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Legal Information: Vermont

State Gun Laws

Updated: 
December 12, 2023

If the abuser has been convicted of a crime, can s/he have or buy a gun?

Vermont state law says that a person cannot have or buy a gun if s/he has been convicted of a violent felony.1 Additionally, a person who is on probation cannot have or buy a gun if his/her terms of probation forbid it.2 There are additional conditions that might apply to someone who has not yet been convicted but who is currently being prosecuted; see I am the victim of domestic violence and the abuser has a gun. Is that legal?

In addition, federal laws, which apply to all states, restrict a person’s right to have a gun under certain circumstances. Go to Federal Gun Laws to get more information.

1 VT ST 13 §§ 4017; 5301(7)
2 VT ST 28 § 252(b)(8)

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