Colorado gun buyers spent July doing exactly what you'd expect ahead of a big rule change, and the numbers the state just released are honestly a little jaw-dropping. Colorado Firearm Background Checks Hit a Record in July 2026The Colorado Bureau of Investigation says its InstaCheck Unit ran 59,452 firearm background checks last month. In plain English, that's a 195% jump over the 20,172 checks it processed in July of last year. Several individual days in July blew right past the old single-day record of 2,547 checks, a mark that had been set on Black Friday 2025. What SB25-003 Means for Colorado Gun OwnersAs of August 1, Colorado's SB25-003 changes how you buy certain firearms.