Colorado’s National Rifle Association (NRA) group launched a lawsuit against the state for its “all-out assault on the Second Amendment,” according to a Tuesday statement.

The challenged law is Colorado Senate Bill 3 regarding semiautomatic firearms and rapid devices. The law, signed by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis in April and slated to take effect Aug. 1st, 2026, “prohibits knowingly manufacturing, distributing, transferring, selling, or purchasing” of “semiautomatic rifle or semiautomatic shotgun with a detachable magazine or a gas-operated semiautomatic handgun with a detachable magazine,” according to the bill’s summary. (RELATED: Six Candidates For Germany’s Right-Wing AfD Party Die In 13 Days)

Although the bill offers strict exceptions and requirements to obtain a “specified semiautomatic firearm,” the Colorado State Shooting Association (CSSA) claims such regulations are “mountains of red tape and delays,” according to their statement. The group argues the regulations make law-abiding Americans “beg the government for permission to exercise a constitutional right.”

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by Mountain States Legal Foundation on behalf of CSSA and other plaintiffs, according to the CSSA’s statement. The complaint came on the heels of the foundation’s recent win in the 10th Circuit, which struck down New Mexico’s firearm waiting period, according to the statement.

🚨 BREAKING: CSSA has officially filed a lawsuit against SB25-003 — Colorado’s unconstitutional permit- to-purchase firearms regime. This is a direct attack on the Second Amendment, and we’re fighting back in court.

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— Colorado State Shooting Association (@CSSA1926) September 2, 2025

One of the plaintiffs, Air Force veteran Israel Del Toro, was severely wounded by an improvised explosive device while serving in Afghanistan during 2005. Del Toro relies on firearm accessories, including “force-reset triggers,” to enable him to operate a firearm in his condition, according to legal documents.

“The Act provides no accommodations or exceptions to the onerous safety courses and exams for disabled persons,” the lawsuit stated. (RELATED: Gun Owners Can Be Arrested For Concealed Carrying After Crossing State Lines — But There’s A Solution)

“Mr. Del Toro has the right to defend himself in the way that is most practical given his physical disability,” the document added.

The bill’s permit-to-purchase training requirements will also require another plaintiff — a firearms instructor — to spend their time and money to be instructed by “people less proficient than he is,” according to the lawsuit.

“In short, SB3 is unconstitutional, unworkable, and unacceptable,” the CSSA statement argued.