Think you own your land? A 100-year-old loophole says state agents can walk right in

Published August 22, 2026 8:00am ET



On Aug. 1, another Colorado anti-Second Amendment law took effect, with which, among other matters, Colorado altered its regulatory landscape by putting once highly regarded Colorado Parks and Wildlife in charge of firearm training and qualifications, interposing it between Coloradans and their local sheriffs.

CPW already has a black eye from its role in the insertion of foreign wolves into Colorado. More than half of those wolves died after causing irreparable damage, as credential wildlife biologists and local ranchers predicted. Given the totalitarian drift of Democrats who have run the Centennial State for the last 20 years, to what other mischief could CPW be put?

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