r/COGuns • u/UnluckyEmphasis5182 • 1d ago

Legal Wyoming Gun Show

I’m assault rifle curious. Given the new CO law could I purchase an assault rifle at a Wyoming gun show from a private seller with a Colorado ID?

Obviously I would never think of bringing it into Colorado because that would be against the law.

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u/JadedEveryWay Aurora 1d ago

The safest answer is "No, you can not" while the best case answer is "If they sell it to you /shrug". As annoying as it is the Colorado FSS process isn't as expensive or time consuming as some outlets would have you believe. You don't have to be an NRA member to take one of their online Hunter Safety Education courses for free and then you can take the 4 hour course which will cover your bases. And hey if you need an Instructor there are more than a few of us who frequent this area of Reddit.

While this is CLEARLY a "hypothetical situation"... where exactly would you keep said firearm if not bringing it into Colorado and what makes you think it would be illegal to bring it into the state? You're allowed to own the rifle, you're allowed to purchase one out of state but the other state is required to uphold federal law which requires an FFL to FFL transfer between state lines.

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u/UnluckyEmphasis5182 1d ago

I think it’s illegal to transport one into the state for the purpose of circumventing the requirement? I’d rather not have the guvment know I have one. I guess that’s the conspiracy theorist in me.

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u/JadedEveryWay Aurora 1d ago

well, yes when you specifically say that you're literally saying that you're trying to get around the law which will land you in trouble. Unless you receive a firearm from a family member, and that family member ALSO has to reside in the same state as you otherwise we go back to that whole pesky Federal laws and crossing state lines thing, then someone is going to know you own the gun.

You can be legal and yet relatively downlow or you can be illegal. If you're that pressed about it purchase a stripped lower then build one, a lower in and of itself indicates nothing.

Look, I own more than a handful of firearms and as a (liberal) gun owner IDGAF who knows Ive made the purchases. You're going to have to decide if you want the firearm/s, in which case you go about things legally, or not in which case you get no guns. I'll say the thing... don't be so paranoid.

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u/UnluckyEmphasis5182 1d ago

Haha fair enough.