Semiautomatic Firearms Selling Like Hotcakes As Gun Owners Try To Beat Clock On Colorado Licensing Scheme

by Harold Hutchison at CDN - Modern semiautomatic firearms are flying off the shelves in Colorado in the days before a new “permit to purchase” scheme goes into effect, according to a local media outlet. In April 2025, Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation initially introduced as an outright ban on so-called “assault weapons” that requires anyone wishing to buy a modern semiauto