Colorado: “FFL-Killer” Bill in House Committee on Monday

March 12, 2026
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Colorado's gun grabbers are back at it, with the House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Committee set to hear Senate Bill—dubbed the FFL-Killer by sharp-eyed 2A watchers—on Monday, March 16th. This isn't some benign tweak to paperwork; it's a full-frontal assault on Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs), those small businesses and hardworking dealers who form the backbone of legal gun sales nationwide. The bill piles on draconian requirements like mandatory safe storage mandates, endless reporting to state overlords, and fees that could bankrupt mom-and-pop shops overnight. If it passes, expect FFLs to shutter en masse, creating artificial shortages and handing black market thugs a monopoly while law-abiding Coloradans scramble for basic self-defense tools. Dig deeper, and this reeks of the Bloomberg-funded playbook: choke the supply chain until compliance becomes impossible. We've seen it before—California's FFL exodus left residents driving hours for a background check, and New York's assault weapon regs turned dealers into ghosts. In Colorado, already battered by red flag laws and mag bans, this bill flips the script from shall-issue to shall-not-exist. Pro-2A groups like the NRA and Rocky Mountain Gun Owners are mobilizing, urging patriots to flood the hearing with testimony. But the real genius of the FFL-Killer is its Trojan horse vibe—sold as safety, it guts the dealer network that ensures every transfer is NICS-vetted and above-board. The implications for the national 2A fight are seismic: if blue-state experiments like this stick, expect copycats in Virginia, Michigan, and beyond, eroding the dealer ecosystem that Bruen and Heller implicitly protect. FFLs aren't just vendors; they're the first line against straw purchases and the lifeblood of training, community events, and rural access. Colorado's committee vote could be the spark—hit the phones, emails, and virtual testimony lines now. This isn't just a local skirmish; it's a test of whether we let bureaucrats kill the golden goose of responsible gun ownership one license at a time. Stand firm, Second Amendment defenders—your arsenal depends on it.

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Colorado’s gun grabbers are back at it, with the House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Committee set to hear Senate Bill—dubbed the FFL-Killer by sharp-eyed 2A watchers—on Monday, March 16th. This isn’t some benign tweak to paperwork; it’s a full-frontal assault on Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs), those small businesses and hardworking dealers who form the backbone of legal gun sales nationwide. The bill piles on draconian requirements like mandatory safe storage mandates, endless reporting to state overlords, and fees that could bankrupt mom-and-pop shops overnight. If it passes, expect FFLs to shutter en masse, creating artificial shortages and handing black market thugs a monopoly while law-abiding Coloradans scramble for basic self-defense tools.

Dig deeper, and this reeks of the Bloomberg-funded playbook: choke the supply chain until compliance becomes impossible. We’ve seen it before—California’s FFL exodus left residents driving hours for a background check, and New York’s assault weapon regs turned dealers into ghosts. In Colorado, already battered by red flag laws and mag bans, this bill flips the script from shall-issue to shall-not-exist. Pro-2A groups like the NRA and Rocky Mountain Gun Owners are mobilizing, urging patriots to flood the hearing with testimony. But the real genius of the FFL-Killer is its Trojan horse vibe—sold as safety, it guts the dealer network that ensures every transfer is NICS-vetted and above-board.

The implications for the national 2A fight are seismic: if blue-state experiments like this stick, expect copycats in Virginia, Michigan, and beyond, eroding the dealer ecosystem that Bruen and Heller implicitly protect. FFLs aren’t just vendors; they’re the first line against straw purchases and the lifeblood of training, community events, and rural access. Colorado’s committee vote could be the spark—hit the phones, emails, and virtual testimony lines now. This isn’t just a local skirmish; it’s a test of whether we let bureaucrats kill the golden goose of responsible gun ownership one license at a time. Stand firm, Second Amendment defenders—your arsenal depends on it.

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