Coloradoâs straw gun purchaser ban not only applies to people who buy firearms for someone who isnât legally eligible to own or possess one, but also to anyone who shares guns with them, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
The law, approved by the Colorado Legislature in 2000 by a bipartisan group of lawmakers in response to the shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton a year earlier, makes it a Class 4 felony to purchase a firearm, and then give or transfer it to someone who cannot legally own a weapon, such as a convicted felon.
Doing so is punishable by up to 6 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
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