Other State Bound to happen.. Barrel registration

[jayR]

Colorado
https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110968/download

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[lucusloc]

This strikes me as a crackdown on self-made firearms. For anything past low pressure rimfire, the barrel is one of the only parts that cannot be 3d printed, it has to be sourced. This part need an alternative manufacturing technique if you want to print your own firearm. Make it so the barrel has to be registered (even if it is just a tube of pipe from the hardware store) and you now have a law that mandated any self-made firearm without actually having to have a law that explicitly says that.

As a bonus regularly manufactured guns now need two points of tracking, the receiver for federal regulations and the barrel for state.

Anyone know the likelihood this will pass? It is Colorado, so fairly high?

 

[Ben B.]

Colorado was once awesome. Californicated just like OR and WA.

 

[Koda]

This strikes me as a crackdown on self-made firearms. For anything past low pressure rimfire, the barrel is one of the only parts that cannot be 3d printed, it has to be sourced.

Not so much 3D printing (which is probably already illegal in CO. ) but a crackdown on getting grandfathered in with buying multiple lower recievers to build later.

A similar law was rejected here in Oregon a few years ago, they tried to serialize upper reciever...

 

[CamoDeafie]

 

[Will_White]

This strikes me as a crackdown on self-made firearms. For anything past low pressure rimfire, the barrel is one of the only parts that cannot be 3d printed, it has to be sourced. This part need an alternative manufacturing technique if you want to print your own firearm. Make it so the barrel has to be registered (even if it is just a tube of pipe from the hardware store) and you now have a law that mandated any self-made firearm without actually having to have a law that explicitly says that.

As a bonus regularly manufactured guns now need two points of tracking, the receiver for federal regulations and the barrel for state.

Anyone know the likelihood this will pass? It is Colorado, so fairly high?

Home ECM barrels makes this law obsolete for 3d printers. It could be useful to track uppers though.

 

[Nosferatu]

The bill requires a firearm barrel to be sold or transferred in person by a federally licensed firearm dealer. A person who is not a federally licensed firearm dealer shall not possess a firearm barrel with the intent to sell or transfer, or with the intent to offer to sell or transfer, the firearm barrel.

Unlawful sale of a firearm barrel and unlawful possession with numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. Intent to sell a firearm barrel are each an unclassified misdemeanor.A person must be 18 years old or older and legally allowed to purchase a firearm under state and federal law to purchase a firearm barrel, subject to certain exceptions.The bill requires a federally licensed firearm dealer to record a sale or transfer of a firearm barrel for at least 5 years.The bill requires the Colorado bureau of investigation to create a form for federally licensed firearm dealers to record a sale or transfer of a firearm barrel.

They are slowly legislating every component of a firearm to require a BCG, which would also require these components contain serial numbers.

I don't expect it to stop there.

 

[arakboss]

Colorado
https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110968/download

Will both barrels require serialization or will just one do it?

 

[CamoDeafie]

They are slowly legislating every component of a firearm to require a BCG, which would also require these components contain serial numbers.

I don't expect it to stop there.

Indeed. Until it is practically impossible to either buy or build your own firearm in all 50 States without needing to do BG checks and "transfers" for everything except maybe the springs and screws

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Coming soon to the two other west coast commie states:

California's SB 704, effective January 1, 2026, mandates background checks for standalone firearm barrels, treating them like firearms by requiring in-person purchase from a licensed dealer (FFL) and a DOJ eligibility check, with full electronic reporting starting July 1, 2027, aiming to regulate unregulated parts for unserialized firearms. Buyers must pass a background check, provide ID, and the FFL records the transaction, similar to a standard gun purchase, but with a fee.
Key Provisions of SB 704:

• • Mandatory FFL Transfer: Standalone firearm barrels must be shipped to and picked up from a California-licensed FFL.
  • Background Check: Purchasers must undergo a Department of Justice (DOJ) eligibility check, just like buying a complete firearm.
  • In-Person Requirement: The sale must occur in person at the FFL.
  • Record Keeping: The FFL must record buyer info (name, DOB, ID, address) and barrel details (caliber, model).
  • Electronic Reporting: Full electronic reporting to the DOJ begins July 1, 2027.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

 

[monkeybutler]

Wow that is just ugly.