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Find information about firearms safety tips, applying for a concealed handgun permit, firearm safety class eligibility card, FFL serial number check requests and verified firearms instructors.
Firearms Safety Class Eligibility Card
Law SB25-003 regulates the purchase and transfer of specified semiautomatic firearms (SSFs). Starting Aug. 1, 2026, transferors and buyers of SSFs must complete a mandatory in-person firearms safety course.
Firearm Serial Number Check
Under law SB25-205, Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) are authorized to request serial number checks prior to purchasing firearms from private sellers. Local county sheriff’s offices or police departments are required to complete the serial number check and deliver the results within three days of the request.
Northern Front Range Recreational Sport Shooting Management Partnership
Northern Front Range Recreational Sport Shooting Management Partnership is a partnership between Boulder, Larimer, Gilpin and Clear Creek Counties with the Forest Service and Colorado Parks & Wildlife working to create safe, sustainable and accessible sport shooting opportunities.
Concealed Handgun Permit
Concealed Handgun Permits are available through an application process from the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office. Learn more about the application, renewals, reciprocity, and information for retired officers.
Home Safety and Firearms
Firearms accidents are avoidable.
A loaded firearm will not go off by itself; there must be three things present for a firearm to discharge: a weapon, ammunition, and a shooter.
Recreational Sport Shooting
Recreational sport shooting in Boulder County is subject to multiple layers of regulation at both the county and federal levels. These restrictions are in place to protect public safety, property, and natural resources, and they vary depending on where you are recreating.
Verified CHP Firearms Instructor Program
Effective July 1, 2025, all applicants for an initial or renewed Colorado Concealed Handgun Permit must submit with their applications a training certificate showing that they successfully completed either a Concealed Handgun Training Class or a Refresher Class taught by a Verified Instructor.
