Kansas Gun Laws
Gun Laws Overview
RIFLES & SHOTGUNS | HANDGUNS | |
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Permit to Purchase | No | No |
Registration of Firearms | No | No |
Licensing of Owner | No | No |
Permit to Carry | No | No |
The list and map below are included as a tool to assist you in validating your information. We have made every effort to report the information correctly, however reciprocity and recognition agreements are subject to frequent change. The information is not intended as legal advice or a restatement of law and does not include: restrictions that may be placed on non-resident permits, individuals under the age of 21, qualifying permit classes, and/or any other factor which may limit reciprocity and/or recognition. For any particular situation, a licensed local attorney must be consulted for an accurate interpretation. YOU MUST ABIDE WITH ALL LAWS: STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL. |
STATE STATUS | |
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Castle Doctrine | Enacted |
No-Net Loss | No Legislation |
Right to Carry Confidentiality | Provisions Enacted |
Right to Carry in Restaurants | Partial Ban |
Right To Carry Laws | No Permit Required |
Right To Carry Reciprocity and Recognition | Outright Recognition |
Right to Keep & Bear Arms State Constitutional Provisions | With Provisions |
Laws on Purchase, Possession and Carrying of Firearms
Purchase
No state permit is required to purchase a rifle, shotgun, or handgun. MORE |
Possession
No state permit is required to purchase a rifle, shotgun, or handgun. MORE |
Carrying
State law does not generally prohibit the open carrying of a handgun. Any person who can legally own a firearm may concealed carry if they are 21 or over. No permit/license is required. MORE |
Preemption
No city or county shall adopt any ordinance, resolution or regulation, and no agent of any city or county shall take any administrative action, governing the purchase, transfer, ownership, storage or transporting of firearms or ammunition, or any component or combination thereof. MORE |
Machine Guns
It is unlawful to possess: any device designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report of any firearm; a shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches in length: or any firearm designed to discharge or capable of discharging automatically more than once by a single function of the trigger. MORE |
Range Protection
A person who owns, operates, manages or uses a sport shooting range that conforms to generally accepted operation practices in the state is not subject to civil liability or criminal prosecution in any matter relating to noise or noise pollution... MORE |
Miscellaneous
It is unlawful to change, alter, remove or obliterate the name of the maker, model, manufacturer’s number or other identifying mark of any firearm. Possession of such a firearm is prima facie evidence of guilt. MORE |
Sources: Kansas Statutes Annotated § 21-4201 through § 21-4206. |
Friday, February 13, 2004
House Bill 2798 which will establish Right To Carry in Kansas was introduced this week and will be ...
Thursday, February 12, 2004
Legislation was introduced Tuesday, February 10, that would give the law-abiding citizens of Kansas the Right-to-Carry a firearm ...
Wednesday, January 7, 2004
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius` opposition to a bill allowing Kansans to carry concealed handguns may not matter, according to ...
Monday, November 24, 2003
Residents of the tiny south-central Kansas community of Geuda Springs have passed an ordinance requiring most households to ...
Friday, November 7, 2003
Give my apologies to Handgun Control, PETA and the rest of the liberal cabal, but I won`t be ...
Monday, October 13, 2003
Gun rights advocates think 2004 will be the year they can remove the state`s ban on carrying concealed ...
Monday, September 29, 2003
Supporters of concealed weapons have set their sites on Kansas and plan to ask lawmakers to consider a ...
Thursday, September 18, 2003
The rain of Labor Day weekend added much-needed water to marshes. And as Saturday`s hunting opener approaches, cooler ...
Thursday, July 17, 2003
Southeast Kansas was the center of the world Sunday. The clay shooting world, that is. Claythorne Lodge, located ...
Thursday, July 17, 2003
Ladies: Want to assert some independence? Firing a shotgun a few hundred times should do the trick. The ...