Colorado Parks & Wildlife 12-Hour Extended Firearms Safety Course for Specified Semiautomatic Firearm Purchases

What this course is

Standalone, in-person 12-hour Colorado Parks & Wildlife firearms safety course for customers whose Firearms Safety System record requires the Extended course before a covered specified semiautomatic firearm purchase or transfer.

Who should choose it: Choose this course when your Colorado Firearms Safety System record shows that you must complete the 12-hour Extended Firearms Safety Course. This option does not include concealed handgun permit training.

Price: $240 — Standalone 12-hour Colorado Parks & Wildlife Extended Firearms Safety Course.

Delivery: In person with a verified Colorado Parks & Wildlife Firearms Safety Program instructor

Before you register

You must have a current Colorado Firearms Safety Course Eligibility Card / eligible Firearms Safety System record. The instructor must verify that record before attendance and confirm whether Colorado Parks & Wildlife requires you to take the 4-hour Basic course or the 12-hour Extended course.

Colorado Parks & Wildlife 12-hour Extended Firearms Safety Course

The Colorado Parks & Wildlife instructor manual requires 12 hours of instructional time and a schedule of at least two days.

Colorado Parks & Wildlife course subjects

• Firearm safety rules
• Ammunition and safe handling
• Semiautomatic firearm operation, nomenclature, clearing, and magazine function
• Marksmanship and shooting basics
• Range safety and etiquette
• Cleaning and maintenance
• Colorado firearm ownership and transfer law
• Secure storage and child safety
• Transportation and vehicle storage
• Firearm deaths, prevention, mental-health crisis awareness, and Extreme Risk Protection Orders
• Unintentional discharge, emergency response, required reporting, and first-responder interaction

Colorado Parks & Wildlife completion requirements

The course is instructor-led and in person. During class, the instructor assigns one of the official Colorado Parks & Wildlife written-exam versions (A, B, or C) in Triple A Classroom. The student answers the multiple-choice exam electronically instead of using a paper bubble sheet. A 90% or higher written examination score and a successful hands-on practical are required. The instructor records the result in the Colorado Firearms Safety System.

The hands-on practical evaluates safe semiautomatic-firearm clearing and locking-device use, including removal of the magazine, opening and locking the action, physical and visual verification that the chamber and magazine well are empty, application of a locking device, and safe muzzle/finger discipline throughout the demonstration.

What is not included

This is a standalone Colorado Parks & Wildlife firearms safety course. It does not include initial or renewal Colorado concealed-handgun permit training. If you need this training plus Colorado concealed-handgun training, select both authoritative base courses in the Classroom Training Package builder. The Classroom will calculate any applicable package price without duplicating the CPW curriculum.

Important administrative note

Online registration creates your Triple A Classroom enrollment/payment record. It does not replace the required in-person instruction, state eligibility process, sheriff process, firearm-transfer requirements, or any separate permit/license application.