Colorado Tries End Redundant, Costly State Background Checks

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On Wednesday, the Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill that [would end] a redundant state-level background check on gun sales through federally-licensed firearms dealers. It will now head to the Democrat-controlled Senate, where some worry that it will fall at the hands of Senators who have so far voted down a number of gun bills that come out of the Republican-controlled House.

HB 12-1048, introduced by Mark Waller (R – Colorado Springs) would seek to eliminate the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) InstaCheck system in favor of the heavily vetted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Colorado is one of only 13 states that use implement their own background checks for firearm sales on top of NICS, and not only would repealing this double-check save the state of Colorado over $1.5 million in the first year (and roughly $2 million each year after that), but the NRA-ILA says, “A study performed by the U.S. Department of Justice showed that Colorado had the highest percentage of reversals on appeal, nationwide, for the right to transfer a firearm at 58.8% from 2000 to 2009 and the highest in 2009 with 75.8%. This means that a Colorado resident could be denied the right to purchase a firearm due to incomplete information or an issue as trivial as having forgotten to pay a speeding ticket.”

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