereby in effect removing access to them all together. It is also illegal to transfer weapons face-to-face. They must go through an FFL entirely.
These laws are asinine. The prison term for possessing a standard mag is longer than the sentence for rape or murder. These people are certifiably insane.