August 28, 2019

GREEN MILL RANGE HUNTER SIGHT IN STARTS SATURDAY 8/31 thru 11/3/2019

Green Mill Sportsman Range in Erie will be open daily to the PUBLIC from 8AM until 5PM (EVERY DAY) for sighting in your rifles for the fall hunting season.

25/100/200 yards with targets FURNISHED with Range Officers present.

Spotting scopes provided !

Solid shooting benches and sand bags furnished .

Bring Eye & Hearing protection !

Erie Parkway to Bonanza (Mountain View Fire Station) and south to range.

$ 20 for first rifle and $ 10 for each additional rifle

(CASH ONLY)

TELL A FRIEND !

July 31, 2019

HELP RECALL A GUN RIGHTS FOE IN THE COLORADO SENATE!

A recall effort against State Sen. Pete Lee (D-11; El Paso Co.), a supporter of the disastrous “Red Flag” gun confiscation legislation passed earlier this year, has begun to gather signatures. It is important to send a message to Colorado legislators that we will not tolerate elected officials who abandon the Constitution and their constituents in order to serve the agenda of the anti-gun Left! Contact Scott Fisher at www.resistpolispac.com or visit the Facebook page for Resist Polis PAC and if you are a registered voter in Sen. Lee’s district in El Paso County, be sure to sign the petition before the September 10 deadline.

July 31, 2019

OURAY COUNTY SHERIFF SCHOOLS ANTI-GUN NEIGHBORS ON RANGE PROTECTION ACT

Ouray County Sheriff Lance Fitzgerald has responded to complaints by residents neighboring the Chief Ouray Gun Club’s shooting range by informing them that the club is exempt from noise ordinance enforcement pursuant to the Colorado Range Protection Act (Sec. 25-12-109 C.R.S.). This statute, passed many years ago, protects gun ranges from lawsuits and noise ordinance complaints brought by complaining individuals who move near existing ranges. Simply put, if the range was there first, one cannot move adjacent to the range knowing of its existence and then complain about noise from the range.

Many local anti-gun residents have been trying for some time to apply political and legal pressure to shut the club’s range down. They are still trying to exert pressure on the Ouray County commissioners to manipulate zoning and other laws/regulations in order to make the Chief Ouray range’s continued existence untenable.

Ouray County residents are urged to contact their county commissioners and request that they resist attempts to force the closure of the Chief Ouray Gun Club’s shooting range.

July 23, 2019

SCHOOL SAFETY COMMITTEE MAY LOOK TO PAVE THE WAY FOR MORE GUN CONTROL IN 2020—ATTEND AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!

This bi-partisan committee may be used as justification for more gun-control legislation next year. It is important to let your voice be heard and tell the members of this committee that more and more gun control will NOT give us secure schools! We protect our most valuable assets and people with armed security—WHY NOT OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN?!

School Safety Committee met for the first time on July 11, 2019

Although the Colorado General Assembly has adjourned from its 2019 Legislative Session, there are multiple interim committees taking place at the Capitol. The School Safety Committee is comprised of 4 Democrat legislators and 4 Republican legislators. Any proposed legislation coming from the committee must have majority approval.

The School Safety Committee is required to review existing statutes relating to school safety, emergency response planning, and the prevention of threats to the safety of students, teachers, administrators, employees, and volunteers who are present on the ground of each public and private school in the state and study and has the ability to recommend legislation for introduction during the 2020 legislative session.

The committee will meet on Tuesday, August 20, 2019, Friday, September 20, 2019, and Thursday, October 31, 2019.

During the July meeting, the committee members listened to multiple presentations about existing Colorado law on school safety and school safety related research as well as hearings from multiple departments.

The committee will not have a formal public hearing however, please click on the link below and leave your comments online.

http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/cslFrontPages.nsf/SS.xsp

As always, NRA-ILA will monitor this committee and report back with developments.

June 13, 2019

New NRA CCW Courses - Announcement from NRA Education & Training

During our Trainers' Update at NRA Annual Meeting, the NRA Education and Training Division announced the public launch of the NRA CCW Course.

The student course is modular, making it both universal and state requirement specific.

Currently certified NRA Pistol Instructors* can take the two-day instructor course, which consists of both classroom and range time. There is also a marksmanship test. Those who pass will earn the NRA CCW Instructor Credential, and will be able to teach this new course to students.

The NRA CCW Course was designed by NRA Instructors for NRA Instructors and their students. It is a great complement to other NRA Education and Training courses, and will be a valuable credential to hold.

To find a course near you, visit www.nrainstructors.org. If you have questions, email the NRA Education and Training Division at training@nrahq.org or call us at 703-267-1500.

*Editor's Note: Effective July 1, 2018, NRA Policy requires instructor candidates to first complete the underlying student course before attending the corresponding instructor course. In addition, instructor candidates must have completed the NRA BIT course within the last 24 months.

June 13, 2019

Colorado Shooting Range Development Grants fund eight shooting ranges

From Colorado Parks and Wildlife…CSSA has been an active participant in the selection of grant recipients for several years.

DENVER, Colo. - DENVER – Colorado Parks and Wildlife has awarded $725,000 to eight shooting ranges across Colorado through the agency’s Shooting Range Development Grant Program (SRDG). The funds will go toward developing new shooting ranges and to upgrade existing ranges.

SRDG supports the establishment, improvement and expansion of safe shooting facilities in Colorado and is one of the largest shooting range programs in the nation. Since 2010, SRDG has awarded more than $3.3 million in funding to more than 70 shooting and archery projects across Colorado.

The program's funds come from federal excise taxes generated by the sale of hunting and shooting equipment, in addition to funds generated by license fees. Local partners in the projects also commit at least 25 percent in matching funds for the work.

Each year, SRDG maximizes its impact by providing matching grants to towns, counties, outdoor recreation organizations, shooting clubs, parks and recreation departments and others. These projects establish, improve or expand shooting ranges and shooting areas - including archery ranges - throughout the state. The 8 projects approved for funding this year include more than $576,000 in local matching funds.

CPW’s SRDG coordinator Jim Guthrie said, “We’re investing sportsmen dollars into shooting range facilities, plus really leveraging those dollars. And with Colorado’s growing population, demand for safe, accessible ranges continues to rise. The SRDG program is a major tool in helping to meet that demand.”

Guthrie said there are some particularly noteworthy projects funded this year, including construction of a new public range by the Boulder Rifle Club and the planning and design of a new public range adjacent to the Clear Creek Sportsmen’s Club.

CPW Northeast Deputy Regional Manager Tom Kroening said the Boulder Rifle Club and Clear Creek County Range shooting grants are great examples of the work done by the Northern Front Range Recreational Sport Shooting Management Partnership.

“Back in 2013, the U.S. Forest Service, CPW and four Colorado counties – Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin and Larimer – formed the partnership to develop a plan to provide safe, responsible and accessible recreational sport shooting opportunities while addressing conflicts near residential areas and with other recreation users across the northern Colorado Front Range,” Kroening said.

The result was the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland’s Recreational Sport Shooting (RSS) Management Project. The proposed plan will restrict recreational sport shooting on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in areas found to be unsuitable, while other areas of the forest and around Colorado remain available for recreational sport shooting when following all rules and regulations.

Many of the restrictions are contingent on public shooting ranges being developed to maintain recreational shooting opportunities in those areas with the most restrictions. The Boulder Rifle Club and Clear Creek County grants are examples of this partnership’s positive work.

Details on the Partnership’s progress on shooting ranges can be found at the Northern Front Range Recreational Sport Shooting Management Partnership’s website.

Boulder Rifle Club
Kroening said the Boulder Rifle Club grant “will provide funding to start the initial construction of a new range in order to build out and provide more public opportunity in the future. It’s a good example of working together. It’s the rifle club and Colorado Parks and Wildlife working together to provide more opportunities for Front Range shooters to go practice with their firearm in Boulder County along the Front Range. And it will eventually alleviate some of the impact of shooting currently occurring on U.S. Forest Service property in the area.”

Clear Creek Sportsmen’s Club
Kroening said Clear Creek County is looking to take an area that used to be a fairgrounds and convert it into a public shooting range. The site is next to an existing private range, so any additional impact should be minimal. “The planning grant will help them make their idea a reality,” he said.

Shooting sports make an economic impact.
In the United States, the economic impact of the sporting arms and ammunition industry totals more than $42 billion and creates more than 263,000 jobs. The Pittman-Robertson excise tax manufacturers pay on the products they sell is a major source of wildlife conservation funding in Colorado and nationwide. Colorado Parks and Wildlife also directs a portion of its Pittman-Robertson funding to the shooting range program.

The Shooting Range Development Grants awarded in 2019 include:

Southeast Region
Royal Gorge Gun Club
New trap and skeet range
$16,500

Pike and San Isabel National Forest – Planning and Design
Site selection, planning, and design for new range
$81,000

Northeast Region
Northern Colorado Rod and Gun Club
Renovation – major safety and facility upgrades
$85,000

Boulder Rifle Club
Initial construction of new range
$300,000

Clear Creek County Range
Planning and design of a new range
$90,000

Northwest Region
Meeker Sportsmen’s Club
Target relocation, new berms
$85,000

Summit County Shooting Range
Culvert and building realignment to reduce erosion
$28,000

Grand Junction Trap Club
Roof and restroom renovations
$39,500

June 10, 2019

CSSA WEIGHS-IN ON COLORADO SUPREME COURT MAGAZINE BAN CHALLENGE

On June 3, CSSA filed an Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) brief in support of the challenge to the 2013 ban on standard-capacity magazines in Colorado. RMGO v. Polis is before the Colorado Supreme Court asking the Court to reverse old precedent addressing the Right to Keep and Bear Arms that was decided several years before the famous U.S. Supreme Court cases of Heller v. D.C. and McDonald v. Chicago, which established that the Second Amendment enshrined an individual right to keep and bear arms and that no state or local government could claim exemption from the limitations of the Second Amendment, respectively. In the Colorado case of Robertson v. Denver, decided fourteen years before Heller, the Colorado Supreme Court established that restrictions on the right to keep/bear arms were permissible provided that they were “reasonable.” This horribly-conceived and dismissively-written decision flies in the face of virtually all Second Amendment jurisprudence in America. Although the U.S. Supreme Court has not established exactly what level of review should be applied to restrictions on firearms, by clearly identifying it as an individual Constitutional right it only stands to reason that a much higher level of scrutiny must be applied than mere “reasonableness”, which courts have time and again held is too minimal in cases involving individual Constitutional rights.

CSSA’s brief focuses squarely on this issue in arguing that the Court of Appeals was far too adherent to the poorly-decided precedent of Robertson, especially in the wake of Heller and McDonald, in holding that the 2013 magazine ban was constitutional under both the Colorado and U.S. Constitutions.

The full amicus brief may be found here

May 14, 2019

CSSA Meeting Cancelled

This week’s monthly members meeting scheduled for May 16 at 7 PM at Cabela’s Lone Tree has been cancelled. Next month’s meeting will be held on June 20 at same time/place.

April 16, 2019

RED FLAG BILL SIGNED INTO LAW

Despite strong opposition in the legislature and from law enforcement, county commissioners, and gun owners all over Colorado, Governor Polis signed HB-1177 into law.

HB-1177, the so-called “Red Flag” gun confiscation bill, will take effect next year. This is the most egregious anti-gun legislation to ever be introduced in Colorado and is a wholesale assault on the Bill of Rights, including the Second Amendment.

Legal challenges are no doubt forthcoming and gun owners MUST remember where their elected officials stood come election season.

CSSA will keep you informed of any future developments as the fight against "red flag" gun confiscation moves outside the legislature.

March 29, 2019

RED FLAG BILL GOES TO THE GOVERNOR!

Yesterday, the Colorado House of Representatives voted to approve Senate amendments to HB-1177, the unconstitutional “Red Flag” gun confiscation bill. The bill now goes to the Governor to be signed into law.

Please call AND email Governor Polis TODAY and urge him to VETO HB-1177!

This is our FINAL opportunity to stop this heinous bill before it becomes law.

You can reach the Governor’s Office at:

Phone: 303-866-2471

Email: governor.polis@state.co.us

Call and email TODAY! Tomorrow may be too late!

March 28, 2019

RED FLAG BILL PASSES IN THE SENATE!

HB-1177, the so-called “Red Flag” gun confiscation bill PASSED on third reading in the Senate today by a SINGLE VOTE!

This comes despite strong opposition from constituents, law enforcement, and from county and municipal governments all over Colorado.

Only ONE Democrat broke with their caucus to respect the Constitutional rights of Coloradans!

HB-1177 will now return to the House where Representatives will vote on the bill as amended by the Senate.

Please call AND email your Representative RIGHT AWAY and urge them to vote NO on HB-1177.

You can find out who represents you by entering your zip code at VoteSmart.Org.

You can call your Representative at the State Capitol at 303-866-2903. E-mail: house.services@state.co.us

Please act TODAY!

March 27, 2019

RED FLAG BILL STALLED IN STATE SENTATE—CALL/EMAIL YOUR OPPOSITION TODAY!

HB-1177, the so-called “Red Flag” gun confiscation bill, has stalled in the Colorado Senate due to resistance from some rural Democrat senators concerned with the political consequences (namely recalls) if they support this bill. Senate President Leroy Garcia announced Tuesday that he will vote against the bill. This is very encouraging news, as Garcia is the senior Democrat in the state senate and controls its operations. Only one more Democrat vote is needed to defeat this terrible bill!

It is imperative that Colorado gun owners contact the state senate and voice their opposition—even if you have already previously done so! Enormous pressure is being brought to bear on these senators who are on the fence and they will only buck their party leadership if they are convinced the majority of their constituents oppose this bill.

So PLEASE CALL TODAY! Tomorrow may be too late…

Contact these individuals by phone and email asking them to vote NO.

Leroy Garcia

leroy.garcia.senate@state.co.us

303-866-4878

Kerry Donovan

kerry.donovan.senate@state.co.us

303-866-4871

Rachel Zenzinger

senatorrachelz@gmail.com

303-866-4840

Faith Winter

faith.winter.senate@state.co.us

303-866-4863

Jessie Danielson

jessie.danielson.senate@state.co.us

303-866-4856

Tammy Story

tammy.story.senate@state.co.us

303-866-4873

Dominick Moreno

dominick.moreno.senate@state.co.us

303-866-4857

And send to this entire email list as well.

jeff.bridges.senate@state.co.us,

lois.court.senate@state.co.us,

jessie.danielson.senate@state.co.us,

kerry.donovan.senate@state.co.us,

stephen.fenberg.senate@state.co.us,

rhonda.fields.senate@state.co.us,

mike.foote.senate@state.co.us,

leroy.garcia.senate@state.co.us,

joannginal@yahoo.com,

julie.gonzales.senate@state.co.us,

pete.lee.senate@state.co.us,

dominick.moreno.senate@state.co.us,

brittany.pettersen.senate@state.co.us,

robert.rodriguez.senate@state.co.us,

tammy.story.senate@state.co.us,

nancy.todd.senate@state.co.us,

angela.williams.senate@state.co.us,

faith.winter.senate@state.co.us,

senatorrachelz@gmail.com,

john.cooke.senate@state.co.us,

don.coram.senate@state.co.us,

larry.crowder.senate@state.co.us,

bob.gardner.senate@state.co.us,

owen.hill.senate@state.co.us,

dennis.hisey.senate@state.co.us,

chris.holbert.senate@state.co.us,

paul.lundeen.senate@state.co.us,

vicki.marble.senate@state.co.us,

kpriola@gmail.com,

bob.rankin.senate@state.co.us,

ray.scott.senate@state.co.us,

senatorsmallwood@gmail.com,

senatorsonnenberg@gmail.com,

jack.tate.senate@state.co.us,

rob.woodward.senate@state.co.us

March 25, 2019

TENTH CIRCUIT HALTS BUMP-STOCK BAN!

The U.S. 10th Cirvuit Court of Appeals has granted a temporary injunction halting the ATF Bump-Stock Ban set to go into effect Tuesday.

Here's the story link:

https://www.guns.com/news/2019/03/22/looming-bump-stock-ban-blocked-by-federal-court-order

March 23, 2019

FINAL VOTE ON RED FLAG GUN CONFISCATION BILL COMING SOON

After hours of debate lasting into the night, HB-1177, the “red flag” gun confiscation bill, passed in the Senate on second reading.

THE NEXT STEP IS A VOTE ON THIRD READING FOR FINAL PASSAGE THAT COULD COME AS SOON AS MONDAY!

We MUST keep up the pressure through the weekend and right up to the final vote.

Call AND email these critical votes in the Senate and urge them to vote NO on this unconstitutional and dangerous legislation!

Leroy Garcia

leroy.garcia.senate@state.co.us

303-866-4878

Kerry Donovan

kerry.donovan.senate@state.co.us

303-866-4871

Rachel Zenzinger

senatorrachelz@gmail.com

303-866-4840

Dominick Moreno

dominick.moreno.senate@state.co.us

303-866-4857

And send to this entire email list as well.

jeff.bridges.senate@state.co.us,

lois.court.senate@state.co.us,

jessie.danielson.senate@state.co.us,

kerry.donovan.senate@state.co.us,

stephen.fenberg.senate@state.co.us,

rhonda.fields.senate@state.co.us,

mike.foote.senate@state.co.us,

leroy.garcia.senate@state.co.us,

joannginal@yahoo.com,

julie.gonzales.senate@state.co.us,

pete.lee.senate@state.co.us,

dominick.moreno.senate@state.co.us,

brittany.pettersen.senate@state.co.us,

robert.rodriguez.senate@state.co.us,

tammy.story.senate@state.co.us,

nancy.todd.senate@state.co.us,

angela.williams.senate@state.co.us,

faith.winter.senate@state.co.us,

senatorrachelz@gmail.com,

john.cooke.senate@state.co.us,

don.coram.senate@state.co.us,

larry.crowder.senate@state.co.us,

bob.gardner.senate@state.co.us,

owen.hill.senate@state.co.us,

dennis.hisey.senate@state.co.us,

chris.holbert.senate@state.co.us,

paul.lundeen.senate@state.co.us,

vicki.marble.senate@state.co.us,

kpriola@gmail.com,

bob.rankin.senate@state.co.us,

ray.scott.senate@state.co.us,

senatorsmallwood@gmail.com,

senatorsonnenberg@gmail.com,

jack.tate.senate@state.co.us,

rob.woodward.senate@state.co.us

March 20, 2019

LAST CHANCE TO KILL OUTRAGEOUS “RED FLAG” BILL IN COLORADO SENATE!

HB-1177, the so-called “red flag” bill that would permit confiscation of firearms without a legal adjudication of criminality or mental incompetency, will be heard tomorrow in the State Senate. This bill has already passed the House and, if approved in the Senate, will go to Gov. Polis, who has already publicly stated his support for this legislation.

This legislation is the most egregious anti-gun legislation to ever be introduced in Colorado and is a wholesale assault on the Bill of Rights, including the Second Amendment. PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL THE COLORADO SENATE AND MAKE IT CLEAR TO THEM THAT THIS BILL IS A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE AND IGNORES THE MOST BASIC OF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS AS COLORADOANS AND AS AMERICANS.

Here is the contact information—ACT NOW—TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE!

Call AND email these critical votes in the Senate:

Leroy Garcia

leroy.garcia.senate@state.co.us

303-866-4878

Kerry Donovan

kerry.donovan.senate@state.co.us

303-866-4871

Rachel Zenzinger

senatorrachelz@gmail.com

303-866-4840

Dominick Moreno

dominick.moreno.senate@state.co.us

303-866-4857

And send to this entire email list as well.

jeff.bridges.senate@state.co.us,

lois.court.senate@state.co.us,

jessie.danielson.senate@state.co.us,

kerry.donovan.senate@state.co.us,

stephen.fenberg.senate@state.co.us,

rhonda.fields.senate@state.co.us,

mike.foote.senate@state.co.us,

leroy.garcia.senate@state.co.us,

joannginal@yahoo.com,

julie.gonzales.senate@state.co.us,

pete.lee.senate@state.co.us,

dominick.moreno.senate@state.co.us,

brittany.pettersen.senate@state.co.us,

robert.rodriguez.senate@state.co.us,

tammy.story.senate@state.co.us,

nancy.todd.senate@state.co.us,

angela.williams.senate@state.co.us,

faith.winter.senate@state.co.us,

senatorrachelz@gmail.com,

john.cooke.senate@state.co.us,

don.coram.senate@state.co.us,

larry.crowder.senate@state.co.us,

bob.gardner.senate@state.co.us,

owen.hill.senate@state.co.us,

dennis.hisey.senate@state.co.us,

chris.holbert.senate@state.co.us,

paul.lundeen.senate@state.co.us,

vicki.marble.senate@state.co.us,

kpriola@gmail.com,

bob.rankin.senate@state.co.us,

ray.scott.senate@state.co.us,

senatorsmallwood@gmail.com,

senatorsonnenberg@gmail.com,

jack.tate.senate@state.co.us,

rob.woodward.senate@state.co.us

March 11, 2019

RED FLAG GUN CONFISCATION IN THE SENATE THIS WEEK

After hours of testimony and debate, HB19-1177 - Red Flag Gun Confiscation, PASSED in the Colorado House and was introduced in the Senate by anti-gun Senators Lois Court and Brittany Pettersen.

This bill is scheduled to be heard in the Colorado Senate Committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs this FRIDAY, MARCH 15th upon adjournment of the full body.

Call your state senator TODAY at 303-866-2316 and urge him/her to vote against this unconstitutional and dangerous legislation. You can see who represents you by entering your zip code at VoteSmart.Org.

Please also call the members of the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee and urge them to vote NO on HB-1177! Time is short, please call TODAY!

Mike Foote, Chair: 303-866-5291

Lois Court, Vice-Chair (Senate sponsor of the bill): 303-866-4861

Rhonda Fields: 303-866-4879

Vicki Marble: 303-866-4876

Jerry Sonnenberg: 303-866-6360

February 17, 2019

ANTI-GUN BILLS IN THE LEGISLATURE THIS WEEK

HB19-1177 Red Flag Gun Confiscation

House Judiciary Committee - Thursday, February 21st, 1:30 p.m.

This bill, being rammed through the House by its anti-gun leadership, would permit the unilateral confiscation of a person’s firearms based on a mere accusation by another person that the gun owner poses a danger to himself or others.

This bill, if passed, would provide those in government with immense powers ripe for abuse. Our Constitution guarantees the right of individuals to keep and bear arms AND the right to security of our possessions without unlawful seizure by the government.

The Constitutions of both the U.S. and Colorado require that, before property is seized by the government, it must demonstrate in writing (warrant) that probable cause exists that a crime was committed by the individual at whom the warrant is directed and they are in possession of evidence/property related to that crime.

The mere inclusion of a judicial officer is a lame attempt at laying claim that the bill affords due process, which it does NOT. This is a sinister and deliberate attempt at trying to confiscate an individual’s firearms under the guise of public safety.

No law or court order ever prevented an evil person bent on instigating tragedy. The protection order system in Colorado is already badly abused and there is no question whatsoever that this law will be used to take guns away from honest, innocent, law-abiding Colorado citizens.

Call your state representative today at 303-866-2904 and urge him/her to vote against this unconstitutional and dangerous legislation. Please also call the members of the House Judiciary Committee and urge them to vote NO on HB-1177! Please keep your messages short, respectful, and to the point.

Mike Weissman, Chair: 303-866-2942

Leslie Herod, Vice-Chair: 303-866-2959

Adrienne Benavidez: 303-866-2964

Rochelle Galindo: 303-866-2929

Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez: 303-866-2964

Dylan Roberts: 303-866-2923

Kerry Tipper: 303-866-2939

Rod Bockenfeld: 303-866-2912

Terri Carver: 303-866-2191

Hugh McKean: 303-866-2947

Matt Soper: 303-866-2583

SB19-068 Electioneering Communications

House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee - Tuesday, February 19th, 1:30 p.m.

This bill, if passed, would expand the definition of "electioneering communication" to include any message about a candidate for office that is broadcast, printed, mailed, delivered, or distributed between the primary election and the general election. This means that organizations like CSSA would be PROHIBITED from informing our members about a candidate's positions on Second Amendment issues without disclosing our membership list to the public. This bill directly impats the ability of gun owners to exercise their First Amendment rights in defense of their Second Amendment rights.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that the right to anonymous free speech is protected by the First Amendment. The Colorado Supreme Court in a 2012 ruling also agreed that rules regulating political speech beyond expressly advocating for the election or defeat of a candidate were unconstitutional violations of the First Amendment.

The 1995 Supreme Court ruling in McIntyre vs. Ohio Elections Commission says: “Under our Constitution, anonymous pamphleteering is not a pernicious, fraudulent practice, but an honorable tradition of advocacy and of dissent. Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority…it thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights, and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation--and their ideas from suppression--at the hand of an intolerant society…our society accords greater weight to the value of free speech than to the dangers of its misuse.”

Who does this bill benefit? That is an easy answer. Politicians. The only thing this bill will accomplish is the stifling of any criticism or any statement of facts about any politician. It is a political gag act, plain and simple.

Call your state representative at 303-866-2904 AND the members of the House Committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs and urge them to vote NO on SB-68!

Chris Kennedy, Chair at 303-866-2951

Sonya Jaquez Lewis, Vice-Chair at 303-866-2920

Monica Duran at 303-866-5522

Susan Lontine at 303-866-2966

Jovan Melton at 303-866-2919

Emily Sirota at 303-866-2910

Stephen Humphrey at 303-866-2943

Janice Rich at 303-866-3068

Dave Williams at 303-866-5525

January 22, 2019

Colorado House Committee to Hear Slate of Pro-Gun Bills this THURSDAY, JANUARY 24th!

The Colorado House Committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs will conduct hearings on three pro-gun bills on Thursday, January 24th beginning at 1:30 pm.

The bills are:

HB 19-1021, Repeal Ammo Magazine Prohibition, Rep. Saine (R-HD 63) and Rep. Humphry (R-HD 48). This bill would repeal the 2013 restriction on magazine capacities to fifteen rounds.

HB 19-1022, Use of Deadly Force Against an Intruder at a Business, Rep. Sandridge (R-HD 14). This bill would expand Colorado law granting legal immunity to persons who use deadly force against an intruder to include businesses as well as residences.

HB 19-1049, Concealed Carry in Public Schools, Rep. Neville (R-HD 45). With certain exceptions, current law limits the authority of a person who holds a valid permit to carry a concealed handgun by prohibiting a permit holder from carrying a concealed handgun on public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school grounds. The bill removes this limitation.

Please call the members of the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee and urge them to vote YES on HB-1021, HB-1022, and HB-1049!

Please keep your messages short, respectful, and to the point.

Chris Kennedy, Chair at 303-866-2951

Sonya Jaquez Lewis, Vice-Chair at 303-866-2920

Monica Duran at 303-866-5522

Susan Lontine at 303-866-2966

Jovan Melton at 303-866-2919

Emily Sirota at 303-866-2910

Stephen Humphrey at 303-866-2943

Janice Rich at 303-866-3068

Dave Williams at 303-866-5525

November 29, 2018

FABIAN ANNOUNCES 2019 WILL BE HIS LAST AS CSSA PRESIDENT

CSSA President Tony Fabian has made the following announcement:

“Since 2001, I have served Colorado State Shooting Association as its president. My initial service pledge was for two years and I am now completing my eighteenth at the head of Colorado’s oldest firearms organization and the official state association of the NRA. I have recently withdrawn from active participation in organized party politics and now I very much need to shift my attention from many of my other extra-curricular activities to my health and my law practice, both in great need of a great deal more of my personal focus. Nineteen years is a long time for any one person to be in charge of anything, and the time has come for me to step aside and let the next chapter of leadership take CSSA into the next decade. Therefore, pending re-election at the Annual Meeting on January 12, this next year will be my last in any leadership position of CSSA.

CSSA is in great need of new blood to reinvigorate the membership and to continue to carry out the missions of the association, none more so than in the critical position of President. I urge all of you, especially those of the younger generations, to step up and help lead our great organization. Our association and its missions remain vital to the Colorado firearms community and it is important that it has dedicated, involved leadership to fight the anti-gun onslaught we are sure to face in the coming years. The demand on your time in serving CSSA is surprisingly minimal, and the time you volunteer could not be better spent. So please attend and stand for one of the eight CSSA board positions at our Annual Meeting and Elections 6 PM January 12 at Cabela’s in Lone Tree. If you cannot attend but still wish to serve, please call us at (303) 663-9339 so we can make sure your name is placed on the ballot.

As Willy Wonka said, I can’t go on forever and I really don’t want to try. It’s been a great run--I am proud of the work we have done over these past eighteen years and with new leadership, as Ronald Reagan was fond of saying, I know CSSA’s best days are those still ahead of us.”

Tony Fabian

November 29, 2018

CSSA ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTIONS JAN. 12

Our Annual Meeting and Elections will be held at 6 PM at Cabela’s Lone Tree Saturday, Jan. 12. Official notice and absentee ballot may be found via the links below.

Please mark your calendars and plan on attending. CSSA is in great need of new board members, so please consider running for the several vacancies.

2019 CSSA Annual meeting notice.pdf

2019 CSSA Annual meeting ballot.pdf

November 7, 2018

CMP 1911 UPDATE - NOVEMBER 6TH

From CMP:

Our Random Number Generator (RNG) has selected random numbers for all the packets received. We are working on assigning those random numbers to the 19,000 packets we have received. This will take some time - PLEASE BE PATIENT! It may take 30-60 days to inform you of your random number. Please DO NOT CONTACT US ASKING WHAT YOUR NUMBER IS.

As we process orders, we will call customers as we work through the list.

**If your information has changed (you have moved or your FFL has gone out of business), please DO NOT CONTACT US. You may update us when your number is selected and we contact you.

WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING ORDER PACKETS.

Everyone will be notified if their order packet was not accepted so please be patient and bear with us.

Currently, we do not have a date when we will begin auction sales. Once that is determined, we will update our customers

Please check our website for updates - http://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/1911-information/

Thank you for your patience and support.

Feel free to join the 1911 discussions on the CMP Forum at

http://forums.thecmp.org/forumdisplay.php?f=110

July 2, 2018

NOTICE REGARDING MEMBERSHIP VERIFICATION FOR CMP PURCHASES

For those who haven’t already seen the notice, CMP will begin accepting applications for 1911 pistols on September 4, 2018. Please be advised that it normally takes a MINIMUM of four weeks, and as much as eight weeks, to process CSSA membership applications/renewals.

Applicants/members should therefore be advised that any applications/renewals received after August 1, 2018 will probably not be processed in time to receive membership verification by September 4, 2018. We will endeavor to process memberships as expeditiously as possible, but we strongly encourage those considering applying for a 1911 CMP purchase submit their applications/renewals as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patient support!

June 18, 2018

CSSA FILES LAWSUIT TO BLOCK ILLEGAL BOULDER GUN CONTROL LAWS

On June 14, CSSA became a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in Boulder County District Court asking the court to declare the recently enacted Boulder gun-control ordinances in violation of Colorado state law.

In 2003, CSSA was the only firearms rights organization in Colorado, with the able assistance and sponsorship of then-State Senator Jim Dyer, to craft and guide through the General Assembly a firearms law pre-emption bill that prohibited local government entities from adopting regulations on firearms that were more restrictive than state law. The stated purpose, both in the public domain and in the preamble of the bill, was to prevent an infinite hodge-podge of local firearms restrictions that were impossible to ascertain, obey and enforce. Prior to pre-emption, one could not traverse the state without running afoul of any number of local firearms restrictions that were not only contrary to the protections of the Second Amendment, but usually enacted merely to harass and deter law-abiding Colorado gun owners. Sen. Dyer’s bill changed all that and rendered many local firearms restrictions that had been previously enacted null and void.

After the bill became law, the City and County of Denver challenged both the pre-emption law and the newly-enacted uniform shall-issue concealed carry law in Denver District Court on the grounds that Denver’s firearms restrictions were permitted by the Home Rule Amendment of the Colorado Constitution. That court fully upheld the concealed carry law and the pre-emption law’s clause on unlicensed concealed carry while traveling, but struck down the rest of the pre-emption statute. The ruling was appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court, which, due to a vacancy on the court, deadlocked on its ruling, thus leaving the lower court ruling to stand WITHOUT ANY PRECEDENTIAL VALUE OR TRANSFERABILITY. Since that 2004 case, no other city or local government has challenged the pre-emption law and, to the best of general knowledge, all other cities have complied with the state pre-emption law. Until this year…

As the organization proudly responsible for pre-emption of local gun control, CSSA refused to allow Boulder—or any other city/town—to flout this state law with impunity. This case boils down to the question of whether we are the sovereign State of Colorado with a supreme state government, or a confederation of independent city-states who can ignore state law at will or whim. The subsequent case law following the adoption of Home Rule is clear—in order for a local law to supersede a state law with which it conflicts, the local law must relate to a matter PURELY OF LOCAL CONCERN. The right to keep and bear arms is guaranteed in the Colorado and U.S. Constitutions—there can be no rational argument that firearms use/ownership is a matter of purely local concern to the City of Boulder. There was an important reason to enact pre-emption fifteen years ago, and the actions of Boulder are a perfect example of that reason.

NRA fully supports CSSA’s court challenge. You can read their report by CLICKING HERE.

Now is the time for Colorado shooters and gun owners to unite and stand in support of our hard-won protections of our First Freedom. CSSA appreciates and asks for your continued support.

May 7, 2018

STATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO HEAR HB-1436—RED FLAG GUN CONFISCATION BILL—TOMORROW!

The Colorado Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee will conduct hearings on HB-1436 tomorrow morning upon adjournment of the full body. This bill, rammed through the House at the last minute in a late-night session by its anti-gun leadership, would permit the unilateral confiscation of a person’s firearms based on a mere accusation by another person that the gun owner poses a danger to himself or others.

This bill, if passed, would provide those in government with immense powers ripe for abuse. Our Constitution guarantees the right of individuals to keep and bear arms AND the right to security of our possessions without unlawful seizure by the government.

The Constitutions of both the U.S. and Colorado require that, before property is seized by the government, it must demonstrate in writing (warrant) that probable cause exists that a crime was committed by the individual at whom the warrant is directed and they are in possession of evidence/property related to that crime.

The claims that this bill provides for due process and fair proceedings are FALSE—no hearing is provided until AFTER seizure of property and there is NO provision for compensation or rapid return of property illegally seized. Gun-grabbers know this law will be a quick/easy means to harass and persecute gun owners for merely exercising their Constitutional right to keep and bear arms—its abuse is virtually guaranteed!

Call your state senator today at (888) 473-8136 and urge him/her to vote against this unconstitutional and dangerous legislation. Please also call the members of the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee and urge them to vote NO on HB-1436! Please keep your messages short, respectful, and to the point.

Ray Scott, Chair at 303-866-3077
Vicki Marble, Vice-Chair at 303-866-4876
Lois Court at 303-866-4861
Stephen Fenberg at 303-866-4872
Jerry Sonnenberg at 303-866-6360

May 1, 2018

END-RUN GUN CONFISCATION BILL INTRODUCED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Less than a week before the end of the 2018 legislative session, anti-gun Democrats, joined by some Republican politicians and law enforcement, are attempting to force through HB-1436, named the Red Flag Protection Order Bill. This bill would permit courts to indefinitely confiscate the firearms of someone accused of being a threat to themselves or others. The regimen established by this bill is blatantly unconstitutional in that it permits unverified and incredible accusations or presumptions to serve as grounds for the complete stripping of an individual’s Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. The mere inclusion of a judicial officer is a lame attempt at laying claim that the bill affords due process, which it does NOT. This is a sinister and deliberate attempt at trying to confiscate an individual’s firearms under the guise of public safety.

No law or court order ever prevented an evil person bent on instigating tragedy. The protection order system in Colorado is already badly abused and there is no question whatsoever that this law will be used to take guns away from honest, innocent, law-abiding Colorado citizens.

Call your legislators immediately and tell them to oppose HB-1436!

CLICK HERE for contact information

April 14, 2018

COLORADO DEMS PUSH GUN CONFISCATION WITHOUT DUE PROCESS

Breaking news from Capitol Hill:

Dems in the Colorado General Assembly are trying to talk GOP legislators into a late bill to enact Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) aka Gun Violence Restraining Orders (GVROs), which evade Constitutional due process and seize guns in a star-chamber judicial proceeding without even the accused being present. This extremist and highly unconstitutional tactic is being employed in about a half-dozen liberal states and involves seizure of a person's guns and a 'time-limited' restraining order from a judge upon mere accusation, preventing a person from exercising their basic Constitutional right to keep and bear arms—and does anyone believe victims of these confiscations are going to safely and timely get their guns back if the process does in fact work? This totalitarian tactic, offered in the name of public safety, is in reality a gun-confiscation ploy by anti-gun politicians and is certain to be abused.

It is time to call/e-mail your state Representative and Senator. You can find yours at Votesmart.org or call your Co. Clerk & Recorder's office.

You can call your ...

Representative at the State Capitol at 303-866-2903. E-mail: house.services@state.co.us
Senators at: 303-866-2316. E-mail at Senate.services@state.co.us

Toll free number (outside Denver) is:
1-888-473-8136.

Time is short. The session ends Wed. 9 May.

April 6, 2018

BOULDER CONTINUES PATH OF DEFIANCE OF STATE LAW AND ITS RESIDENTS; NEW GUN/MAGAZINE BAN PASSES FIRST STEP

Yesterday the City of Boulder, despite clear majority opposition voiced at hearing, gave preliminary approval to an update of its existing law banning certain types of semi-auto firearms and magazines with capacities of greater than 10 rounds. This ordinance is in directed defiance of Colorado Revised Statute section 29-11.7-101 et seq., which in part prohibits local government entities from placing more severe restrictions on firearms than allowed by state law. State law does NOT ban any form of semi-automatic rifle, and magazine capacities are restricted to 15 rounds, not ten as in the Boulder ordinance. This state firearms regulation pre-emption law, crafted and engineered by CSSA back in 2003, was designed to take the guesswork out of gun owners having to traverse through multiple cities and counties, each with its own quirky gun laws. Uniform state laws are difficult enough to keep track of, and cities like Boulder seem to think they are states unto themselves and don’t have to bother with the Colorado Constitution or the laws passed by the General Assembly. A few years ago, the University of Colorado (coincidentally in Boulder) was roundly rebuked by the Colorado Supreme Court when the University tried to defy state law pertaining to concealed carry, claiming it was exempt from state law. Cities and universities are not superior to the state, and Colorado law is clear on this matter.

Boulder residents are encouraged to continue to POLITELY AND RESPECTFULLY voice their opposition to their city council members at (303) 441-3002 regarding this illegal and ineffective law. Colorado has enough gun control, and Colorado gun owners have enough trouble navigating the bushels of state gun laws without having to figure out whether their guns and magazines are legal as they travel through our state. It’s time to stop blaming and PUNISHING law-abiding gun owners to further the radical political agenda of the American Left.

April 4, 2018

THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT SO-CALLED “ASSAULT WEAPONS” BANS

So-called “assault weapons” are the functional equivalent of millions of commonly held rifles used in hunting, competition, and sport shooting. They are no more lethal than other rifles. What’s more, handguns have been used in the vast majority of high-profile mass shootings, but most Americans don’t know that because the media insists on focusing only on rifles like the AR-15.

A study mandated by Congress to research the ’94 “assault weapons” ban found it did not have an impact on violent crime – in fact, because rifles of all types are so rarely used in crime – only two percent of murders – the ban had no real chance of reducing violent crime to begin with.

For information, see https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/204431.pdf

Nationally, “assault weapons” were used in 1.4% of crimes involving firearms and 0.25% of all violent crime before the enactment of any national or state “assault weapons” ban. In many major urban areas (San Antonio, Mobile, Nashville, etc.) and some entire states (Maryland, New Jersey, etc.) the rate is less than 0.1%. (Kleck & Transaction, 1997)

State assault weapons bans “did not significantly affect murder rates” in a study covering 1980-2009. (Applied Economic Letters, Vol. 21, No.4)

Americans own approximately 15 million AR-15s and buy hundreds of thousands of new ones every year. (Source: 2017 National Shooting Sports Foundation)

AR-15s are the most commonly used rifle for shooting competitions, training and home defense.

AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles are not the fully automatic military grade firearms they are often portrayed to be by gun control supporters.

California has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country, yet terrorists attacked their co-workers in San Bernardino in December of 2015.

The vicious terrorist attacks in France and Belgium also illustrate that gun bans – including those on semi-automatic firearms and standard capacity magazines – don’t keep us safe. In both countries, the private ownership of firearms, including semi-automatic firearms, is severely restricted to all but a few who are granted special government permission.

In summary, the preamble to the Second Amendment refers to the necessity of a “well-regulated militia”. The Founders did NOT want the citizen militia to be a mere rabble armed only with pitchforks, but to be properly-outfitted and armed with proper weapons for national defense against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic. The AR-type rifle is PRECISELY the type of firearm the ownership of which the Second Amendment seeks to guarantee. Laws that forbid ownership of these firearms are PRIMA FACIE unconstitutional!

April 2, 2018

BOULDER HEARING ON GUN BAN THURSDAY!

The City of Boulder will hold hearings on a proposed (and ILLEGAL) weapons ban this Thursday, April 5 at 6 PM at 1777 Broadway in Boulder. The proposed ordinance expands Boulder’s ordinances pertaining to “assault weapons”, most of which are illegal under Colorado’s pre-emption law (sec. 29-11.7-101 et seq. CRS) which was drafted and promoted by CSSA in 2003, and also limits magazine capacities to 10 rounds, which also violates the state’s pre-emption law.

Boulder’s brief and proposed ordinance make NO MENTION WHATSOEVER of the Colorado firearms regulation pre-emption law, which states that no local authority, which includes municipalities such as Boulder, may restrict firearms to a greater extent than state law. Denver’s challenge to the law went unresolved by the Colorado Supreme Court, so Denver court rulings regarding the pre-emption law ARE NOT BINDING ON ANY OTHER JURISDICTION NOR ARE THEY ENFORCEABLE LEGAL PRECEDENT.

The proposed Boulder ordinances are illegal and unenforceable under Colorado law. Boulder residents should contact their City Council members and inform them that gun control laws such as those proposed are not only illegal and unconstitutional under prevailing law, but they are ineffectual in preventing violent crime.

The agenda and links to further information may be found by CLICKING HERE!

February 21, 2018

ATTENTION NORTHERN CO SHOOTERS! FOREST SERVICE MEETING ON ARAPAHOE AND ROOSEVELT NATIONAL FOREST REC SHOOTING PLAN NEXT MONDAY!

From NRA-ILA:

Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forests Supervisor Monte Williams will be hosting a public meeting Monday, February 26th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm in the Forest Service office at East 2150 Centre Drive, Fort Collins.

The Forest Service and four Colorado counties (Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin and Larimer) formed the Northern Front Range Recreational Sport Shooting Management Partnership to develop a plan that will determine the future management of recreational shooting on more than 1.5 million acres of federal forest lands.

NRA-ILA sent an alert last October about open houses the Partnership was hosting to share with the public maps depicting four different scenarios for recreational shooting, including a map that showed all the forest lands within the Arapaho-Roosevelt closed to shooting. The maps were based on past input from the public and other entities.

Attendance by sportsmen and women at this upcoming meeting is critically important if we are to maintain a level of accessible recreational shooting that accommodates the needs of the surrounding communities. Information gathered during the planning process will be incorporated into a draft plan that will be available for public review and comment later this year.

January 31, 2018

CMP 1911 SALES UPDATE

The latest from CMP:

Status of the CMP 1911s, 1/29/2018:

The CMP has been authorized to receive 8,000 1911 type pistols from the United States Army.

The 1911s have been received by the CMP. A complete inventory will be conducted over the course of this week. The pistols will then be securely stored until the Army-approved 1911 building and armory infrastructure is completed. That completion is anticipated to be approximately 60 days from now. Once the 1911 armory is completed, inspection, grading, repair, and ultimately test firing of the pistols will begin. (Please be aware that the CMP was led to believe that we were ready to move forward, but three weeks ago facility requirements were changed, and we are now fulfilling those requirements.)

The CMP 1911 order packet will be posted 90 days prior to the order acceptance date and opening sales date. No orders will be accepted prior to that date. Please visit www.thecmp.orgwww.thecmp.org, click on the Sales icon then 1911 Information, for the latest. CMP customer service has been inundated with calls and emails concerning the 1911s and no further information is available at this time.

The CMP will keep everyone posted as we move through this process.

Mark Johnson
Chief Operating Officer
Civilian Marksmanship Program

www.thecmp.org

January 10, 2018

CBI HIKING BACKGROUND CHECK FEES BY MORE THAN DOUBLE!

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the agency responsible for conducting firearm transfer background checks in Colorado, has announced that, effective February 1, the fee it is permitted to charge per background check will be increased from $6 to $15. CBI has not provided detailed information/data to support its announced increase, only stating that it is conducting a greater number of checks per year and thus needs to charge more.

Prior to 2013, CBI checks were financed solely by the state, as the General Assembly decided nearly 20 years earlier that the checks should be done by CBI rather than through the federally-funded National Instant Check System (NICS) and that this additional cost should not be borne by firearms purchasers (universal background checks were not required at that time). Despite annual pleas from CBI to allow it to charge a fee for these redundant and unnecessary checks (90% of states use the federally-funded NICS system exclusively), the GA continued to fund the program without imposing the requested fees. That all changed in 2013, when anti-gun state leadership rammed-through a universal background check scheme that maintained the redundant and unnecessary CBI checks and permitted CBI to charge a fee for ALL firearm transfer checks it conducted. The 2013 law did not place a limit on the amount CBI could charge, so the only “check” on CBI fee increases was its accounting to the GA, which holds the purse strings for most of CBI’s funding.

This rate increase illustrates one of the many problems with the 2013 universal background check law, which not only penalizes law-abiding gun owners by making them pay to exercise a fundamental Constitutional right, but that allows CBI to increase fees without any real accountability or justification.

Contact your state legislators today (House 800-811-7647; Senate 888-473-8136; State Capitol, 200 E. Colfax Ave., Rm 307 (House) or 346 (Senate), Denver, CO 80203) and respectfully ask them to require CBI provide SATISFACTORY detailed accounting and justification for its fee increase before they vote to approve ANY funding for CBI. Every government agency should be accountable to the taxpayers, especially when that agency charges law-abiding citizens to freely exercise a fundamental Constitutional right!

This issue clearly illustrates the importance of electing legislators who will not only hold agencies like CBI accountable, but eliminate them altogether from the process, saving gun-owners and taxpayers MILLIONS each year! 2018 is an important election year for Colorado gun owners—all state offices and most of the GA are up for election. Get educated, get involved, and VOTE FREEDOM FIRST!

January 3, 2018

CSSA: SHOOTING TRAGEDY JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE FAILURE OF GUN-CONTROL

As reported by local Fox affiliate Fox 31 News, local gun-control groups—right on cue—have called for yet more gun-control laws in the aftermath of the tragic New Year’s shooting in Highlands Ranch that left one Douglas County Deputy Sheriff dead and several others wounded. CSSA was contacted for comment by Fox 31 and stated that the legion of gun-control laws passed over the last half-century—all in the name of preventing violent crime—have failed in that purpose and have served only to hamper the rights of millions of law-abiding gun owners.

The full Fox 31 report may be accessed by clicking HERE.

“We oppose this law," [CSSA President Tony Fabian] said. "This tragedy is another example of why thousands of gun laws passed in the last several decades don’t work.”

December 12, 2017

UPDATED INFO FROM CMP CONCERNING ANTICIPATED SALES OF SURPLUS M1911 AND M1911A1 PISTOL SALES

Some preliminary decisions further clarified updated 12/12/2017:

• CMP will have an all-new 1911 order form, 1911 purchasing instructions, a 1911 page on our web site, a dedicated 1911 FFL fax number and email address for the FFL holder to send their FFL with customer's name attached. The customer will have to send in a complete new order packet with all new qualifying criteria included. Everyone will be a new customer, everyone starts with no advantage or disadvantage. CMP 1911 is an FFL governed operation and is a separate entity from CMP and has to have its own record keeping operation with no ties to the old CMP records.
• Decisions concerning the grade and pricing of the 1911s will not be made until inspection has occurred of a substantial quantity which will take an estimated 150 days post receipt. CMP will price at fair market value in accordance with CMP's enabling legislation.
• Potential purchasers will have to provide to CMP a new set of documents exhibiting: 1) proof of U.S. Citizenship, 2) proof of membership in a CMP affiliated club, 3) proof of participation in a marksmanship activity, 4) a new form 2A with notary, 5) a signed copy of the 01, 02, 07 Federal Firearms License in which the 1911 will be transferred to. These are "store front" FFLs.
• A NICS background check will be performed by CMP on the customer to assure the customer is eligible to purchase prior to shipment to the "store front" FFL licensed dealer. The customer must receive a "proceed" from NICS prior to shipment of the pistol to the FFL licensed dealer.
• The CMP customer will be required to complete a form 4473 in person at the FFL dealers place of business, successfully passing a NICS check, in which the information is provided by the FFL holder to NICS, before the pistol can be transferred. This is a second NICS check performed on the customer.
• Qualified CMP customer will only be allowed to purchase one 1911 per calendar year.
• No 1911s available in the CMP stores, or on line, only mail order sales. All 1911 orders will come in via USPS, UPS, Fed EX, etc.
• CMP will set the date in which it will accept orders for the 1911s. The date will be posted to the world.
• Orders will only be accepted via mail order delivery, USPS, UPS, Fed Ex, etc.
• Orders will only be accepted post marked on the date or after, no early orders.
• Once CMP receives 10,000 orders, customer names will be loaded into the Random Number Generator.
• The Random Number Generator will provide a list of names in sequence order through a random picking process to CMP.
• Customers will be contacted in the sequence provided by the Random Number Generator.
• When the customer is contacted a list of 1911 grades and pricing options that are available will be offered for selection of one 1911 type pistol.
• As CMP proceeds down the sequenced list less grades and pricing options will be available.

Note: 1911 type pistols purchased from CMP cannot be transferred to 03 FFL (curio and relic) license. BATF and the United States Army prefer the second background check be performed by a "store front" FFL dealer. Each customer purchasing a 1911 type pistol from CMP will be subjected to two NICS background checks, one the information provided by CMP to NICS and the second the information will be provided to NICS by the FFL dealer in which the pistol is shipped.

Ordering Information: CMP will have an all-new 1911 order form, 1911 purchasing instructions, a 1911 page on our web site, a dedicated 1911 FFL fax number and email address for the FFL holder to send their FFL with customer name attached. The customer will have to send in a complete new order packet with all new qualifying criteria included. Everyone will be a new customer, everyone starts with no advantage or disadvantage. CMP 1911 is an FFL governed operation and is a separate entity from CMP and has to have its own record keeping operation with no ties to the old CMP records.

Concerning sale price of the 1911s: CMP has been selling M1 Garands, M1 Carbines, 1903s, .22s, etc. for 21+ years and we have never taken advantage of anyone. CMP is not going to start price gouging people now with the 1911s. The 1911s will be priced at fair market value just like our M1 Garands. The CMP's enabling legislation directs sales of items at fair market value.

Mark Johnson
Chief Operating Officer
Civilian Marksmanship Program
www.thecmp.org

December 5, 2017

MPORTANT INFO FROM CMP REGARDING THE PENDING SALE OF SURPLUS M1911A1 .45 PISTOLS

It appears the long-awaited availability of surplus M1911A1 pistols through the Civilian Marksmanship Program may finally soon be realized. It is anticipated that the new defense spending bill will be signed into law very soon, and this bill directs the Army to transfer all of its substitute-standard M1911 and M1911A1 .45 pistols to the CMP for sale to authorized civilian purchasers. It will likely be several months before the pistols are offered for sale, as per CMP routine each pistol must be inspected for safe serviceability before being placed in stock and there will likely be several thousand pistols received from the Army. Potential purchasers are cautioned that most of these pistols will generally NOT be in excellent condition, as many have seen extensive use (keep in mind that the last USGI M1911A1 pistols were made over 70 years ago!)—the only guarantee will be that they will be safe to shoot, although it does appear that they will offer different condition grades with commensurate prices. As per M1 Garand and M1 carbine sales, any pistols that have exceptional value are expected to be placed on the CMP auction page, so those planning on getting an original US&S or low-number Colt for $400 are going to be disappointed.

The following has been received directly from CMP; those who desire to purchase surplus M1911A1 pistols should read this carefully and plan accordingly:

To all CMP constituents:

The CMP Board of Directors has discussed at length how the sales of 1911s would be handled, if the CMP were to ever receive them from the United States Army.

Some preliminary decisions further clarified:

• Decisions concerning the grade and pricing of the 1911s will not be made until inspection has occurred of a substantial quantity which will take an estimated 150 days post receipt.
• All laws pertaining to the sale of 1911s by CMP will be strictly obeyed.
• Potential purchasers will have to provide to CMP a new set of documents exhibiting: 1) proof of U.S. Citizenship, 2) proof of membership in a CMP affiliated club, 3) proof of participation in a marksmanship activity, 4) a new form 2A with notary, 5) a signed copy of the 01 Federal Firearms License in which the 1911 will be transferred to.
• A NICS background check will be performed by CMP on the customer to assure the customer is eligible to purchase prior to shipment to the FFL licensed dealer. The customer must receive a "proceed" from NICS prior to shipment of the pistol to the FFL licensed dealer.
• The CMP customer will be required to complete a form 4473 in person at the FFL dealers place of business, successfully passing a NICS check performed by the FFL holder, before the pistol can be transferred. This is a second NICS check performed on the customer.
• Qualified CMP customer will only be allowed to purchase one 1911 per calendar year.
• No 1911s available in the CMP stores, or on line, only mail order sales.
• CMP will set the date in which it will accept orders for the 1911s. The date will be posted to the world.
• Orders will only be accepted via mail order delivery.
• Orders will only be accepted post marked on the date or after, no early orders.
• Once CMP receives 10,000 orders, customer names will be loaded into the Random Number Generator.
• The Random Number Generator will provide a list of names in sequence order through a random picking process to CMP.
• Customers will be contacted in the sequence provided by the Random Number Generator.
• When the customer is contacted a list of 1911 grades and pricing options that are available will be offered for selection of one.
• As CMP proceeds down the sequenced list less grade and pricing options will be available. Again, this done completely random.

Note: 1911 type pistols purchased from CMP cannot be transferred to 03 FFL (curio and relic) license. BATF and the United States Army prefer the second background check be performed by a "store front" FFL dealer. Each customer purchasing a 1911 type pistol from CMP will be subjected to two NICS background checks, one performed by CMP and the other performed by the FFL dealer the pistol is being shipped to.

Mark Johnson
Chief Operating Officer
Civilian Marksmanship Program
www.thecmp.org

November 13, 2017

RECREATIONAL SPORT SHOOTING PROJECT ALTERNATIVE MAPS POSTED BY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES—MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD!

The following has been posted by the several authorities involved in limiting sport shooting on public lands, especially the National Forests. IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR COLORADO SHOOTERS TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD TO BOTH THESE AUTHORITIES (FOREST SERVICE, COLORADO PARKS/WILDLIFE, AND THE COMMISSIONERS OF GILPIN, BOULDER, LARIMER AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES) AND THEIR STATE/LOCAL/FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

On Oct. 23 a message was sent announcing four open houses to present alternative maps as part of the Forest Service Recreational Sport Shooting Management Plan.

The Partnership would like to take this opportunity to share the maps showing alternative management strategies and ask for feedback from the public before the environmental analysis is finalized. These alternatives were developed collaboratively using Forest Service staff, expertise from the Partnership, and public input during the 2015 scoping period. (Please see bottom of the email for more project background.)

Proposed closures would not apply to lawful hunting activities on National Forest System lands. In addition, proposed closures would likely not take effect until developed shooting ranges were constructed in the vicinity (depicted as “zone of closure” on the maps).

These maps are now available online for viewing and commenting.

Alternative Map 1

Alternative Map 2

Alternative Map 3

Alternative Map 4

Please fill out a comment form about the alternative maps and consider attending an open house near you.

Background Information

Recreational sport shooting (RSS) is a longstanding and legitimate use of National Forest System lands. In recent years Colorado’s population has been increasing annually by more than 100,000 with 80% of this growth occurring along the Front Range. As population has increased, so have the number of people who live near and use the National Forests. The mixing of RSS activities on National Forest System lands in close proximity to residences and other high use public areas is causing safety concerns. Since 2013, the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland has been working with partners including Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, and Larimer counties, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (collectively the Northern Front Range Sport Shooting Management Partnership) to develop possible management strategies for this activity on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. This includes not only identifying areas of the Forests that may or may not be suitable for recreational sport shooting, but also identifying locations that would be conducive to building developed shooting ranges open to the public on public lands.

October 26, 2017

DPW GRAND JUNCTION SHOOTING FACILITY HIRING MANAGER

Department of Natural Resources
Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Work Title: Cameo Shooting and Education Complex Manager
Classification: Program Management II
Job Location: Grand Junction CO
Close Date: November 9, 2017 5:00 PM OR until 100 applications are received whichever occurs first.

PLEAS NOTE: Because the position is located within 30 miles of the border the hiring manager has elected to receive applications from applicants residing outside of Colorado.

TO APPLY: PROGRAM MANAGEMENT II / Cameo Shooting and Education Complex Manager

If you experience difficulty with this link, please access the State of Colorado Official Job Opportunities website at https://www.colorado.gov/dhr/jobs as this is not the official job posting.

Best to you in your job search!

Mary I Vigil
Human Resources Specialist
Executive Director's Office

07 October 2017

REGARDING JOINT STATEMENT OF NRA EXECUTIVE VP AND CEO WAYNE LAPIERRE AND NRA-ILA DIRECTOR CHRIS COX

On October 5, 2017, NRA Executive VP and CEO Wayne LaPierre and NRA-ILA Director Chris Cox issued a joint statement commenting on the aftermath of the recent tragedy in Las Vegas and the politicization of the event by those seeking to impose stricter gun control laws, including the banning of certain firearms. The NRA leadership rightfully condemned attempts of the gun-control crowd to capitalize on the deep and widespread grief and shock over the senseless Las Vegas attack. However, there was also a sentence from the statement that read as follows:

“Despite the fact that the Obama Administration approved the sale of bump fire stocks on at least two occasions, the National Rifle Association is calling on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) to immediately review whether these devices comply with federal law. The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations.”

While Colorado State Shooting Association greatly values and respects the NRA’s efforts on behalf of our Constitutional right to keep and bear arms and remains committed to the NRA’s stated missions, CSSA does not agree with nor does it endorse the above-quoted portion of the statement by Mr. LaPierre and Mr. Cox.

Tony Fabian
(303) 663-9339

06 September 2017

Colorado Shooting and Range Development Grant funds six shooting and archery ranges

Colorado Parks and Wildlife will award $635,000 to six shooting and archery ranges across Colorado through the agency’s Shooting and Range Development Grant Program (SRDG). The funds will go toward developing new places to shoot and upgrading existing ranges.

SRDG supports the establishment, improvement and expansion of safe shooting facilities in Colorado and is one of the largest programs in the nation. Since 2012, SRDG has awarded more than $2.9 million in funding to 60 shooting and archery ranges in Colorado.

The program's funds come from federal excise taxes generated by the sale of hunting and shooting equipment, in addition to funds generated by license fees. Each local project partner commits funds for the various projects.

Each year, SRDG maximizes its impact by providing matching grants to towns, counties, outdoor recreation organizations, shooting clubs, parks and recreation departments and others. These projects establish, improve or expand shooting ranges and shooting areas - including archery ranges - throughout the state. The six projects approved for funding this year include more than $280,000 in local matching funds.

“We’re returning sportsmen dollars to shooting range facilities, plus really leveraging those dollars,” said Jim Guthrie, CPW's SRDG coordinator.

Guthrie said there are some very special projects being funded this year, including the next phase of the Devil’s Nose project, where an abandoned quarry near Mount Evans is being transformed into a formal shooting area.

“With closures happening more and more up and down the Front Range, this is part of an effort to develop new shooting areas, and to organize and save shooting areas that people can use for free,” Guthrie said.

This year, the SRDG grant will also fund trap and skeet ranges as well as an archery range at the Logan County Shooting Sports Complex.

“This range is unique,” said Todd Schmidt, area wildlife manager for the northeast region of the state. “It has a long range rifle range, a standard rifle range, as well as ranges for pistol, shotgun and archery. Whatever your shooting desires are, Logan County offers it. And with a range of this size, you’re drawing people from many counties who help out the city of Sterling by buying meals, gas, overnight stays for tournaments, or just buying range supplies.

Shooting sports make an economic impact.

In the United States, the economic impact of the sporting arms and ammunition industry totals more than $42 billion and creates more than 263,000 jobs. The Pittman-Robertson excise tax the industry pays on the products it sells is a major source of wildlife conservation funding in Colorado and nationwide. The recommendation for grant allocations in Colorado is made by an advisory board consisting of representatives from a variety of shooting sports stakeholders, including Colorado State Shooting Association.

The Shooting Range Development Grants awarded in 2017 include:

• Prator Range, Trinidad (part 2) - Construction of HESCO barriers on 50-yard range and 100-yard range - $51,000
• Gold Camp, Teller County (part 2) New 400-yard range and trap/skeet range - $24,000
• Pikes Peak Gun Club, Colorado Springs (part 4)
  New shooting benches - $26,000
• Devil’s Nose Shooting Area, Clear Creek County (part 3) Build out of new range - $400,000
• Logan County Shooting Sports Complex, Sterling, Trap and skeet ranges, archery range - $115,000
• Routt County Shooting Club Classroom,
  Steamboat Springs, Expand and upgrade existing classroom building - $49,000

Tony Fabian
(303) 663-9339

22 March 2017

SHOOTERS, CLUBS!
PARTICIPATE IN THE “SHOT HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD” DAY APRIL 19!

On April 19, 1775, Minutemen at Lexington-Concord stood their ground against oppression and the attempted confiscation of their firearms and fired “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World.” This coming April 19th, firearm enthusiasts will participate in a commemorative Shot Heard 'Round the World Day at public ranges across the United States. Join ranges all over the country who are remembering and celebrating the birth of our nation by encouraging your community to come out and shoot on this day. Help spread the word about our country's history and continue to support safe, legal, and responsible forms of recreational shooting and firearm ownership.

To get your club or range involved, use the link below and join the event!

www.shotheardroundtheworldday.com/contact

10 February 2017

COLORADO DEM HOUSE “KILL COMMITTEE” DOES ITS JOB ON SELF-DEFENSE BILLS

As expected, the anti-gun Democrat-controlled Colorado House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee killed three self-defense bills in a marathon session Wednesday night. Despite strong, expert testimony from the bills’ proponents, each was defeated on a straight party-line vote.

The bills were ...

HB 17-1036, Concealed Carry in Public Schools, Rep. P. Neville (R-HD 45) and Rep. Ransom (R-HD 44). This bill would have allowed school districts to permit qualified teachers and other non-uniformed school personnel to carry concealed on school property. Current law forbids carrying of firearms on public school property except for law enforcement and authorized security officers.

HB 17-1037, Use of Deadly Force Against an Intruder at a Business, Rep. Everett (R-HD 22). This bill would have expanded Colorado law granting legal immunity to persons who use deadly force against in intruder to include businesses as well as residences.

HB 17-1097, Repeal Ammo Magazine Prohibition, Rep. Saine (R-HD 63) and Rep. Humphry (R-HD 48). This bill would have repealed the 2013 restriction on magazine capacities to fifteen rounds. Colorado sheriffs have deemed the law unenforceable and only two prosecutions have occurred statewide in the more than three years the law has been in effect.

In case you haven’t kept up on current political events, unlike most of the rest of the nation, Colorado continues to elect anti-gun Democrat politicians who, with the help of the likes of Michael Bloomberg, have stifled all attempts at improving the ability of Colorado citizens to defend themselves and their families from violent crime. Testimony at these hearings demonstrated that Democrat legislators not only will continue to fight common-sense self-defense laws, but will seek to expand restrictions on individual firearms ownership in Colorado, effectively turning our state into another California or New York when it comes to firearms rights.

These hearings have demonstrated once again to Colorado gun owners that elections have consequences. Look at the latest electoral map…the only wide swatches of blue in the Rocky Mountain region are in Colorado and New Mexico, where a slew of gun-control bills are currently being pushed by that state’s Democrat legislature. If we are to stem the tide of gun-control here in our home state of Colorado, we must support and elect candidates who support our rights to keep and bear arms and of self-defense.

Otherwise, the future of gun rights in Colorado is bleak…

27 October 2016

SPORTSMEN SEE GUN/AMMO SURCHARGE RETURNED TO COLORADO FOR RANGE DEVELOPMENT/IMPROVEMENT

The Colorado Shooting Range Development Program, supervised by the state Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Wildlife, has announced the recipients of over half a million dollars in grants, primarily funded by the federal surcharge money collected on the sales of firearms, ammunition and other outdoor sporting goods.

These funds are returned to the states for use in advancing and promoting the shooting and outdoor sports, primarily through range development. For many years, CSSA has remained a very interested member of the Grant Selection Advisory Board, which reviews applications of range managers/developers and then makes recommendations for distribution of the grant funds to the Parks and Wildlife Director, who makes the final determination regarding the amount and schedule of fund distribution.

Each year funds are made available to shooting facilities that are open to the public for expansion/improvement of existing ranges or construction of new ranges, so if your public shooting facility is in need of improvement/expansion, organize your management team to apply for these funds. The number of public shooting facilities in Colorado continues to grow thanks to this funding program.

Details regarding this year’s distribution and the program in general may be found ... HERE

15 June 2016

URGE YOUR FEDERAL REPS TO OPPOSE NEW GUN-CONTROL PUSH IN CONGRESS!

From NRA-ILA:

Your Action is Needed NOW! NRA has just learned that Senators Schumer, Feinstein and other anti-gun elected officials are going to offer several anti-gun bills and amendments this week in the U.S. Congress, possibly as soon as today!

These measures are wide-ranging and include an attempt to reinstate the failed federal ban on semi-automatic firearms, commonly referred to as the “assault weapons ban.”

It doesn’t matter that the Clinton gun ban did nothing to reduce crime. This is about YOUR freedoms and YOUR Right to Keep and Bear Arms. But it doesn’t stop there. In fact, one amendment will attempt to strip the Second Amendment Rights from those on secret government lists while another will require federal registration and licensing of all gun owners.

And, they’re also planning on pushing for increased federal funding of anti-gun research.

This is an anti-gun package that we must defeat.

What’s obvious is that many who want to destroy our firearm freedoms are using the terrorist attack in Orlando to push their anti-gun agenda. They’re trying to strike while the nation continues to grieve and many Americans look for answers. It’s clear that Obama’s continued failure to protect us from radical terrorists is the problem and leadership is what we actually need, not gun control on law-abiding Americans.

But they’d rather blame you as a law-abiding gun owner than make Obama answer for his failures in the global war on terror. We can’t let them succeed in this depraved attempt to politicize a tragedy so they can destroy our freedoms.

You can reach your U.S. Representative and Senators by calling 202-224-3121 or go to www.act.nraila.org.

Contact other gun owners you know to tell them this threat is real. Action is needed now.

09 March 2016

ANTI-GUN DEMS TORPEDO SLATE OF PRO-SELF-DEFENSE BILLS

As expected, the Colorado House has killed no less than five pro-self-defense bills that would have helped make Colorado citizens and their families safer. On a strict party-line vote, the House State, Veteran and Military Affairs Committee killed each of the following without amendment or serious debate:

1. A bill that would have eliminated the need for concealed carry permits for Colorado residents over age 21 who were otherwise qualified to possess firearms.
2. A bill that would have allowed licensed concealed carry in public schools by school employees.
3. A bill that would have allowed active-duty military personnel to carry concealed without a permit.
4. A bill that would have expanded Colorado’s “Make My Day” law to include places of business.
5. A bill that would have repealed the unnecessary restriction on firearm magazine capacities; which dangerously limits the defensive capacity of anyone using a firearm in self-defense, but especially those who are at-risk or have disabilities.

Every one of these bills was a very simple, basic measure to afford Colorado citizens a better opportunity to defend themselves and their families against violent crime. Only one of these bills, the one pertaining to military personnel, was appropriately heard in this House committee. These bills were sent to this committee by the anti-gun, anti-self-defense Democrat leadership of the Colorado House.

ELECTIONS MATTER, FOLKS! The unfair and improper treatment and demise of these bills by House Democrats prove that important point. This November, be sure to check the candidate grades promulgated by CSSA and NRA and VOTE FREEDOM FIRST!

23 February 2016

NO-PERMIT CONCEALED CARRY BILL PASSES STATE SENATE

A bill that would allow Colorado residents to carry concealed without a permit has passed the full State Senate and will now go on to the House. SB16-17, sponsored by Sen. Tim Neville (R-16), would change state law regarding carrying concealed handguns to allow state residents 21/older to carry concealed without obtaining a permit under the current system managed by county sheriffs. The bill passed on a strict party-line vote, 18-17. This legislative success, while far from fully achieved, is a great example of why elections are so very important to Colorado firearms owners.

A similar measure has previously gone down to defeat after being purposely sabotaged by improper committee assignment by the House Democrat leadership. Bills that modify Colorado criminal laws (concealed carry is contained under the criminal code at title 18, article 12) are traditionally and properly heard in the Judiciary Committee of each house of the General Assembly. Recently, Democrat leadership of the House has sent this and similar bills to the infamous “Kill Committee” (State, Veteran and Military Affairs) dominated by anti-gun Dems from “safe” districts where their anti-gun votes are not a political liability.

Call and write Speaker Hullinghorst at 303-866-2346;

E-mail: dl.hullinghorst.house@state.co.us and tell her to do the right thing and give this bill a fair and proper hearing in the Colorado House!

05 February 2016

Fourth Circuit: Strict Scrutiny the Rule in Judging Gun Control Laws

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today overturned a federal district court decision that had upheld the 2013 State of Maryland Firearm Safety Act as constitutional under intermediate scrutiny review.

Writing for the three-judge appellate court panel that heard the case, Kolbe v. Maryland, Chief Judge William B. Traxler wrote: "In our view, Maryland law implicates the core protection of the Second Amendment - 'the right of law-abiding responsible citizens to use arms in defense of hearth and home, District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570,635 (2008), and we are compelled by Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010), as well as our own precedent in the wake of these decisions to conclude that the burden is substantial and strict scrutiny is the applicable standard or review for Plaintiffs' Second Amendment claim."

The court vacated the district court's denial of the plaintiffs' claims and remanded the case to the lower court, ordering that it apply the appropriate strict standard of review.

11 October 2016

VOTE FREEDOM FIRST!

Colorado mail ballots will start going out this week. Before you mark your ballot, make sure that the candidates you vote for back your First Freedom to keep and bear arms!

Candidate grades may be found at the NRA Political Victory Fund website at:
https://www.nrapvf.org/grades/Colorado

Don’t trust your vote to someone who doesn’t trust you! Be sure to cast your ballot, but make sure that you VOTE FREEDOM FIRST!

14 August 2016

TAKE ACTION THIS ELECTION SEASON—JOIN NRA FRONTLINES!

Your NRA will be at The Bristlecone Shooting Range in Lakewood hosting an Election Action Meeting on Wednesday, August 24th, at 5:30pm. NRA-ILA staff will give an update on what we are doing in Colorado and show what you can do to help elect pro-Second Amendment candidates. Bring your smart phone, or tablet and ear buds! We will be teaching you how to use our voter contact app to make calls on behalf of NRA-PVF endorsed candidates. Light refreshments will be served while you volunteer.

When:
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

Where:
Bristlecone Shooting Range
12105 West Cedar Drive
Lakewood, CO 80228

Please RSVP if you plan to attend--questions, more information or volunteers--please contact Jerry Kraus at 720-355-6774 or Jerry@nrailafrontlines.com

If you are unable to volunteer at this event but would like to learn more about getting involved with future events, feel free to reach out. We will need your help this year to ensure we defeat anti-gun politicians. We look forward to seeing you there!

28 April 2016

HOUSE DEMS SUMMARILY KILL THREE SELF-DEFENSE BILLS AS LEGISLATIVE SESSION DRAWS TO A CLOSE

This week, as expected, House Democrats killed three pro-self-defense bills that had passed the Colorado Senate earlier this session. The Democrat-dominated House State, Veteran and Military Affairs committee, AKA the “Kill Committee”, summarily rejected on a strict party-line vote Senate Bills 113, 144 and 176 on Monday after a marathon hearing session where these bills were left to last so as to guarantee advocates of the bills would have to remain late into the evening if they wanted to testify.

SB16-113 would have repealed the unnecessary and unenforceable restriction on the capacity of firearms magazines imposed back in 2013. An overwhelming majority of Colorado sheriffs have stated they will not enforce the law because it is simply unenforceable and that it unnecessarily infringes on citizens’ ability to defend themselves against violent criminals. Colorado Democrats still believe that the criminals should be afforded a better capability that we citizens when it comes to the use of firearms, as criminals, by definition, will ignore this ridiculous law.

SB16-144 would have allowed qualified U.S. military personnel under age 21 to lawfully carry concealed in Colorado. This bill was proposed in the wake of deadly terror attacks on military personnel throughout the county earlier this year. Colorado Democrats don’t think trained/qualified military personnel who are clearly being targeted by terrorists should be afforded the opportunity to defend themselves.

SB16-176 would have eliminated the authority of the governor to seize private firearms during declared emergencies. Known as the “Katrina Law”, this is the latest effort to prevent what happened in Louisiana during the Hurricane Katrina disaster when state agents summarily confiscated private firearms without a public safety threat. Thousands were left helpless and at the mercy of armed gangs who terrorized people at a time where the police were unable to keep order in the New Orleans area. NRA’s legal challenge to this action was upheld in federal court, and the City of New Orleans was ordered to return all confiscated firearms and pay damages and court costs. Yet despite this, Colorado Democrats still want your guns confiscated at the time you will likely need them the most!

The results of the House committee hearings/votes provide a stark example of the basic differences between the two parties sharing control of the General Assembly. All similar bills that originated in the Democrat-controlled House failed to emerge from committee, and bills that passed the Republican-controlled Senate passed, some with bi-partisan support.

It’s an election year, folks. The fate of pro-self-defense bills in the General Assembly this year illustrate the basic truth that elections have consequences. Who are YOU voting for this November? No matter what the political office, be sure to get informed on the position of ALL candidates and VOTE FREEDOM FIRST!

25 March 2016

CSSA STATEMENT ON TENTH CIRCUIT RULING IN GUN CONTROL LAWSUIT

From CSSA President Tony Fabian:

On Tuesday, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiffs in Colorado Outfitters Ass’n, et al. v. Hickenlooper, in which CSSA was a participant, lacked sufficient legal standing to challenge the 2013 ban on standard-capacity magazines and implementation of mandatory background checks on all firearms transfers. Simply stated, the Court did not believe that the plaintiffs in the suit demonstrated sufficient injury/damages from the laws in question. Of course, CSSA strongly disagrees with the Court’s ruling and analysis of the evidence in this issue, which we believe was inaccurately characterized and summarized in the Court’s opinion. While the Court’s ruling is disappointing in that it refused to address the salient legal issues of the lawsuit, it is by no means the final word in this litigation. Since the Court of Appeals vacated (threw out) the ruling by the U.S. District Court upholding the constitutionality of the challenged 2013 laws, the matter remains unresolved and ripe for new litigation by plaintiffs with standing in conformance with the standards outlined by the Court. The parties are currently exploring all of their options, including requesting an en banc hearing in front of the entire Tenth Circuit (Tuesday’s ruling was by a three-judge panel), before proceeding with any renewed legal action.

CSSA will continue to remain involved in this important legal case as long as it is possible for us to do so, and we will continue to fight for the repeal of the onerous, expensive, unnecessary and unenforceable 2013 gun control laws on every front, including the courts, the General Assembly and the ballot box. The continued steadfast support of Colorado gun owners is both necessary and appreciated.

14 January 2016

NEW MONTHLY MEETING LOCATION—SOUTH METRO CABELA’S

Beginning next month, CSSA monthly member meetings will be held in the deli conference room at the South Metro Cabela’s in Lone Tree. Cabela’s is located just off I-25 at the Ridgegate exit. Meetings will still be held the third Thursday of every month, except January and December, at 7 PM.