Definitions.

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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

  1. "Bureau" means the Colorado bureau of investigation created and existing pursuantto section 24-33.5-401, C.R.S.

  2. (a) "Large-capacity magazine" means:

  1. A fixed or detachable magazine, box, drum, feed strip, or similar device capable ofaccepting, or that is designed to be readily converted to accept, more than fifteen rounds of ammunition;

  2. A fixed, tubular shotgun magazine that holds more than twenty-eight inches of shotgun shells, including any extension device that is attached to the magazine and holds additional shotgun shells; or

  3. A nontubular, detachable magazine, box, drum, feed strip, or similar device that iscapable of accepting more than eight shotgun shells when combined with a fixed magazine.

(b) "Large-capacity magazine" does not mean:

  1. A feeding device that has been permanently altered so that it cannot accommodatemore than fifteen rounds of ammunition;

  2. An attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with,

.22 caliber rimfire ammunition; or

  1. A tubular magazine that is contained in a lever-action firearm.

Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1224), ch. 48, p. 144, § 1, effective July 1.


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