BOULDER, CO (March 15, 2021) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) released the following statement today regarding Colorado 20th Judicial District Judge Andrew Hartman’s order in Chambers v. Boulder, which determined that Boulder, Colorado’s 2018 ordinances banning so-called “assault weapons” and “large capacity” magazines are both preempted by state law.
In its March 12th Order, the Court held that Boulder’s gun control ordinances banning the possession, sale, and transfer of “assault weapons” “is expressly, impliedly, and operationally preempted by state law,” while its ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds “is operationally preempted.” The Court also determined that “the State of Colorado has passed laws that are effectively a scheme preempting local governments from enacting municipal firearms and magazine possession ordinances.”