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href="/w/index.php?title=Gun_laws_in_Kentucky&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Summary table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:260px;">Subject / law </th> <th scope="col" style="width:50px;">Long<span class="nowrap"> </span>guns </th> <th scope="col" style="width:50px;">Handguns </th> <th scope="col" style="width:125px;">Relevant statutes </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>State permit required to purchase?</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Firearm registration?</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assault weapon law?</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Magazine capacity restriction?</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Owner license required?</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Permit required for concealed carry?</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>No</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Revised_Statutes" title="Kentucky Revised Statutes">KRS</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48601">§ 237.109</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Revised_Statutes" title="Kentucky Revised Statutes">KRS</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=47039">§ 237.110</a></td> <td>Kentucky is a "shall issue" state for citizens and lawful permanent residents who are 21 years or older.<br />Permitless carry took effect on June 26, 2019. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Permit required for open carry?</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td></td> <td>May carry openly without permit. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground law?</td> <td>Yes</td> <td>Yes</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Revised_Statutes" title="Kentucky Revised Statutes">KRS</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19669">§ 503.050</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>State preemption of local restrictions?</td> <td>Yes</td> <td>Yes</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Revised_Statutes" title="Kentucky Revised Statutes">KRS</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=40556">§ 65.870</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Revised_Statutes" title="Kentucky Revised Statutes">KRS</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48603">§ 237.115</a></td> <td>No locality "may occupy any part of the field of regulation of the manufacture, sale, purchase, taxation, transfer, ownership, possession, carrying, storage, or transportation of firearms, ammunition, components of firearms, components of ammunition, firearms accessories, or combination thereof."<br />The following entities can restrict concealed carry, per law: <ul><li>Postsecondary educational institutions</li> <li>Any unit of government within the state in buildings that it owns, leases, or occupies – however, concealed carry is allowed in highway rest areas, public housing, and private dwellings</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Firearms_Act" title="National Firearms Act">NFA</a> weapons restricted?</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shall certify?</td> <td>Yes</td> <td>Yes</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Revised_Statutes" title="Kentucky Revised Statutes">KRS</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43450">§ 237.075</a></td> <td>Shall certify within 15 days. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Peaceable Journey laws?</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Background checks required for private sales?</td> <td>No</td> <td>No</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_constitutional_provisions">State constitutional provisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gun_laws_in_Kentucky&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: State constitutional provisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Article 1, Section 1, Paragraph 7 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Kentucky" title="Constitution of Kentucky">Constitution of Kentucky</a> states, "The right to bear arms in defense of themselves and of the State, subject to the power of the General Assembly to enact laws to prevent persons from carrying concealed weapons." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Concealed_carry">Concealed carry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gun_laws_in_Kentucky&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Concealed carry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kentucky's concealed carry law, set forth in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=47039">KRS § 237.110</a>, is "shall-issue". The law is written to allow the carry of concealed "deadly weapons", not just handguns. Although Kentucky allows concealed carry without a permit for those 21 and over, permits are still issued. The permit is called a Concealed Deadly Weapons License (CDWL). The definition of a "deadly weapon", found in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=47021">KRS § 500.080</a>, includes a wide array of weapons other than guns, including knives (ordinary pocket knives or hunting knives are specifically classified as not being "deadly weapons"), clubs, blackjacks, nunchaku, shuriken, and brass knuckles (including knuckles made from other hard materials). All CDWLs are issued for 5 years. Only Kentucky residents are eligible to apply for and obtain the permit.<sup id="cite_ref-Kentucky_Concealed_Carry_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kentucky_Concealed_Carry-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kentucky's law in this area has a few distinctive features: </p> <ul><li>Active and honorably discharged military personnel who apply for licenses are no longer required to undergo training on state laws related to legal liability and the use of deadly force. (Updated March 29, 2014)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="removed invalid reference to KRS 131.1 (which does not exist) (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Applicants cannot be in arrears on child support obligations in an amount that would equal or exceed that accumulated in one year of nonpayment.</li> <li>The required firearms safety course can be no longer than 8 hours, and also includes a mandatory marksmanship test, in which the applicant must hit a full-sized silhouette target from 7 yards with at least 11 out of 20 rounds fired. (The distance is not stated in the statute, but is set forth in the administrative regulations governing the course.)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Under <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=47039">KRS § 237.110</a> (20)(a), Kentucky recognizes all currently valid concealed carry permits issued by other U.S. jurisdictions regardless of age. </p><p>On March 16, 2011, a change to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48602">KRS § 527.020</a> was signed into law by Governor <a href="/wiki/Steve_Beshear" title="Steve Beshear">Steve Beshear</a> allowing guns to be carried without a permit in any factory-installed compartment within the passenger area of a vehicle. Previously, such carry was only allowed in a glove compartment.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 11, 2019, Governor <a href="/wiki/Matt_Bevin" title="Matt Bevin">Matt Bevin</a> signed into law Senate Bill 150 that eliminated the requirement of a permit to concealed carry in Kentucky. Open carry is allowed without a permit, and is specifically protected in the Kentucky State Constitution as decided in Holland v Commonwealth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prohibited_places">Prohibited places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gun_laws_in_Kentucky&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Prohibited places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=47039">KRS § 237.110</a>, which governs the issue of permits, also lists places where concealed carry is prohibited. Per KRS § 237.110 (16), concealed carry is prohibited in: </p> <dl><dd>(a) Any police station or sheriff's office;</dd> <dd>(b) Any detention facility, prison, or jail;</dd> <dd>(c) Any courthouse, solely occupied by the Court of Justice courtroom, or court proceeding;</dd> <dd>(d) Any meeting of the governing body of a county, municipality, or special district (If passed by local ordinance); or any meeting of the General Assembly or a committee of the General Assembly, except that nothing in this section shall preclude a member of the body, holding a concealed deadly weapon license, from carrying a concealed deadly weapon at a meeting of the body of which he or she is a member;</dd> <dd>(e) Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense beer or alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to that purpose;</dd> <dd>(f) Any elementary or secondary school facility without the consent of school authorities as provided in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48899">KRS § 527.070</a>, any child-caring facility as defined in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48521">KRS § 199.011</a>, any day-care center as defined in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=7237">KRS § 199.894</a>, or any certified family child-care home as defined in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48442">KRS § 199.8982</a>, except however, any owner of a certified child-care home may carry a concealed firearm into the owner's residence used as a certified child-care home;</dd> <dd>(g) An area of an airport to which access is controlled by the inspection of persons and property; or</dd> <dd>(h) Any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal law.</dd></dl> <p>The prohibition against carrying concealed in an establishment that serves alcohol applies only to the "portion of the establishment [is] primarily devoted to that purpose." This means that concealed carry is allowed in restaurants that serve alcohol, with only the bar section (if present) off-limits to permit holders. This assumes that the owner has not posted the establishment to prohibit concealed carry. (KY preemption does not allow for the banning of "open carry" but only of "concealed carry".) </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=47039">KRS § 237.110</a> (17) authorizes private businesses to prohibit concealed carry on their premises (not open carry). Although, only once asked to leave the premises may the gun owner be duly cited for trespassing or disturbing the peace. However, "facilities renting or leasing housing" are specifically prohibited from restricting concealed carry. Private employers can prohibit their employees or permit holders from having weapons concealed in employer-owned vehicles, but cannot prohibit concealed weapons in individually owned vehicles. Public employers (i.e., state and local governments) can prohibit carry within their buildings, but cannot prohibit the carry of weapons by employees or permit holders in any vehicle, with the exception of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, which can prohibit employees from carrying any non-duty weapon in a vehicle while they are transporting persons under the employees' jurisdiction or supervision. This provision was upheld against the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">University of Kentucky</a> in 2012 by the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Supreme_Court" title="Kentucky Supreme Court">Kentucky Supreme Court</a>, which held that the university could not prevent legal carry of weapons in personal vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reciprocity">Reciprocity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gun_laws_in_Kentucky&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reciprocity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though Kentucky observes all other states licenses, not all states observe Kentucky's.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following is a list of states that have reciprocity with Kentucky: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Alabama" title="Gun laws in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Alaska" title="Gun laws in Alaska">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Arizona" title="Gun laws in Arizona">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Arkansas" title="Gun laws in Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Colorado" title="Gun laws in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Deleware" class="mw-redirect" title="Gun laws in Deleware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Florida" title="Gun laws in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Gun laws in Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Idaho" title="Gun laws in Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Indiana" title="Gun laws in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Iowa" title="Gun laws in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Kansas" title="Gun laws in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Louisiana" title="Gun laws in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Michigan" title="Gun laws in Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Minnesota" title="Gun laws in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Mississippi" title="Gun laws in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Missouri" title="Gun laws in Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Montana" title="Gun laws in Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_New_Hampshire" title="Gun laws in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Nebraska" title="Gun laws in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Nevada" title="Gun laws in Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_North_Carolina" title="Gun laws in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_North_Dakota" title="Gun laws in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Ohio" title="Gun laws in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Oklahoma" title="Gun laws in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Pennsylvania" title="Gun laws in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_South_Carolina" title="Gun laws in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_South_Dakota" title="Gun laws in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Tennessee" title="Gun laws in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Texas" title="Gun laws in Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Utah" title="Gun laws in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Vermont" title="Gun laws in Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Virginia" title="Gun laws in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_West_Virginia" title="Gun laws in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Wisconsin" title="Gun laws in Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Wyoming" title="Gun laws in Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_laws">Other laws</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gun_laws_in_Kentucky&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other laws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=11130">KRS § 237.104</a> prohibits the state from seizing firearms from private citizens in the event of a disaster or emergency. </p><p>Suppressors are legally transferable in Kentucky. </p><p>Some counties have adopted <a href="/wiki/Second_Amendment_sanctuary" title="Second Amendment sanctuary">Second Amendment sanctuary</a> resolutions.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With respect to the prohibition of weapons on school property, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48899">KRS § 527.070</a> (3)(a) states that adults who are not pupils of the school may have weapons in their vehicles as long as they do not remove the weapons from the vehicle or brandish them while on school property. </p><p>Visitors are permitted to carry guns into the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_State_Capitol" title="Kentucky State Capitol">capitol building in Frankfort</a>, though other potential weapons (such as sticks) are 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