This continues into current times, but now there’s a push by gun control zealots to erase this pastime. The latest came from Colorado, which instituted a new ban on unserialized guns.
This action will not go unchallenged.
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, the National Association for Gun Rights and three individual plaintiffs brought a lawsuit against these firearms. The plaintiffs declared that the state ban closely followed the rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that was rejected by the Fifth Circuit.
In a fiery statement, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners Executive Director Taylor Rhodes blasted the statute. “This law is an outright assault on the constitutional rights of peaceable Coloradans. It’s not just an overreach; it’s a direct defiance to our Second Amendment freedoms.”
Further, the plaintiffs directly noted the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the 2022 Bruen case which established clear guidelines for gun laws to pass constitutional muster.
“The government must demonstrate that the regulation is consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”
Simple enough, and there is no precedent for Colorado or any other state to ban homemade weapons.
Rhodes further declared the obvious fact that no such laws existed at the time of the Republic’s founding. “If homemade — unserialized — guns weren’t legal at the time of our nation’s founding, we would all have a British accent.”
It is also worth noting that the federal government does not ban the production of personal firearms, and it is also legal in 43 states. This suit against Colorado should be an easy victory for the plaintiffs, though nothing is certain in today’s environment.
