Colorado gun owners will face a convoluted licensing scheme beginning in August to purchase some of America’s most popular rifles.
In April 2025, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation that requires anyone wishing to buy a modern semiautomatic firearm, including the AR-15 rifle, to first receive a firearms safety course eligibility card, then to complete a firearms safety course within five years.
The legislation passed after being changed from an outright ban on so-called “assault weapons” that passed in other Democratic-controlled states like California, New Jersey and Virginia.
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“This legislation is another in the list of policies I have worked on to develop evidence-based solutions and reduce gun violence of all types,” Democratic state Sen. Tim Sullivan claimed in an April 2025 release. “The people of Colorado have mandated that we do something about the public health crisis that is gun violence, so that’s what we’re going to do.”
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