It shouldn't require 12 hours to teach gangbangers not to shoot each other or use guns in carjackings; perhaps they can spend the rest of the time filling out their citizenship papers

Off to Denver Police Headquarters to register their guns and begin their gun safety classes

Just like in Connecticut, these laws are about disarming law-abiding civilians, not stopping crime.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Critics blast scope of Colorado’s semi-auto gun licensing list.

As previously reported by Complete Colorado, the Democrat-backed Senate Bill 003, passed during the 2025 legislative session, heaps a long list a list of new burdens on potential gun buyers prior to purchasing a semiautomatic firearm. 

Among other things, the law requires Coloradans complete a 12 hour, in person, firearms course through their local sheriff’s office, after a background check and application fee is collected. A final exam must be completed with a 90% minimum passing score.  

After course completion, all personal information will be uploaded into a course record system granting them five years of eligibility to purchase a semiautomatic gun.   

Earlier this month, The Colorado Department of Revenue released their ‘Specified Semi-Automatic Firearms Guidance’ which included 152 pages worth of firearms regulated under SB-003.

The Colorado State Shooting Association (CSSA) issued a press release saying that lawmakers did not follow through on their promises, with non-semiautomatic firearms included in the list.  

“Colorado politicians repeatedly assured the public that SB25-003 would not affect many categories of ordinary firearms commonly owned by law-abiding citizens,” Ray Elliott, president of the CSSA said. “Yet the Department of Revenue’s own guidance now includes firearms that plainly fall within several of the very categories lawmakers and supporters claimed would remain untouched.” 

 Some firearms listed include rim fire .22 caliber rifles like a Ruger 10/22, AR and AK platform rifles, common handguns such as Glocks, pistol caliber carbines, and non-semiautomatic firearms like pump action shotguns.

The Department of Revenue says this list will be edited and expanded over time, noting that the pictures shown are “only examples of the listed firearms and do not represent all variations of the rifles, shotguns, or handguns included.” Frames, receivers, and parts kits are also included in the regulations.