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Kansas background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

KS1034 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)(1)

Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the Attorney General notifies licensees under section 103(d) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that the national instant criminal background check system is established, a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer shall not transfer a firearm to any other person who is not licensed under this chapter, unless- (A) before the completion of the...

Effective: 1998-11-30
Kansas background checks handgun Restrictive

KS1033 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)

Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless- (A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...

Effective: 1994-02-28 Superseded: 1998-11-30
Kansas carrying a concealed weapon (ccw) handgun Permissive

KS1005 — shall issue (permit not required)

Citation: Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6302

(a) Criminal carrying of a weapon is knowingly carrying: … (4) any pistol, revolver or other firearm concealed on one's person if such person is under 21 years of age, except when on such person's land or in such person's abode or fixed place of business.

Effective: 2015-07-01
Kansas carrying a concealed weapon (ccw) handgun Permissive

KS1004 — shall issue

Citation: Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-7c01 et seq.

75-7c03 License to carry concealed handgun; issuance; form; display on demand of law enforcement officer; reciprocity. (a) The attorney general shall issue licenses to carry concealed handguns to persons who comply with the application and training requirements of this act and who are not disqualified under K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 75-7c04, and amendments thereto.

Effective: 2007-01-01 Superseded: 2015-07-01
Kansas carrying a concealed weapon (ccw) handgun Restrictive

KS1003 — prohibited

Citation: Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-4201

(a) Criminal use of weapons is knowingly: … (4) carrying any pistol, revolver or other firearm concealed on one's person except when on the person's land or in the person's abode or fixed place of business.

Effective: 1970-01-01 Superseded: 2007-01-01
Kansas castle doctrine handgun and long gun Permissive

KS1007 — stand your ground

Citation: Kans. Stat. Ann. § 21- 5223

(a) A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in a place where such person has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand such person’s ground and meet force with force.

Effective: 2006-05-25
Kansas castle doctrine handgun and long gun Permissive

KS1006 — traditional

Common law castle doctrine. Common law castle doctrine was solidified in the United States throughout the 19th century. “By the beginning of the twentieth century it was well accepted in the United States that a man attacked in his own home had no duty to retreat before using deadly force, so long as he reasonably believed it necessary to save his own life.” Indeed, by the 1920s, sources note that the castle...

Effective: 1900-01-01 Superseded: 2006-05-25
Kansas firearm sales restrictions handgun and long gun Restrictive

KS1049 — ban on high capacity magazines - federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110103

SEC. 110103. BAN OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. << 18 USCA § 922 >> (a) PROHIBITION.-Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 110102(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(w)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device.

Effective: 1994-09-13 Superseded: 2004-09-13
Kansas firearm sales restrictions handgun and long gun Restrictive

KS1053 — assault weapons ban - Federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110102

This subtitle may be cited as the “Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act”. SEC. 110102. RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.

Effective: 1994-09-13 Superseded: 2004-09-13
Kansas firearms in college/university handgun Permissive

KS1043 — public : CCW allowed

Citation: K.S.A. 75-7c20

(a) The carrying of a concealed handgun shall not be prohibited in any public area of any state or municipal building unless such public area has adequate security measures to ensure that no weapons are permitted to be carried into such public area and the public area is conspicuously posted with either permanent or temporary signage approved by the governing body, or the chief administrative officer, if no...

Effective: 2017-07-01
Kansas local laws preempted by state handgun and long gun Permissive

KS1046 — comprehensive

Citation: K.S.A. 12-16,124

(a) No city or county shall adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution or regulation, and no agent of any city or county shall take any administrative action, governing the requirement of fees, licenses or permits for, the commerce in or the sale, purchase, transfer, ownership, storage, carrying, transporting or taxation of firearms or ammunition, or any component or combination thereof.

Effective: 2007-05-03
Kansas local laws preempted by state handgun and long gun Permissive

KS1045 — comprehensive

Citation: K.S.A. 12-16,124(a)

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, other than those expressly authorized by statute.

Effective: 2005-04-15 Superseded: 2007-05-03
Kansas minimum age handgun Restrictive

KS1011 — youth possession

Citation: Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6301(a)(14)

(a) Criminal use of weapons is knowingly: ... (14) possessing a firearm with a barrel less than 12 inches long by any person less than 18 years of age.

Effective: 1994-07-01
Kansas minimum age long gun Restrictive

KS1050 — minimum age purchase - federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...

Effective: 1994-09-13
Kansas minimum age handgun Restrictive

KS1051 — minimum age purchase - federal

Citation: 26 U.S.C. § 922(x)(1),(5)

(x)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer to a person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a juvenile-- (A) a handgun; or (B) ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun. (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term “juvenile” means a person who is less than 18 years of age.

Effective: 1994-09-13
Kansas minimum age handgun Restrictive

KS1052 — minimum age possession - federal

Citation: 43 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)(c)(1)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...

Effective: 1994-09-13
Kansas minimum age handgun Restrictive

KS1014 — purchase and sale

Citation: Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6301(a)(7)

(a) Criminal use of weapons is knowingly: ... (7) selling, giving or otherwise transferring any firearm with a barrel less than 12 inches long to any person under 18 years of age whether the person knows or has reason to know the length of the barrel

Effective: 1970-07-01
Kansas prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

KS1027 — dvro

Citation: Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6301(a)(17), (18)

Criminal use of weapons is knowingly: (17) possessing any firearm by a person while such person is subject to a court order that: (A) Was issued after a hearing, of which such person received actual notice, and at which such person had an opportunity to participate; (B) restrains such person from harassing, stalking or threatening an intimate partner of such person or a child of such person or such intimate partner,...

Effective: 2018-04-20
Kansas prohibited possessor handgun and long gun Restrictive

KS1026 — mental health : committed to mh facility

Citation: K.S.A. 21-6301

(a) Criminal use of weapons is knowingly: (13) possessing any firearm by a person who is or has been a mentally ill person subject to involuntary commitment for care and treatment, as defined in K.S.A. 59-2946, and amendments thereto.

Effective: 2011-07-01
Kansas waiting period handgun Permissive

KS1040 — federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(s)

Repealed.

Effective: 1998-11-30
Kansas waiting period handgun Restrictive

KS1039 — federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(s)

Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless-“(A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...

Effective: 1994-02-28 Superseded: 1998-11-30