March 16, 2009, 01:56 PM | #1 |
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Travel in Colorado
My wife will be traveling from Texas, through new Mexico, and into Colorado. I would prefer that she not travel unarmed. What are the laws in New Mexico and Colorado regarding transporting a firearm. Does it have to be locked? Does it have to be unloaded? Thank you for any and all information!
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March 16, 2009, 02:20 PM | #2 |
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New Mexico gun laws are totally preempted. Your car is considered the same as you home for the purpose of carry, and you may carry loaded and concealed there with no permit. On foot, you may carry loaded and openly without a permit just about anywhere except in schools or places that sell alcohol, even if alcohol is sold only for consumption off the premises. Note that this puts just about every grocery and convenience store in the state off-limits (unless you have a CCP that's recognized by New Mexico.)
Colorado's state laws are similar to New Mexico's, but there's no preemption there, and thus traveling through the state with a gun is a much more difficult and complicated. I don't know much about Colorado's local laws, but I will tell you to avoid Denver, since that's known for the most onerous local gun control laws in CO. Last edited by Huey Long; March 16, 2009 at 02:29 PM. |
March 16, 2009, 05:39 PM | #3 |
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Colorado DOES have preemption everywhere in the state except for Denver.
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March 16, 2009, 07:12 PM | #4 |
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You can have a loaded, concealed, handgun in your car while traveling through Colorado. You can not have a loaded long gun in your car. Denver does have some different laws, but I thought it was only in regards to possession of "assault" weapons.
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Colorado's preemption law is not worth the paper it's printed on. |
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March 16, 2009, 09:29 PM | #6 |
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http://www.opencarry.org/co.html
Complete state preemption of firearms laws except that localities may prohibits the open carrying of firearms in a building or specific area within their jurisdiction. Update: The Colorado Appeals Court has ruled that Denver is NOT subject to state preemption regarding open carry. NOTE: Almost all states allow local regulation of the discharge of firearms Home rule exception is only applicable, outside of Denver, to certain buildings and public areas such as parks that a lower muncipality may pass. No other city, town, or county can have general bans on firearms more restrictive than CO state law. And as stated by honkylips, vehicle transportation is completely preempted everywhere. |
March 17, 2009, 08:01 AM | #7 | |
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As long as the weapon is not a long gun, and is being carried in the vehicle for a lawful purpose, including self-defense, then you're OK in Colorado.
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