Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Applaud Colorado House Lawmakers for Passing Critical Gun Safety Bill to Regulate the Sale of Ammunition in Colorado

Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Volunteers Testified in Support of this Bill

Legislative Movement Comes Ahead of Colorado Moms Demand Action Advocacy Day on Thursday Where Over 100 Volunteers and Survivors Are Heading to the Capitol to Advocate for the Passing of Critical Gun Violence Prevention Bills

DENVER —  Today, the Colorado chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statement following the Colorado House passing HB 1133, legislation to regulate the sale of ammunition. This measure would help close those gaps by requiring ammunition to be sold at retail to purchasers 21 years of age or older and require that ammunition dealers follow basic safety measures to prevent the theft of ammunition by criminals. 

On Thursday, starting with a rally at 8:30 am MT at First Baptist Church across from the state capitol, Moms Demand Action will be hosting their annual advocacy day at the capitol. Hundreds of volunteers from across the state will be heading to the capitol to advocate for gun safety, including testifying in opposition to dangerous HB 1055, legislation to repeal the state firearm dealer licensing law, which is scheduled to be heard on Thursday at 1:30PM in the House Business Affairs & Labor Committee. The state’s firearm dealer licensing law was passed just last year.

“Our gun violence crisis is caused not only because of easy access to firearms, but also easy access to ammunition. Preventing gun violence requires us to not only focus on who can get their hands on a weapon, but also enacting laws to ensure that ammunition doesn’t fall into the wrong hands,”said Carol Callicotte-Belmon, a volunteer with the Colorado chapter of Moms Demand Action. “We are thankful the Colorado House was able to see how important this measure is and advanced it, and we hope the Senate will follow suit.”

“I survived three separate shootings my freshman year of high school and at least two of those tragedies were carried out by someone under the age of 21,” said Grant Cramer, a gun violence survivor and the co-president of the Students Demand Action chapter at Denver East. “My friends and I testified in support of this bill because if it had been law at the time, some of my classmates might still be alive today. State lawmakers have a responsibility to keep their constituents safe and that means getting HB 1133 signed into law.” 

While there are currently a number of federal and state laws that help ensure that people prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms are not able to obtain guns, gaps in current law make it easy for the same individuals to purchase ammunition. As a result, people prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms can violate the law once to illegally obtain a firearm and then easily and repeatedly buy ammunition to use that firearm in violation of the law. HB 1133 would help close those gaps by requiring ammunition to be sold only to purchasers 21 years of age or older and require that ammunition dealers follow basic safety measures to prevent the theft of ammunition by criminals.

Colorado continues to strengthen their gun violence prevention policy. This year Colorado rose to number 10 for the strength of its gun laws, according to the 2025 “Gun Law Rankings” created by Everytown Research, passing over 19 gun violence prevention bills in this past decade — at least six bills in just 2024.

 In an average year, 977 people die and 1,392 are wounded by guns in Colorado. Guns are the second leading cause of death among children and teens in Colorado, and an average of 84 children and teens die by guns every year. Gun violence in Colorado costs $2,039 per resident each year. Gun deaths and injuries cost Colorado $11.7 billion each year, of which $156.1 million is paid by taxpayers.