Missouri Gun Laws
Gun Laws Overview
RIFLES & SHOTGUNS | HANDGUNS | |
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Permit to Purchase | No | No |
Registration of Firearms | No | No |
Licensing of Owners | No | No |
Permit to Carry | No | No Permit Required* |
* Permit to Carry Handguns Note: No permit is necessary to carry a concealed handgun if the person is at least 19 years of age or eighteen years of age and a member of the United States Armed Forces, or honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces, and is not otherwise prohibited from carrying a firearm. 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. RECIPROCITY NOTES: Wisconsin recognizes Missouri permits issued or renewed after 8/28/13; and Colorado, Florida, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and South Carolina recognize Missouri RESIDENT permits ONLY. The license holder must be at least 21 in many states - Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. |
STATE STATUS | |
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Castle Doctrine | Enacted |
No-Net Loss | 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 |
Right To Keep & Bear Arms State Constitutional Provisions | With Provisions |
Right-to-Carry Laws Note: It is not unlawful to carry a concealed handgun if the person is at least 19 years of age or 18 years of age or older and a member of the United States Armed Forces, or honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces, and is not otherwise prohibited from carrying a firearm. (The 2016 law, SB 656, changing the conceal carry requirements leaves intact the conceal carry permitting system for persons who wish to participate in reciprocal concealed carry permit agreements when traveling to other states.) |
Laws on Purchase, Possession and Carrying of Firearms
Antiques
Antique firearms are defined as any firearm not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in or before 1898, with said ammunition not being manufactured any longer; this includes any matchlock, wheel lock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type ignition system, or replica thereof. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.010.1(a). The state law on possession of firearms by prohibited persons does not apply to “antique firearms.” Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.070.3. |
Possession
There are no state licensing requirements for the possession of a rifle, shotgun or handgun. MORE |
Purchase
No state permit is required for the purchase of rifles, shotguns or handguns. MORE |
Carrying
State law does not prohibit the open carrying of firearms, but does prohibit exhibiting “any weapon readily capable of lethal use” in an angry or threatening manner in the presence of one or more persons. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.030.1(4). Pursuant to Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.750.3(1), a county, city, town, village, municipality or other political subdivision of the state may regulate the “open carrying of firearms readily capable of lethal use.” Such ordinances cannot restrict a person in possession of a valid concealed carry endorsement or permit (from Missouri or another jurisdiction) who is open carrying a firearm, or the use of a firearm in the defense of person or property. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.750.3(2)(a). MORE |
Machine Guns, Magazines, Ammunition, etc.
State law defines a “machine gun” as any firearm that is capable of firing more than one shot automatically, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. It is a felony to knowingly possess, manufacture, transport, repair or sell a machine gun in violation of the federal law. Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 571.010.14 (definition), 571.020.1(6). MORE |
Miscellaneous
Government records of ownership of a firearm or applications for ownership, licensing, certification, permitting, or an endorsement that allows a person to own, acquire, possess, or carry a firearm are not open public records and are not open for inspection or liable to have their contents disclosed except by order of the court to persons having a legitimate interest in the records. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.013. MORE |
Restoration of Rights
Missouri has a restoration of rights procedure for persons under a mental health-based firearm disability. Gun rights lost due to a criminal conviction in Missouri may be restored. MORE |
Preemption
The general assembly occupies and preempts the entire field of legislation “touching in any way firearms, components, ammunition and supplies to the complete exclusion of any order, ordinance or regulation by any political subdivision” in Missouri. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.750. MORE |
Range Protection
All owners and authorized users of firearm ranges shall be immune from any criminal and civil liability arising out of or as a consequence of noise or sound emission resulting from the use of any such firearm range. MORE |
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