Opinion
Welcome to 2026. Colorado’s Gun Control Spiral continues with cameras, gun bans, and the relentless march toward firearms registration.
The extremely onerous “security” requirements for gun shows in Colorado that were passed in HB25-1238 take full effect this year. Among other draconian provisions, the bill requires gun show promotors to put up security cameras, and eliminates private sellers without FFLs as gun show vendors.
Burdensome concealed carry training regulations are already in effect. Reports from at least one county sheriff indicate that CCW applications have dropped more than 50% [by design] following implementation of the new restrictions on an enumerated Constitutional right.
On 08-01-2026, SB25-003 will make it much more difficult for honest citizens to purchase a semi-automatic firearm in Colorado. Despite repeated denials from Left-Wing sponsors and supporters of the measure, it is likely that this bill will affect both long guns and pistols.
Given the Liberal/Progressive control of the levers of power in our state, and their evident disregard for judicial limits on the abuse of that power, we can expect almost anything to be introduced in the continued quest to make gun ownership more and more difficult and expensive. The possibilities are more than disturbing.
We will probably see additional restrictions on the purchase of ammunition. We may see expansion of infringements on the right to buy a semi-auto firearm spread to other types of guns. We could see so-called “arsenal” laws requiring limits on the number of firearms possessed by a citizen, and a type of gun registration to enforce those laws. There may be other assaults on the Second Amendment, such as increased concealed carry restrictions.
A rich man was once asked the question “How much money is enough?” He made a grasping motion with his hands and replied “More!” There is never enough gun control for Colorado Liberal/Progressives. We have to fight them in the Legislature at every turn! Unchallenged, the Left will destroy the Second Amendment in Colorado.
Good news: the US Supreme Court may be taking up more Second Amendment cases this year.
That will not help remove the boot from the neck of gun owners in our state over the short term, but it may eventually provide some relief. The Trump Department of Justice has been more helpful than the previous one, but there are still Deep State operatives at work who are impeding progress against federal infringements of individual liberty.
The Mid-Term Elections this year are beyond critical to the survival of the individual right to armed self-defense in the United States. If the Liberal/Progressive anti-liberty forces take either House of Congress, they will impeach President Trump. A hostile Senate would block Conservative judicial appointments. We could lose the hope of undoing some of the damage done to the Second Amendment by previous anti-gun rights administrations.
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