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Sheriffs, NRA oppose law requiring training for gun purchases

  • Colorado passed the Semiautomatic Firearms and Rapid-Fire Devices Act requiring training and state permission to purchase certain semiautomatic firearms.
  • Several rural Colorado sheriffs opposed or refused to enforce the law, complicating its implementation.
  • Montezuma County Sheriff Steven Nowlin cited his constitutional duties and refused to manage or issue training certificates under the law.
  • Similar resistance occurred in the past with laws limiting magazine capacity, which sheriffs criticized as ineffective.
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Sheriffs, NRA oppose law requiring training for gun purchases

(The Center Square) - Colorado’s gun control law that went into effect last week is receiving widespread pushback from many notable organizations in the state, including two county sheriffs’ offices.

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