Colorado's Permit-To-Purchase Law is a Stupid One
Permit-to-purchase laws strike me as dumb on so many levels. For one thing, criminals are never going to get a permit first. They don't stop straw buys from happening, as we've seen in every permit-to-purchase state. They don't do anything except create burdens for law-abiding gun owners...and violate their right to keep and bear arms.
It's even more ridiculous when you mandate training prior to getting said permit...
Colorado has gone down that particular path, and apparently, an argument in defense of these permits and training requirements is the dumbest humanly possible...
So yeah, they're just trying to price people out of owning the most common long gun in private hands in the country by taking a gun that costs, on the low end, between $500 and $750 - and adding another $400 or so dollars onto it. In other words, it'll be a trivial expense for the wealthy, and an insurmountable burden for many in the working class...