This bill demands $1.4 million in FY 2025-26 from the Department of Natural Resources, including $1.26 million from a new Firearms Training Cash Fund and $1.36 million raided from Parks and Wildlife cash funds. That’s money meant for parks and conservation shifted to a $1 million course record system with $600,000 in ongoing costs. This will happen at the same time the state loses a bunch of tax revenue from the significant decrease in gun sales and likely gun store closures (and likely lost hunting revenue from out-of-state hunters who will boycott CO if this bill is passed).

Here's the issue though... 

The plan hinges on $2 million in annual fees from 50,000 applicants at $40 each. But the 50,000 number is just a guess. The real numbers could leave us short, forcing General Fund bailouts or further raiding of CPW coffers. The bill allows sheriffs' to add extra fees that are uncapped. The costs and significant course time investments will hurt working class people the hardest. I believe that there will be a very high non-compliance movement with this bill. Why go through the trouble of complying when you can simply purchase a gun via private sale in WY or TX (which do not require ATF paperwork for private sales)?