{"id":4013,"date":"2026-07-31T04:10:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T04:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4013"},"modified":"2026-07-31T04:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T04:10:39","slug":"colorado-suffers-setback-in-fight-to-defend-gun-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4013","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Suffers Setback In Fight To Defend Gun Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Colorado judge on Monday refused to dismiss El Paso County District Attorney Michael Allen as a defendant in a suit challenging a 6.5% tax the state placed on firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4011\">Former UFC Star Anthony Smith Accused Of Trying To Run Wife Over With Car<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Colorado voters approved the tax via , which imposed the duty on firearms, firearm parts and ammunition in the November 2024 election. District Court Judge Andrew McCallin explained two reasons why he denied Allen\u2019s motion to dismiss in a brief one-page order. <strong>(RELATED: Life\u2019s About To Get More Complicated For Gun Owners In Blue State)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefendant Allen first argues that Plaintiffs lack standing to bring this action against him. However, Magnum Shooting Center of Colorado Springs points out that it would potentially face prosecution if it refused to comply with C.R.S. \u00a7\u00a7 39-37-101 et seq,\u201d McCallin wrote. \u201cThis threat of possible prosecution is sufficient to confer standing on Defendant Magnum in this action. Furthermore, the complaint states a plausible declaratory judgment claim against Defendant Allen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allen did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>In the initial complaint filed in March 2025, the Colorado State Shooting Association, the Firearms Policy Coalition and the National Rifle Association accused the state of \u201cinfringement by taxation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4007\">Streaming Services Adopt Short-Form Content As Attention Spans Plummet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cProposition KK will\u2014as intended\u2014financially burden both vendors and consumers seeking to exercise or facilitate the exercise of Second Amendment rights,\u201d the complaint states.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department has also filed lawsuits targeting laws in the state. One lawsuit, filed against Denver, seeks to throw out the city\u2019s ban on modern semiautomatic firearms, while another legal action seeks to invalidate the magazine ban the state imposed.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado passed its  on standard-capacity magazines holding more than 15 rounds of ammunition in 2013, months after a mass shooting in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater and the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The state has received high grades from gun-control groups Everytown and Giffords Law Center for its laws.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=4004\">Chinese Company Imports Workers, Accused Of Polluting Hungary\u2019s Water. 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