Criminal Defense
Weapons Charges
Protecting your rights when a firearm allegation threatens your freedom.
Weapons charges in Colorado range from unlawful carrying to possession of a firearm by a previously convicted person, and they often accompany other allegations to increase the pressure on a defendant. Because gun laws intersect with constitutional rights, these cases involve unique legal issues.
Many weapons cases turn on how the firearm was found and whether you legally possessed it. Unlawful searches, questions of actual versus constructive possession, and misapplied prohibitions all create opportunities for a strong defense.
- Unlawful possession or carrying of a weapon
- Possession of a weapon by a previous offender
- Prohibited large-capacity magazine allegations
- Menacing with a firearm
- Illegal discharge of a firearm
- Restoration of firearm rights
Felony exposure
Possession by a prohibited person is a felony with serious prison ranges.
Loss of gun rights
Convictions can permanently strip your right to own firearms.
Sentence enhancers
A weapon can add mandatory time to other charges.
Employment
A weapons felony can bar many licenses and jobs.
We challenge the search or seizure that produced the firearm and contest possession where the weapon was not in your control — constructive possession cases are especially vulnerable to attack.
We examine whether any prohibition actually applied to you and, where appropriate, pursue the restoration of firearm rights and resolutions that avoid a disqualifying conviction.
Generally not without probable cause or an exception. If the search was unlawful, we move to suppress the firearm — which often ends the case.
It means a weapon was not on you but allegedly within your control. These cases are highly defensible, since proximity alone is not possession.
In some circumstances, yes. We evaluate your history and pursue available avenues to restore rights lost to a prior conviction.