Posted on 03/12/2021 10:14:03 AM PST by re_tail20
The Littleton City Council on Feb 2 enacted an unprecedented gun storage ordinance that requires both wholesale and retail firearms sellers, gunsmiths and pawnbrokers to obtain a “firearm retailer license” that claims to “mitigate the risks to the citizens of Littleton and the community at large by requiring certain safeguards to ensure that firearms do not illegally enter society.”
The licensing and storage requirements appear to be the first in Colorado and are rare in other states. At least one impacted Littleton business calls the burdensome new rules unworkable.
Littleton is a home rule municipality of roughly 44,000 residents that straddles Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties in the south Denver-metro area.
The City justifies this ordinance by claiming that “there have been a number of burglaries of businesses that sell firearms” leading to “a number of unlicensed firearms being on the streets” and that therefore they “present a health, welfare and safety threat to our citizens and the community at large.”
The City Council cited “smash and grab” burglaries that resulted in 144 guns being stolen from Littleton gun stores in the last four years. Statewide, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) reported 225 instances of loss or theft of firearms from federal firearms licensees between 2016 and 2019, the latest year data is available.
There are four gun retailers in Littleton; two pawn shops, Triple J Armory and gun range and Old Steel Historical Firearms.
Sweeping in scope
The ordinance defines what constitutes a safe storage container as a “gun cabinet or gun safe” and mandates specific design characteristics including the thickness of steel required, the design of the door and hinges and specific locking mechanism requirements. It also defines a “safe” in detail, and defines a “safe room” as a reinforced room having “one...
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Morons making rules. Firearms are not licensed in CO. CCW carriers are, but that is all.
Means setup and takedown daily.
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