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, July 14, 2006
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Friday, May 26, 2006
On Friday, May 19, Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) signed Senate Bill 366, the “Castle Doctrine,” legislation into law.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed a bill May 24 to protect the privacy of Kansas who have Right-to-Carry permits.Read ...
Thursday, May 25, 2006
More than 1,600 violent crimes that could have occurred in the past year didn`t, according to a study ...
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Under a compromise worked out by House and Senate negotiators, all information about who applies for, receives or ...
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Information about those applying for concealed gun permits would be closed to the public under a compromise bill ...
Friday, May 5, 2006
Gun rights advocates in the Kansas legislature, successful in passing a carry law over Gov. Kathleen Sebelius` veto, ...
Monday, April 10, 2006
Unless lawmakers change the rules, the applications of Kansans seeking Right-to-Carry permits-and whether the application was granted or ...
Thursday, April 6, 2006
Backers of a new law allowing Kansans to carry plan to seek legislation yet this year to keep ...
Friday, March 31, 2006
Should records of people who get Right-to-Carry permits in Kansas be concealed from the public? Sen. Phil Journey ...