Last Updated: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
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 |
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Kansas is a constitutional carry state allowing permitless carry of firearms for all individuals legally allowed to possess a firearm. Kansas permits to carry are available for purposes of concealed carry in other states that offer permit reciprocity. 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. |
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| STATE STATUS | |
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| Castle Doctrine | Enacted |
| 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 |
Laws on Purchase, Possession and Carrying of Firearms
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Hardware Bans and Equipment Restrictions
Kansas has no laws regulating semi-automatic firearms or so-called "assault weapons," "large capacity magazines," "ghost guns," bump stocks, or similar items. Machine guns are legal as long as possessed under applicable federal statutes. |
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Ammunition
Kansas law prohibits possessing, manufacturing, causing to be manufactured, selling, offering for sale, lending, purchasing or giving away any cartridge which can be fired by a handgun, and which has a plastic-coated bullet that has a core of less than 60% lead by weight. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6301(a)(6) MORE |
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Licensing/Permitting & Possession/Acquisition of Firearms
No state permit is required to purchase a rifle, shotgun, or handgun. |
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Firearm Registration
Kansas has no law requiring any type of firearms to be registered. |
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Right to Carry
Kansas is a constitutional/permitless carry state. A person who can legally own a firearm may concealed carry if they are 21 or over without a permit or license. |
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Prohibited Places
Kansas law provides locations where firearms are prohibited but with exceptions to include being over the age of 21 years or having a valid concealed carry license and not prohibited from possession of firearms under state or federal law. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6309(a) Firearms are generally prohibited: (1) Within any building located within the capitol complex; (2) within the governor’s residence; (3) on the grounds of or in any building on the grounds of the governor’s residence; (4) within any other state-owned or leased building if the secretary of administration has so designated by rules and regulations and conspicuously placed signs clearly stating that firearms are prohibited within such building; or (5) within any county courthouse, unless, by county resolution, the board of county commissioners authorize the possession of a firearm within such courthouse. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6309 |
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Firearm 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. |
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Private Transfers
Kansas has no law requiring a background check on the private transfer of firearms. |
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Stand Your Ground
Kansas has a Stand Your Ground law and eliminates any duty to retreat when using force, including deadly force, in self-defense situations where the person is in a place they have a legal right to be and there is a reasonable belief of imminent death or great bodily harm. Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 21-5222(c); 21-5230 |
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Red Flag Law
Kansas does not have a Red Flag law. |
Sources: Kansas Statutes Annotated § 21-4201 through § 21-4206. |
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 ...
Tuesday, March 1, 1983
A stolen car bearing three escaped convicts was stopped on a Kansas highway by a state trooper. When ...
Saturday, January 1, 1983
Vera Stark and her mother were asleep in their Wichita, Kans., home when a lone gunman broke in ...
Monday, November 1, 1982
Two would-be robbers entered Burl Clevenger's Wichita, Kans., liquor store and one began spraying aerosol tear gas in ...
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
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