In the first batch of proposed bills for the legislative session, Republicans wasted little time introducing repeals on state gun laws.

Two separate measures were introduced in the state House, including House Bill 1050 and HB 1009.

HB 1050 proposes to repeal the state's requirement for criminal background checks concerning private gun transfers from unlicensed gun dealers.

The bill banishes the requirement for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to impose a fee for the instant criminal background check, which is $10, although the fee may be adjusted in the future.

The bill is sponsored by Rep. Janak Joshi, R-Colorado Springs, and co-sponsored by newly elected Sen. Laura Woods, R-Arvada.

“We're basically taxing the Second Amendment,” Woods said. “It doesn't keep guns out of the hands of bad guys and you look at gun-free zones — Chicago, Paris — you'll see that gun laws do not prevent bad people from getting guns because by definition bad people don't care what the laws are and they get guns anyway.”

The state Legislature approved expanding background checks for gun purchases in 2013, along with the 15-round limit on ammunition magazines. Through HB 1009, Republicans are looking to reverse the ban on larger ammunition magazines.

Rep. Patrick Neville, R-Franktown, is helping to sponsor HB 1009 and said the original bill to ban large ammunition magazines is not enforceable.

The gun laws in general, including the required criminal background check, is more about gun control than public safety, he said.

“I don't even think it's really enforceable in the first place, and that's usually one of the initial goals of the gun-control agenda is to have a registration so they can identify, and that's what this is attempting to do over a period of years is create that universal registration,” Neville said. “Responsible gun ownership comes from the people, not the government.”

Both bills have been assigned to the House committee in State, Veterans, and Military Affairs.

“About 80 percent of the people in Colorado support the background checks,” said Max Tyler, D-Lakewood, who sits on the House committee in State, Veterans and Military Affairs.

“This has definitely been a good tool for public safety,” he said, citing CBI's 2014 data that reported 285 people were denied guns through private purchases due to criminal history.

Dave Hoover, Lakewood resident and member of Everytown for Gun Safety, a national organization that works to end gun violence, said the attempts to reverse the state's gun laws are a “slap in the face.”

“It's just an insult,” said Hoover, who lost his nephew in the Aurora movie theater shooting of July 2012. “These laws hold people accountable. And for our politicians not to understand — it astounds me that they don't get it.”