# New Colorado law requires firearms to be secured while unattended in a vehicle **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 16, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916 "2024-05-16T03:18:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/1 "2024-05-16T03:18:40Z")
> **[New law mandates secure firearm storage in vehicles](https://kdvr.com/news/politics/colorado-politics-news/new-law-mandates-secure-firearm-storage-in-vehicles/)** > > (COLORADO) — Governor Polis signed a new law on Wednesday, May 15, that will prevent firearms from being stolen from vehicles. The new law requires firearms to be secured while unattended in a vehi… Wife’s fully-loaded 9mm automatic with one in the chamber is hidden under surgical gloves in the center console. Oops. Guess I should not have revealed dat. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/2 "2024-05-16T03:44:16Z")
None in the clip? Colorado comes out as the **third most dangerous state in the country** in new rankings from U.S. News & World Report. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/3 "2024-05-16T04:10:27Z")
How odd. A law that requires people to be responsible about fire arms? Sounds like some globalist plot to deprive me of my constitutional rights. Perhaps something along the lines of prohibiting me to drive while drunk. I can’t believe my rights are being violated like that. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 6:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/4 "2024-05-16T06:12:19Z")
That is a great idea, so now when someone breaks into your vehicle and sees a big metal box that is much bigger than a gun, they can just grab it and open it later, maybe you can put some money in there also… instead of having to look around everywhere for a gun and extra clips/ammo, it will be conveniently all together in a lock box for ease of carrying… Who leaves a hand gun just laying on the seat or in plain sight anyway, most of the time they are locked in the glove box, will this lock box fit in a glove box, probably not, It will not fit under any of the seats I have, so hard to be out of sight, a jacket in the floor is not obvious at all… All the responsible gun owners that I know (and they are all responsible), if the hand gun is not on them, it is locked in the glove box or something anyway, when not at home, and we have lots of them here in the south… lol ---
**Author:** ![bcohen2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 6:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/5 "2024-05-16T06:42:24Z")
So let me get this straight. It is _already_ a crime to break into another person’s vehicle, it is _already_ a crime to steal personal property from another person’s vehicle, it is _already_ a crime to possess a stolen firearm, and the solution is to pass a law which burdens the person whose car might be burglarized??? Is this a “news” article from The Onion??? These legislators cannot be serious. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 8:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/6 "2024-05-16T08:26:51Z")
Cars are now the largest source of stolen guns in the country, and the rate has tripled. Those guns are stolen for use in crimes. I have no problem with their law. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/7 "2024-05-16T10:28:33Z")
There should be universal background checks too. A very large, probably the largest, source of guns for criminals is gun shows here backgrounds aren’t checked. A clean purchaser buys a lot of weapons and the sales are never checked. That frees to buyer to repeat the purchases at every gun show he can attend. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/8 "2024-05-16T11:38:33Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > There should be universal background checks too. A very large, probably the largest, source of guns for criminals is gun shows here backgrounds aren’t checked. A clean purchaser buys a lot of weapons and the sales are never checked. That frees to buyer to repeat the purchases at every gun show he can attend. I’ll go one step further. If you sell a gun without a background check and that gun is used in a felony, then you can be held responsible for that felony. There are still many states (NH is one of them) where you can be intoxicated and have a loaded gun in your possession. Should be the same as a DUI. You can’t drink and drive…you shouldn’t be able to drink and carry. ---
**Author:** ![Beancounter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@Beancounter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beancounter)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/9 "2024-05-16T12:52:04Z")
I find it hard to understand why anyone would have a problem with this law. 1. Guns are expensive and I wouldn’t leave an expensive iPhone or anything else expensive in an unattended vehicle. 2. Guns are potentially dangerous in an accidental discharge and I don’t know of a range that would be happy with someone showing up with a gun that’s not “secured” (breach open, mag removed, etc.) 3. Finally, a cop’s job is already tough enough and I don’t want to make it tougher for them or me by having an unsecured gun, attended or unintended, in my vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/10 "2024-05-16T13:16:52Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > Wife’s fully-loaded 9mm automatic with one in the chamber is hidden under surgical gloves in the center console. > Oops. Guess I should not have revealed dat. If you have at least 1/2 of a brain ( which I doubt ) you will remove that statement. ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/11 "2024-05-16T14:09:46Z")
> [@Beancounter](#): > > _I find it hard to understand why anyone would have a problem with this law._ > > _1. Guns are expensive and I wouldn’t leave an expensive iPhone or anything else expensive in an unattended vehicle._ > _2. Guns are potentially dangerous in an accidental discharge and I don’t know of a range that would be happy with someone showing up with a gun that’s not “secured” (breach open, mag removed, etc.)_ > _3. Finally, a cop’s job is already tough enough and I don’t want to make it tougher for them or me by having an unsecured gun, attended or unintended, in my vehicle._ The problem is that we cannot carry guns into hospitals or other places so thathey are not **unattended**. Colorado Law allows guns in our vehicles just as in our homes. Our vehicle is “an extension” of our house. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/12 "2024-05-16T14:20:12Z")
The ignorance of Colorado legislators is astounding! What is the most popular vehicle sold in the US? Pickup trucks! The 2nd most popular? SUVs. Neither of which has an area not exposed to windows allowing the crooks to peek in and immediately identify a gun box. No locked trunk. Bash the glass, swipe the box and cut it open later. This law makes it MORE likely a gun will be stolen. One more restriction on law-abiding gun owners completely ineffective in preventing criminal possession of firearms. Idiots! ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/13 "2024-05-16T14:20:49Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > is gun shows here backgrounds aren’t checked. Gun shows are populated mostly with licensed (FFL) gun dealers and ALL of them are required by law to background check the buyers. Only private sales are exempt, although in some states private sales must go through an FFL and be background checked. But criminals don’t follow the law, do they? Convicted felons can’t buy firearms legally. Strawman buyers aren’t following the law either because buying a firearm legally with the intent to immediately sell it is also a criminal offense. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/14 "2024-05-16T14:21:59Z")
And an unloaded gun is used for target practice NOT self defense… Because criminals will wait on you to get your gun out, load it and camber it before they rob or hurt you and or your family… ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/15 "2024-05-16T17:26:15Z")
Yet significant sales are made without background checks. See the last couple of paragraphs in the link below. > **[Biden Closes ‘Gun Show Loophole’—Here’s What To Know And When Rule Comes Into...](https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2024/04/11/biden-closes-gun-show-loophole-heres-what-to-know-and-when-rule-comes-into-effect/?sh=781ba35019ed)** > > The new rules adopted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms will crack down on unlicensed gun sellers. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/16 "2024-05-16T18:14:16Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Yet significant sales are made without background checks See the attached article on the source of guns used in crimes come from gun shows. The estimated volume from gun shows is 3%. While believed to be larger based on privates sales, there is no data to determine the amount. Gun shows are a big target but not a big supplier. > **[Here’s where guns used in crimes are bought](https://usafacts.org/articles/heres-where-guns-used-in-crimes-are-bought/)** > > Over 70% of crime guns that the ATF traced were obtained from a dealer. Criminals will still be criminals and do illegal things no matter what the laws say. ---
**Author:** ![Beancounter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@Beancounter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beancounter)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/17 "2024-05-16T21:54:30Z")
Being a long time shooting enthusiast I’m pro-gun but also pro-responsibility 1. If I know I regularly need to be going into a place that doesn’t allow guns the simple solutions are to leave the gun at home or to request the hospital to provide a safe storage for while I’m at that location. 2. SUV’s and Pickup’s are obviously more exposed but every day thousands of these owners manage to secure their valuable tools in locked boxes, even without a law requiring owners of Snap-On and DeWalt to do so. It’s just common sense. 3. Yes, a Target gun and Hunting gun are more specifically used for Sporting purposes but realistically how often will a commute to work or a trip to WalMart even suggest the need to carry a “fully ready” gun for self defense? Frankly if my commute or Wal-Mart visit suggested the need for a gun for self protection I’d be looking for another place to work or shop. 😉 Laws aren’t made for the 99% of the reasonable and intelligent public who would never even think about doing something so stupid like leaving a loaded Beretta on the passenger seat while we went shopping at Safeway. Yeah, that 1% of fools imposes a burden on the rest of us but if you’re that Cop who sees a Glock or Ghost Gun on the passenger seat… … . ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/18 "2024-05-16T21:57:46Z")
Secure your firearm when you are not around. Who’d of thunk it. What kind of shape are we in when we need to legislate common sense. just something to think about. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/19 "2024-05-16T22:11:52Z")
The same shape as we have to have warning signs in the owners manuals telling you not to drink battery acid etc etc etc… ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/20 "2024-05-17T00:57:00Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Gun shows are populated mostly with licensed (FFL) gun dealers and ALL of them are required by law to background check the buyers. Not in the “Live Free or Die” state of NH. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916.md?page=2)