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Concealed-Handgun Permits Expected To Double With Proposal
POSTED: 6:48 a.m. MST March 12, 2003
UPDATED: 8:21 a.m. MST March 12, 2003
DENVER -- The number of concealed-handgun permits in Colorado would more than double to about 36,500 under a measure headed for debate by the full House.
The House Appropriations Committee approved Senate Bill 24 on Tuesday.
The legislation would require county authorities to issue concealed-handgun permits to people who pass a criminal-background check, demonstrate competence with a weapon and meet other criteria.
Current law gives magistrates, police chiefs, sheriffs and other local authorities the discretion to issue or deny permits to anyone.
Statewide, roughly 15,000 concealed-handgun permits have been issued to Colorado residents. Under the measure, an additional 21,500 are expected to be issued, according to Colorado Bureau of Investigation statistics.
The 36,500 permits would amount to less than 1 percent of Colorado's total population of 4.3 million people, said CBI agent Susan Kitchen.
The proposal prohibits concealed guns in public schools and continues bans on guns in federal buildings and in secure public buildings such as the Denver City and County Building and the state Capitol.
While authorities in Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and most other big cities have issued concealed-gun permits liberally over the years, Denver authorities have rarely issued them.
Meanwhile, a push to change the law that closed the so-called gun show loophole stalled for a second time on Tuesday. House Bill 1119 would remove a requirement of licensed gun dealers to obtain a background check if any part of a firearm transaction occurs at a gun show.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/2034867/detail.html
Colorado Springs has been liberally issuing permits?
POSTED: 6:48 a.m. MST March 12, 2003
UPDATED: 8:21 a.m. MST March 12, 2003
DENVER -- The number of concealed-handgun permits in Colorado would more than double to about 36,500 under a measure headed for debate by the full House.
The House Appropriations Committee approved Senate Bill 24 on Tuesday.
The legislation would require county authorities to issue concealed-handgun permits to people who pass a criminal-background check, demonstrate competence with a weapon and meet other criteria.
Current law gives magistrates, police chiefs, sheriffs and other local authorities the discretion to issue or deny permits to anyone.
Statewide, roughly 15,000 concealed-handgun permits have been issued to Colorado residents. Under the measure, an additional 21,500 are expected to be issued, according to Colorado Bureau of Investigation statistics.
The 36,500 permits would amount to less than 1 percent of Colorado's total population of 4.3 million people, said CBI agent Susan Kitchen.
The proposal prohibits concealed guns in public schools and continues bans on guns in federal buildings and in secure public buildings such as the Denver City and County Building and the state Capitol.
While authorities in Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and most other big cities have issued concealed-gun permits liberally over the years, Denver authorities have rarely issued them.
Meanwhile, a push to change the law that closed the so-called gun show loophole stalled for a second time on Tuesday. House Bill 1119 would remove a requirement of licensed gun dealers to obtain a background check if any part of a firearm transaction occurs at a gun show.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/2034867/detail.html
Colorado Springs has been liberally issuing permits?