State Gun Laws

Kansas state law says that it is illegal the following criminals to own or possess a gun:

• someone who, within the past five years, has been convicted of a misdemeanor for a domestic violence offense in Kansas or a similar misdemeanor crime in another state. A domestic violence offense includes an offense where the abuser uses or attempts to use of physical force, or threatens to use a deadly weapon and is committed against a person with whom the abuser is involved or has been involved in a dating relationship or is a family or household member;
• someone who is a fugitive from justice, which means that the person knows that there is a warrant issued for him/her for committing a felony;¹
• a person who has been convicted, or adjudicated as a juvenile offender, of a “person felony,” which are various drug crimes listed in sections K.S.A. § 21-36a01 through 21-36a17 of the law, or convicted of any violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act prior to July 1, 2009;
• a person who has been convicted, or adjudicated as a juvenile offender, of a “person felony” other than the ones referred to above, without using a firearm while committing the crime, and less than three years have passed since completing the sentence;
• someone who was convicted, or adjudicated as a juvenile offender, of certain other felonies listed in subsection (3)(A)(i) of Kansas Stat. § 21-6304 and less than eight years have passed since completing the sentence; and
• someone who was convicted, or adjudicated as a juvenile offender, of any other “nonperson felony” and less than three months have passed since completing the sentence.²

If any of these situations apply to the abuser, it may be illegal for him/her to have a gun. Also, federal laws, which apply to all states, may restrict an abuser’s right to have a gun. Go to Federal Gun Laws to get more information.

¹ Kan. Stat. § 21-6301(a)(15), (a)(18), (m)(1), (m)(2)
² Kan. Stat. § 21-6304(a)