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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.