HCR 23-1003

House Concurrent Resolution 23-1003 amends Colorado's constitution to allow people who are legally allowed to own a handgun under federal and state laws to carry concealed handguns in most areas of the state. However, it still bans carrying concealed weapons into public schools, places where federal law prohibits firearms, and certain secure government buildings with permanent screening measures. The bill has been signed into law, meaning that individuals can now generally carry concealed handguns wherever they are legally allowed to have a handgun, except for the specified restricted areas.

Official Summary

The concurrent resolution amends section 13 of article II of the Colorado constitution to permit any person lawfully permitted to possess a handgun pursuant to federal and state law to carry a concealed handgun in any area of the state. The resolution permits the general assembly, by law, to prohibit concealed carry of handguns at the following places: Into a place where carrying firearms is prohibited by federal law; Onto the property of a public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school; or Into a public building at which security personnel and weapons screening devices are permanently in place at each entrance to the building, security personnel electronically screen each person who enters the building, and security personnel require each person who is carrying a weapon of any kind to leave the weapon in the possession of security personnel while the person is in the building.(Note: This summary applies to this concurrent resolution as introduced.)

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