No evil black rifles in Littleton, CO?

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I was looking at a Sportsman's Warehouse coupon book and there was one for $50 off an AR carbine, I don't recall the brand. But in small print next to it was the words "Not available in California or Littleton, CO"

Now as you probably recall Littleton is the town on the Columbine High School shooting. My question is if Littleton, CO has some stricter firearms laws or if Sportsman's is just not offering "assault" style weapons to appease local PC sensibilities?
 
That's a wierd one. No, Littleton doesn't have any ordinances banning "assault weapons". They can't. It'd be againt state law. Denver got away with it because of home rule. Littleton doesn't have that status.
 
Why wouldn't Littleton be able to use home rule? Both are cities, right?
 
If the ad is referring to the Sportsman's Warehouse on Wadsworth Avenue, because of the stupid way the lines were drawn, it is actually in the city of Denver where EBRs are, unfortunately, illegal. :barf:

The store in question is about 1 mile from Columbine, but it is located within the Denver city limits.

Littleton does not have an AWB. :neener:
 
This SW is in Denver for some strange perturbation of the land surveyor's art. As I understand it, the Denver AWB has been recently modified to only really affect magazine capacity. An AR-15/AK/Thompson with 20 rd mags are OK. The same weapon with 21+ round mags are BAD!. As most "black rifles" are supplied with 30 rd mags, the store can't sell them. I do see many Columbine HS students at this SW all the time, including at the gun counter. Don't count them all as being perverted antis!
 
MDeViny due to most of the state and what they elected are from LA or Frisco. Pretty much the state constitutiion is just like in Kali now. worth more as TP.
 
The only distinguishing factor (for now) is that Denver has a lower crime rate. People there still carry guns. I know I sure do.
 
I just moved here not too long ago, but can anyone explain why Denver (within the city limits) has such absurd gun laws?
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Denver is both a city and a county. Counties are allowed to circumvent state law on certain occassions. Very scary precedent for us Coloradans.
 
Broomfield is the other county/city here as well, so they could pull these stunts?
 
Denver got away with it because of a perversion of home rule.
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That does sound better. Bottom line, City & County of Denver can afford better lawyers than the state.


MDeViny due to most of the state and what they elected are from LA or Frisco. Pretty much the state constitutiion is just like in Kali now. worth more as TP.
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That's pretty far from the truth. While Denver has managed to get away with this stuff, the rest of the state has very uniform and very lax gun laws; Except for the "gunshow loophole" law requiring background checks on all gunshow purchases (thanks to Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold; never would have passed otherwise), it's only Federal laws we have to watch out for. Some cities have tried to enact their own regs, but C.R.S. 29-11.7-103 makes such local ordinances void and unenforceable. Boulder (little Berkeley of the Rockies) would just love to be able to do such things, but cannot.

On the whole, CO is a conservative state with a generally pro-gun attitude. My buddy's shop in Parker is thriving, and it's not hunting rifles and sporting shotguns that are flying off the shelves; It's AR's, AK's and pistols of every flavor. About 1/3 of his customers are shopping for their CCW and our basic pistol instructor is so swamped he needs helpers to manage the enormous classes.

And Denver's AWB is pretty much useless anyway. It oly applies to residents of Denver; I can go through the city with a trunkload of stuff that has all the evil features and they can't touch me because of C.R.S. 18-12-105.6(2). And EBR's can be bought and sold in Denver.
 
There are some good uses to the home rule law IIRC isn't that the law that Terry Maketa used to make El Paso county a "shall issue" county when Colorado was a "may issue" state?
 
Bump. I am about to move to Denver for a couple years, outside the city, but still technically Denver. I own two firearms that I think may be questionable. First is my Yugo M70AB2 (AK-style underfolding rifle) and my AR-15 pistol.

I am moving from Michigan, where both firearms are registered as pistols. This stupid Denver Assault Weapons Ban is VERY vague and I don't know what to do. I know for sure to leave my 30 round mags at home. My question is whether the Yugo and/or the AR-15 pistol are considered short barreled rifles and/or assault weapons.

Anyone around here have any suggestions on what I should do and how, if at all possible, I can have these great firearms out there and not have any legal trouble??? If there is nothing I can do, I will probably have to leave them here in MI (but I really want to take them out there). Thanks fellas.
 
I am about to move to Denver for a couple years, outside the city, but still technically Denver
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There is no "outside the city but still technically Denver"

You are either going to live within the city/county of Denver or you're going to live in one of the many other cities that make up the "Denver Metro Area". The city of Denver and county of Denver are the exact same thing.

As long as you don't live within the border of the city/county of Denver, bring your 30 round mags and AR pistols and any other goodies you have, you'll be fine.

Stay out of the yellow area labeled "Denver"
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(I'd also recommend you avoid living in Commerce City or Aurora, but for reasons that have nothing to do with gun laws)
 
Thanks for the map Zundfolge, it really helps my inquiry. I am moving to Denver, regardless of whether it is the city, downtown, or the outskirts. Any solutions to my problems? I already understand that I cannot bring 30 round mags into the city. I would like to know if my underfolder or my AR pistol can be brought into the city. Thanks.
 
I need some Denverites or other people better versed in the law than I to verify this, but its my understanding that the Denver AWB doesn't ban possession, only sale of so-called Assault weapons.

Also, the ban doesn't apply to people that don't live there that are just passing through.
 
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