Colorado § 8-2-106 - Armed guards - when lawful.
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§ 8-2-106. Armed guards - when lawful.
Any person who hires, aids, abets, or assists in hiring, through agencies or otherwise, persons to guard with arms or deadly weapons of any kind other persons or property in this state, or any person who enters this state armed with deadly weapons of any kind for any such purpose, without a permit in writing from the governor of this state commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. Nothing in sections 8-2-104 to 8-2-107 shall be construed to interfere with the right of any person, company, corporation, society, association, or organization to guard or protect its private property or private interests as is now provided by law. Sections 8-2-104 to 8-2-107 shall be construed only to apply in cases where workmen are brought into this state, or induced to go from one place to another in this state by any false pretenses, false advertising, or deceptive representations, or brought into this state under arms, or removed from one place to another in this state under arms.
Source: L. 11: p. 487, § 3. C.L. § 4158. CSA: C. 97, § 73. CRS 53: § 80-4-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 80-11-6. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 869, § 19, effective July 1, 1979. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 821, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1466, § 17, effective October 1.
Editor's note: The effective date for amendments made to this section by chapter 216, L. 77, was changed from July 1, 1978, to April 1, 1979, by chapter 1, First Extraordinary Session, L. 78, and was subsequently changed to July 1, 1979, by chapter 157, § 23, L. 79. See People v. McKenna, 199 Colo. 452, 611 P.2d 574 (1980).
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
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