Shipping of Firearms

If you need to ship your firearms and/or tools to the school, they should be addressed to yourself in care of the school.  The firearm will be received in our mail room and given to the Gunsmithing Department to place in the gun vault.  If you ship through UPS or FedEx, and get a pre-paid shipping label, you will be able to ship the gun back through our mailroom.  If you do not get a pre-paid label, you may take the firearm to the local UPS center – UPS only receives packages for shipping between 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. 

Please address your package to the school as follows:
Trinidad State College
Attn: John Doe, NRA Student
600 Prospect Street
Trinidad, CO 81082

Handguns must be shipped by overnight air.

If you have any questions about shipping firearms, please call the tool room at 719-846-5469. The College mailroom is located on the first floor of the Berg Building.
 
Firearms on Campus: 

As of July 1, 2024, Colorado State law - Senate Bill 24-131 - prohibits carrying firearms on college campuses, including all Trinidad State College Buildings and campus grounds, unless a limited exception applies.  This ban applies to all individuals, including students, employees, guests, and visitors, including those who hold a valid permit for concealed carry.

Individuals who carry a firearm in accordance with a valid concealed carry permit many only carry firearms in parking areas.  Students enrolled in the TSC Gunsmithing and Law Enforcement programs will be permitted to use firearms for approved educational purposes, subject to the rules and protocols of the program.  The law continues to permit authorized security personnel to carry and use firearms on campus.

To comply with the new law, students, employees, guests, and visitors should leave firearms at home or keep them properly secured in their vehicles while on campus.  Firearms stored in vehicles must be appropriately locked and out of plain view as required by law, including House Bill 24-1348.

For safety reasons no loaded firearms are allowed in the Gunsmithing classrooms.  Please do not bring concealed firearms or ammunition to your class.  If you are staying in campus housing, a gun safe is available to store firearms in O’Conner Hall.  Firearms you are using as class projects may be stored in the gun safe in the tool room.  Firearms you are using as class projects may be stored in the gun safe in the tool room.  If you need ammunition to test-fire your class projects, please give the ammunition to your instructor or the tool room to store for you until needed.

When transporting firearms on campus, please carry them in a gun case.