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. |
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Senate Bill 192 will allow for a mentored hunting program to be implemented by the Department of Natural ...
Monday, April 16, 2007
Kansas Governor Sebelius vetoed a bill aimed at preventing cities and counties from imposing their own restrictions on ...
Friday, April 6, 2007
House Bill 2528 will prevent local municipalities from establishing city regulations and ordinances inconsistant with state law. Please ...
Thursday, April 5, 2007
A bill designed to end deer-hunting permits that could be sold by landowners to hunters, and offer more ...
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
A bill keeping cities from adding restrictions on where handguns can be carried is on its way to ...
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Kansas' concealed carry law took effect January 1, 2007. On January 19, two armed men burst into a ...
Monday, March 26, 2007
When the Kansas Legislature passed a “concealed carry” laws in 2007, it included 21 kinds of places where ...
Friday, March 23, 2007
In Kansas this week, the House passed House Bill 2528, the clean-up bill for the Right-to-Carry legislation that ...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Local governments couldn`t impose their own restrictions on people`s ability to legally carry concealed guns under a bill ...
Friday, March 16, 2007
Legislation that removes language that was being misinterpreted by Kansas cities to ban concealed carry of handguns on ...