Colorado reciprocity?

[RevolverGuy]

I’m Texas LTC driving to Colorado and traveling through NM.

Is CO honor Texas LTC?

 

[Lead Belly]

Concealed carry reciprocity has been established with the following states:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP) Reciprocity | Colorado Bureau of Investigation

In accordance with Colorado law (C.R.S. 18-12-213) the State of Colorado will recognize a valid concealed carry permit issued by another state only if all of the following criteria are met

cbi.colorado.gov

 

[Sasquatch]

Should be good to go, and Colorado is also an open-carry state so you'll probably see a couple folk just OC'ing. We came through Colorado during our move to Texas, stayed there for a couple days to visit family in Colorado Springs, and I saw a few people openly carrying handguns even in libby CO Springs.

I'd double check Texas' reciprocity with New Mexico, as NM isn't quite as gun friendly (especially with their current governess) as either Colorado or Texas.

 

[DocBeech]

This is always your best website for checking: https://www.dps.texas.gov/section/handgun-licensing/state-reciprocity-information

Colorado

Reciprocal

Effective December 29, 2004, Texas Governor Rick Perry proclaimed persons with a valid Colorado license to carry a handgun may carry in Texas Effective May 17, 2007, the Governor of Colorado signed Senate Bill 34 recognizing handgun permits issued to residents of the issuing state, who are 21 years of age, may carry in Colorado.

 

[Lead Belly]

This is always your best website for checking: https://www.dps.texas.gov/section/handgun-licensing/state-reciprocity-information

That would apply more for Colorado people in Texas, where it sounds like he will be subject to Colorado Laws while there.

 

[Byrd666]

https://www.handgunlaw.us/

 

[Army 1911]

That would apply more for Colorado people in Texas, where it sounds like he will be subject to Colorado Laws while there.

You are always subject to the laws of the state you are in.

 

[RevolverGuy]

Thanks @DocBeech.

Both CO and NM reciprocate with Texas.

 

[paknheat]

I’ve never had any trouble carrying concealed in New Mexico.

It’s been a minute since I last visited, but never any problems.


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[seeker_two]

Just be aware of the other Colorado gun laws like their magazine capacity limits (15 max)....

 

[deemus]

They have a magazine law limiting to 10 rounds. But if you owed the 10+ mag prior to the law being enacted you can use it.

 

[RevolverGuy]

Just be aware of the other Colorado gun laws like their magazine capacity limits (15 max)....

Not a problem for me.

Note my handle

Thanks for the info!

 

[pupjoint]

Unless you get stopped on a reservation and tribal law trumps all laws!!! Be fore warned!!

 

[Tnhawk]

They have a magazine law limiting to 10 rounds. But if you owed the 10+ mag prior to the law being enacted you can use it.

I didn't find the law limiting a magazine to 10 rounds, where is it located?

 

[deemus]

I recall it being passed several years ago. Don’t have a link.

 

[Fishkiller]

I believe it passed last year. Most sheriffs said they would not enforce it cept tne one with big cities like Denver andBoulder

 

[Rafe]

I didn't find the law limiting a magazine to 10 rounds, where is it located?

The 15 round limit was argued as Colorado House Bill 13-1224, and then went into effect in July 2013. In October 2023 the Colorado attorney general joined 18 other states in supporting the District of Columbia's effort to ban all magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. I wonder if that's where the 10-round thing got associated with Colorado? But to my knowledge, the state still has the (not much better) 15-round limit.

Some of the links on the Colorado Department of Public Safety website regarding state guns laws (https://publicsafety.colorado.gov/colorado-gun-laws) seem screwed up, like pointing to a Google Drive that isn't public, but it doesn't look like there's been any substantive change about magazine capacity since that 2013 law.

Here's the current relevant section of the Colorado Criminal Code, last modified in 2022: https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/2022/title-18/article-12/part-3/section-18-12-302/.

 

[Tnhawk]

While I don't expect an encounter during my trip to CO, I may decide to carry a 1911 and a P938 instead of my usual carry of a Shield Plus. The reciprocity maps I'd checked still show a 15 round limit.

 

[Lead Belly]

To be safe, bring an attorney.

 

[Tnhawk]

To be safe, bring an attorney.

Safest and preferred option would be to not make the trip.