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, September 1, 1987
Retired Wichita, Kans. police detective Al Pinaire returned from a morning walk to find a burglar holding a ...
Sunday, February 1, 1987
Karen Lampkin was watching television in her Kansas City, Kans., home when a youth broke in the front ...
Sunday, December 1, 1985
When a shotgun blast tore open the front door of his Mankato, Kans., home, Bob Newell armed himself ...
Sunday, September 1, 1985
Despite being warned, a prowler who had been banging on a window of Gary Junghans' Junction City, Kans., ...
Monday, October 1, 1984
A burglar trying to enter the home of a Kansas City, Kans., woman was scared off twice within ...
Wednesday, August 1, 1984
When her ex-boyfriend broke into her home and threatened her with a shovel, Teresa Johnson of Wichita, Kans., ...
Thursday, December 1, 1983
Suburban Wichita restaurant employee Bob Lawrence was on the phone when suddenly he heard fellow worker Kerry Greathouse ...
Thursday, December 1, 1983
When Lonnie Gibson, 58, answered a late-night knock at his door in Junction City, Kans., an armed intruder ...
Monday, August 1, 1983
Robert Wallace was preparing to close his Wichita, Kans., liquor store for the evening when a man entered, ...
Sunday, May 1, 1983
Two masked men entered an El Dorado, Kans., liquor store, produced a knife, and tried to force proprietor ...