Is 'Training Requirement' an Infringement,
Impairment or Just a Costly Scam?

In addition to Washington state, where legislation mandating a firearms safety course as a prerequisite to purchasing a firearm, Colorado lawmakers have now added a similar requirement to a controversial bill which has been amended 15 times and is strongly opposed by gun rights activists.

Colorado Senate Bill 25-003, an 18-page measure which Outdoor Life has acknowledged is likely to pass, began life as an effort to ban certain guns with detachable magazines, but has morphed into a bill which will now allow people to buy such firearms, but only if they complete an approved training course, according to KDVR News.

WASHINGTON PERMIT-TO-PURCHASE, TRAINING REQUIREMENT HB 1163

And, buried down in Section 5 is this language: "In order to enroll in a basic or extended firearms safety course, a person must pay to the instructor the firearms training and safety course record fee set by the Parks and Wildlife Commission…and hold a valid firearms safety course eligibility card… The instructor shall remit the firearms training and safety course record fee to the Division of Parks and Wildlife." .....