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Colorado Amendment 22, Background Checks for Gun Sales Initiative (2000)
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| Topic Business regulations and Firearms policy |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment 22 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Colorado on November 7, 2000. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported requiring background checks for the sale of guns at gun shows and requiring licensed gun dealers to perform background checks and keep records of purchases. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring background checks for the sale of guns at gun shows and requiring licensed gun dealers to perform background checks and keep records of purchases. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment 22 |
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1,197,593 | 70.05% | ||
| No | 512,084 | 29.95% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 22 was as follows:
| “ | An amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning a requirement that background checks be conducted on prospective firearms transferees if any part of the transaction occurs at a gun show, and in connection therewith, directing that a gun show vendor require a background check on a prospective transferee and obtain approval of the transfer from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation; defining a "gun show vendor" as any person who exhibits, offers for sale, or transfers a firearm at a gun show; requiring gun show promoters to arrange for the services of federally licensed gun dealers to obtain background checks at gun shows; prohibiting the transfer of a firearm if a background check has not been obtained by a federally licensed gun dealer; requiring record keeping and retention by federally licensed gun dealers who obtain background checks; permitting federally licensed gun dealers to charge a fee of up to ten dollars for conducting each background check at gun shows; requiring gun show promoters to prominently post notice of the background check requirement; establishing criminal penalties for violations of these requirements; exempting transfers of certain antique firearms, relics, and curios from the background check requirement; and requiring the appropriation of funds necessary to implement the measure. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated state statute.
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Footnotes
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