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.
Structure Colorado Code
Article 2 - Labor Relations, Generally
§ 8-2-101. Combination of Employees for Peaceable Objects Lawful
§ 8-2-102. Coercion of Employees Unlawful
§ 8-2-103. Penalty for Coercing Employees
§ 8-2-103. Penalty for Coercing Employees
§ 8-2-104. Obtaining Workmen by Misrepresentation Unlawful
§ 8-2-106. Armed Guards - When Lawful
§ 8-2-107. Workman Engaged by False Representations to Recover Damages
§ 8-2-108. Unlawful for Employer to Prevent Employees Participating in Politics
§ 8-2-109. Rights of Person Charged With Contempt
§ 8-2-110. Unlawful to Publish Blacklist
§ 8-2-111. Penalty for Blacklisting
§ 8-2-111. Penalty for Blacklisting
§ 8-2-111.5. Certain Employment References - Exception to Blacklisting Prohibition
§ 8-2-112. Unlawful to Publish Notice of Boycott
§ 8-2-112. Unlawful to Publish Notice of Boycott
§ 8-2-113. Unlawful to Intimidate Worker - Agreement Not to Compete
§ 8-2-115. Violation of Sections - Misdemeanor - Repeal
§ 8-2-118. Cost of Medical Examination - Employer and Employee Defined
§ 8-2-119. Awards of Back Pay - Deduction of Unemployment Compensation
§ 8-2-123. Health-Care Workers - Retaliation Prohibited - Definitions
§ 8-2-124. Electronic Verification Program - Availability - Notice to Employers - Definitions
§ 8-2-126. Employer Use of Consumer Credit Information - Violation - Short Title - Definitions
§ 8-2-128. Prohibitions of Employer - Requiring Social Security Number - Exceptions
§ 8-2-129. Access to Personnel Files and Records - Definitions - Exemptions