Colorado legal term
Ammunition in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Ammunition” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Colorado criminal code.
What does “Ammunition” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Ammunition" means an ammunition or cartridge case, primer, bullet, or propellant powder designed for use in a firearm. (C.R.S. § 18-12-101)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Ammunition sales
- Disorderly conduct
- Enforcement of large-capacity magazine ban by regulating the manufacture, distribution, transfer, sale, and purchase of specified semiautomatic firearms
- Second degree burglary
- Crime of violation of a protection order
- Introducing contraband in the first degree
- Possession, use, or removal of explosives or incendiary devices
Related terms in the same statutes
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