FYI: The Colorado is a POC (the CBI) state. The CBI has said for years it runs in the red and says a background check costs the state about $15 per check. Bills have been introduced in the past to push the cost of the check to the purchaser, these attempts have failed. Colorado is not required to be a POC state, rather federal NICS could be used to meet the conditions of the brady bill.

In 1999 the Colorado legislature closed the CBI background check and FFL holders went to the NICS system. 3 months after the change, Simon Gonzales legally purchased a handgun from a dealer and proceeded to murder his three daughters in a rampage. Gonzales had a fresh restraining order placed on him by his wife, under the CBI system Gonzales most likely would have been denied the purchase. NICS was unaware of the restraining order because it is not updated as rapidly with local restraining orders. A few months later, ignited by the Gonzales murders, Colorado went back to being a POC state, and a perennial battle over who should pay for the background checks continues.

As a side note, Gonzales ex-wife sued the city of New Castle for failing to act on the restraining order and took the case all the way to the supreme court and lost. All around it was a tragic and challenging case.

I'm interested to see if Ritter will sign the non-resident CCW law. Personally I don't think he should.