New Colorado Gun Training Requirements …

New Colorado gun laws were added in 2024 and 2025 with some requirements effective now and others coming in 2026, include:

• New CCW permit applicants must have completed at least an 8-hour approved course with live fire taught by a CO County verified instructor within the last 12 months.
• Existing CCW permit renewals require an approved refresher course with live fire taught by a CO County verified instructor within the last 6 months.
• Beginning in later in 2026, to purchase a GAS-operated semi-auto with a detachable magazine, a 12-hour course will be required before applying for a purchase authorization card.  Those with a valid Colorado Hunter Safety card will have a reduced 8-hour course requirement.  Most modern semi-auto pistols are recoil operated which are excluded from this requirement.

We offer the following related courses:

• 08-Hour CCW course for new permit applicants
• 04-Hour CCW refresher course for permit renewal
• 16-Hour premium NRA CCW course*

*The NRA CCW Student course delivered in its full, 16-hour plus version across two days of training includes far more than just the minimum curriculum and range session required and is intended to meet all of the requirements including both CCW and purchasing.

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Become an NRA Certified Instructor!

We offer all of the available NRA Instructor Programs for certification to teach NRA Student courses including Pistol, CCW, Personal Protection In The Home, Personal Protection Outside the Home, Rifle, Shotgun, Home Firearm Safety, Chief Range Safety Officer (RSO Instructor) as well as the RSO certification course.

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