Challenge to Colorado’s Ban on “Ghost Guns”

Summary: Challenging the constitutionality to Colorado’s law regulating “unserialized firearms and firearm components”

• Plaintiff(s)
  • National Association for Gun Rights
  • Christopher James Hiestand Richardson
  • Max Edwin Schlosser
  • John Mark Howard
  • Rocky Mountain Gun Owners

• Defendant(s)
  • Jared Polis (Colorado Governor)

• Counsel
  • Barry Arrington

• Judge
  • Gordon Gallagher

• Docket
  • District Court of Colorado Case No. 24-cv-00001
  • 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Case No. 24-1209

Key Events and Filings

• District Court
  • 1/1/2024 Complaint filed
  • 1/15/2024 Preliminary Injunction Motion filed
  • 2/15/2024 Consent form filed
  • 2/28/2024 Response to Preliminary Injunction Motion filed
  • 3/8/2024 Reply to Response brief to Preliminary Injunction Motion filed
  • 3/14/2024 Preliminary Injunction hearing (in-person)
  • 5/2/2024 Temporary Injunction denial
  • 5/16/2024 Notice of Appeals filed
• 10th Circuit Court
  • 7/5/2024 Appellant brief filed
  • 7/8/2024 Appellant Appendix filed
  • 9/6/2024 Appellee brief filed
  • 9/27/2024 Appellant reply brief filed
  • CURRENTLY: Oral Arguments Scheduled for 1/22/2025