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blackdog8200 wrote:Open carry is NOT ok everywhere besides Denver.... Local communities can restrict it so Know Before You OC.

With your CHL it is very easy to carry concealed since bars and restaurants are OK just don't drink :)

It is OK everywhere else. I lived there from 2005-2009, in Boulder, easily the most liberal part of the state, and a city with a ban on OC on the books. I openly carried in front of cops, at shopping malls, and across the street from the high school (which is where the city's only gun store is located). Several cops told me they didn't like it, but they knew the law. It is what it is.

SMOOTHboar wrote:Colorado was great. Actually had a situation in Texas. Carrying MPA. The cop was a local and was not very nice about the fact that I was carrying in my car without a CHL. He wrote me a ticket for speeding and kept me there for about 45min.

I read about that in the other thread... you handled it much more gracefully than I probably would have. I'm glad that Colorado was good, though; I can't wait to go back myself to visit. Did you try openly carrying at all, or stick to concealed in the car?

I lived in Colorado for three years recently, so here's the skinny:

- Concealed carry in your car is legal with no permit everywhere in the state, including Denver. The only exception is school and courthouse property.
- Open carry with no permit is allowed (in car or on foot) in every jurisdiction EXCEPT DENVER. Denver has a weird legal standing due to a state supreme court case from 2005, which allows them to prohibit open carry without needing to post signs. You're good to openly carry in all other cities/counties unless there are signs prohibiting it (also, there is no statutory requirement for signs; "no guns" is good enough for this.)
- No magazine capacity restrictions or other AWB-style garbage.

*Edit* - If you do get your CHL in time to use it, you're free to carry concealed in Denver... they only get their weird pass for open carry. Concealed carry is allowed everywhere in the state except schools, courthouses, and public buildings with security posted at every entrance. "No guns" signs have no legal standing for concealed carry on public property, much like in Texas.

Enjoy your trip through!