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, March 16, 2007
Legislation that removes language that was being misinterpreted by Kansas cities to ban concealed carry of handguns on ...
Friday, March 16, 2007
Please Contact Your State Representative Today! Vital Right-to-Carry reform legislation will see action on the floor of the ...
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Don`t disarm just yet. A proposed ordinance to prohibit concealed firearms at more city-owned sites than spelled out ...
Monday, March 5, 2007
The Dodge City manager is recommending that city officials let die a controversial ordinance proposal that adds to ...
Friday, March 2, 2007
A Sedgwick County state senator defended a bill to pre-empt local gun ordinances at a House committee hearing. ...
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Bonner Springs, Kansas City Manager Jack Helin may have believed a common-sense-sounding ordinance he brought to the City ...
Saturday, February 24, 2007
HB 2528 was heard in the Federal and State Affairs Committee on Wednesday, February 21 and is scheduled ...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Topeka businessman Robert Davis expressed frustration February 20 with maneuvering by local governments to shoot holes in his ...
Friday, February 16, 2007
When Kansas began allowing qualified citizens to carry, A.J. Conard posted a sign at her business prohibiting them. ...
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
A proposal to beef up the list of Dodge City, Kansas-owned places where carry is prohibited--adding parks, among ...