Colorado Federal Firearms Licensee Association
Welcome, Colorado FFL.
You got our letter. Here’s who we are, what we’re fighting, and how to plug in. We’re the trade association built by FFLs, for FFLs — and Colorado’s cascade of gun laws is exactly why we exist.
Why we started CFFLA
By FFLs, for FFLs
Colorado’s firearms dealers have been hit session after session — new mandates, new costs, new liability — usually written by people who have never run a home-based FFL and don’t know who these rules actually land on. CFFLA was founded in 2024 to change that: to give Colorado’s licensees a single, organized voice at the state level.
We do three things. We ease the compliance burden — every Colorado firearms bill, statute, and rule tracked, with a plain-English assistant to answer how it applies to you. We unite the industry — a network of dealers who can align and act together when legislation crosses the line. And we serve the community — GunLawBot answers gun-law questions for anyone, free, cited to the actual law.
The pattern
The Regulatory Cascade
HB26-1126 didn’t come out of nowhere. Since 2024, Colorado has assembled a firearms-dealer enforcement regime one law at a time — building the apparatus, arming it, and turning it loose — while the cost of doing business stacks higher every session. Watch the count fall as each law lands:
- Build the apparatus
The state permit begins
Created a Colorado dealer permit every FFL must hold on top of their federal license — a $400 fee, a new Firearms Dealer Division inside the Department of Revenue, and annual on-site inspections.
The enforcement apparatus is built.
- 2024Prop KKStack the cost
A tax on the right
A ballot measure adding a 6.5% state excise tax on firearms and ammunition sales (C.R.S. Title 39, Art. 37).
Every sale you make gets more expensive.
- Restrict the sale
The semi-auto ban
Bans the sale and purchase of a broad class of semiautomatic firearms — any semiauto rifle or shotgun, and gas-operated semiauto handgun, that takes a detachable magazine — as of August 1, 2026, unless the buyer completes a state firearms-safety course and holds an eligibility card.
Your customers now need the state's permission to buy a common semi-auto.
- Arm the apparatus
Arming the enforcers
Gave the Firearms Dealer Division's investigators peace-officer authority — POST-certified law enforcement.
The division built in 2024 now carries badges and guns.
- Unleash it
Warrantless inspection
Lets officers demand your records at any time with no warrant and no suspicion, layers on costly physical-security mandates, and adds steep fines for repeat violations. Takes effect August 12, 2026.
That armed division can now search any dealer, anytime, no warrant. This is the one that put CFFLA in federal court.
Build it, arm it, unleash it — with the cost stacking the whole way. That’s the cascade, and it isn’t slowing down. Every law above links to its full text — read it in plain English, and ask how it applies to you, at cffla.org/gun-laws.
The current front
HB26-1126 is law — but it’s not over
A bill becoming law is not the end of the road. The fight over HB26-1126 has moved to two active fronts:
- The courtroom. CFFLA is one of five plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging the law’s warrantless-inspection scheme. See the case →
- The rulemaking table. The specific security rules every FFL will have to follow are being written by the Department of Revenue right now — the single best place for home-based dealers to be heard.
How we fund the fight — and how you can help
This runs on the industry showing up
We don’t have a war chest handed to us. Lawsuits, testimony, and organizing are funded by dealers and supporters pitching in. Here’s where you come in.
Fundraising
Garage Sale for Gun Rights
Think WW2 scrap drive, for the Second Amendment. Shops donate unsold inventory, customers bring in gun-related gear they no longer need — and we auction it off, with every dollar going to CFFLA's fight. Host a collection hub at your shop and turn idle inventory into legal firepower.
Become a hub partner →Litigation support
Customer Outreach for the Legal Fight
We're building tools to help dealers reach their own customers and rally support to fund the lawsuits challenging these laws. Your counter is where a lot of this fight can be won — and we want you in on it as these roll out.
Count me in — coming soonVolunteer
Lend a Hand
We're looking for people to help — outreach, events, coordination, and more. Whatever time you can give moves this forward.
Volunteer — coming soonAnd whatever else you do — tell us how this law affects your business. Your story is evidence the rulemakers need to hear.
Sign up — it’s free, and it’s how we reach you
Creating an account is free, takes a minute, and is how we get you time-sensitive updates when they matter. It also unlocks the CFFLA Trade Portal — the compliance suite, the member network, and direct support for your business.
Stand together. Let them see who we are.