# 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:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**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 17, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/21 "2024-05-17T02:02:27Z")
Yes, background checks, a federal requirement, are required in NH even at gun shows on sales from FFL dealers. That is a federal law. 17 states, but not NH, require even private sales to be background checked. As to whether NH gun shows are predominantly FFL dealers or private, I do not know. ---
**Author:** ![jimkoe329\_179295](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@jimkoe329\_179295](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jimkoe329_179295)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/22 "2024-05-17T20:22:28Z")
Harbor Freight sells a steel lockable (lock built in) box on a cable. I store them under the front seats cabled to the seat frame. One for pistol and one for ammunition when I travel through states that the law mandates I do so. ---
**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 22, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/23 "2024-05-22T23:27:56Z")
Last gun show I was at, looking to sell, but saw transactions cash only, nothing else required. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/24 "2024-05-23T13:27:04Z")
Those were likely private party sales. A week ago, I purchased black powder for my cap&ball pistol, even that required my driver’s license. My brother **gave** me some of his guns, to ship them from state to state we had to go through FFL dealers, I think my dealer may have had to run the background check on me, I know I had to fill out forms. ---
**Author:** ![BoboTheClown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bobotheclown/32/25526_2.png) [@BoboTheClown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BoboTheClown)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-colorado-law-requires-firearms-to-be-secured-while-unattended-in-a-vehicle/194916/25 "2024-05-23T15:23:45Z")
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