CO HB1187

Federal statutes, orders, rules, or regulations effective on or after January 1, 2013 that impose prohibitions, restrictions, or limitations on possession of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition are unenforceable within Colorado if such restrictions do not exist under Colorado state law.

Restrictions covered include capacity or size limitations and registration requirements for firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition.

Federal employees or agents who enforce or attempt to enforce such federal firearms laws in violation of this statute commit a class 1 misdemeanor punishable according to Colorado law.

The Colorado Attorney General may defend Colorado residents who are prosecuted by the U.S. government for alleged violations of the prohibited federal firearms restrictions.

The bill's legislative declaration asserts that the Second, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments, as understood at Colorado's statehood in 1876, reserve firearm rights to the state and people, and cites Colorado Constitution Article II Section 13 regarding the right to bear arms.