CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 12-1:46.SP
UNLAWFUL STORAGE OF A FIREARM—SPECIAL INSTRUCTION (RESPONSIBLY AND SECURELY STORING A FIREARM)
A person responsibly and securely stores a firearm when:
(a) the person carries the firearm on his or her person or within such
close proximity thereto that the person can readily retrieve and use
the firearm as if the person carried the firearm on his or her person;
(b) the firearm is kept in a locked gun safe or other secure container
or in a manner that a reasonable person would believe to be secure
and a juvenile or resident of the premises who is ineligible to possess
a firearm does not have access to the key, combination, or other
unlocking mechanism necessary to open the safe or container;
(c) the person properly installs a locking device on the firearm and a
juvenile or resident of the premises who is ineligible to possess a
firearm does not have access to the key, combination, or other
unlocking mechanism necessary to remove the locking device; or
(d) the firearm is a personalized firearm and the safety characteristics
of the firearm are activated.
History
COLJI-Crim. (2025), Colorado Supreme Court Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. The committee's page: "The 2025 edition was published online on February 25, 2026." © 2025 Supreme Court of Colorado for the State of Colorado.
Provenance
- Source
- www.coloradojudicial.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- crim-2026-02-25
- Content hash
4a70f59b564282c90167e1921289599d50c98b9bbc4aaa4fac4516b7fb321a57
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