The Colorado arm of the National Rifle Association announced on Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit challenging the state's new law requiring individuals to complete a safety training course through Colorado Parks and Wildlife to be eligible to buy or sell semiautomatic rifles, shotguns or handguns with detachable magazines.

Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 003 last April. The law — sponsored by Sens. Tom Sullivan, D-Centennial, and Julie Gonzales, D-Denver, and Reps. Andrew Boesenecker, D-Fort Collins, and Meg Froelich, D-Englewood — will go into effect on Aug. 1, 2026.

In its lawsuit, the Colorado State Shooting Association argued the law is unconstitutional and places "unlawful burdens on the rights of law-abiding Coloradans."

“A government that makes you ask permission to buy a

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