About Us:

The Colorado State Shooting Association is the official state association of the National Rifle Association.

What does that mean? To understand the concept of state associations, one first must understand what the NRA is, and is not. The NRA is a national organization. As such, it is concerned and occupied with issues of national concern. Over thirty years ago, the NRA leadership realized that it could not adequately and efficiently manage and support its mission at both the state and national levels—the task was too big and the management scheme too cumbersome. The answer was to establish official state associations to perform traditional NRA functions at the state level.

Therefore, as the NRA state association, CSSA is concerned and occupied with issues of statewide concern and performs specific delegated functions at the state level under the auspices of the NRA. That being explained, it is important to emphasize that CSSA is an independent state organization led and operated by leadership elected by its members. Although we work very closely with the NRA in many areas, we are not a branch of the NRA. We are more akin to an independent contractor selected by the NRA to serve Colorado.

Nevertheless, CSSA and NRA are separate organizations that require their own individual sources of financial support. Your membership in the NRA is essential to helping preserve and protect our firearms rights, but it does not directly support independent state associations such as CSSA. Therefore, both organizations need and appreciate your continued support.