BILL IMPROVING “DENY-ON-ARREST” SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
HB10-1411, sponsored by Rep. Mark Waller (R-15), was signed by the Governor last week. This bill will improve the decade-long policy of indefinitely denying firearms purchases merely because a person’s record shows a past criminal charge or arrest with no record of adjudication. Under the new law, if CBI denies a purchase based only on an arrest/charge in a case that is no longer pending before the courts, the buyer has thirty days to appeal the denial to CBI, which must then determine within thirty days whether or not a disqualifying adjudication has in fact occurred. Absent confirmation of a disqualifying adjudication, CBI would be required to rescind its denial of the purchase. This bill improves the current scheme by placing the burden on the state, not the purchaser, to confirm ineligibility and puts a specific time limit on how long the state can prevent the completion of a firearms purchase. Before Rep. Waller introduced and obtained bi-partisan support for his bill, the former “deny-on-arrest” policy was in danger of becoming permanent with the passage of HB10-1391.
Please call Rep. Waller (303-866-5525) and express your thanks for his efforts in improving the firearms purchasing process for Colorado gun owners.
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