Firearm Restrictions By State

Arizona

• No major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts. However, to purchase stun guns and TASERs, a valid government issued ID is required.

Arkansas

• Banned – Machine guns and short-barreled rifles.

California

• Banned – Fixed ammo (other than a caliber greater than 0.60)
• Banned – Cane guns
• Banned – Wallet guns
• Banned – Undetectable firearms
• Banned – Flechette darts
• Banned – Bullets containing or carrying an explosive agent
• Banned – Tracer ammo, except for those used in shotguns
• Banned – Armor-piercing ammo
• Banned – Unconventional pistols
• Banned – Machine guns
• Banned – Multi-trigger activators
• Banned – Short-barrel rifles or shotguns
• Banned – Silencers
• Banned – Zip guns
• Banned – Assault weapons – Assault weapon is defined as any semi-automatic, center-fire rifle that does NOT have a fixed magazine with any one of the following: pistol grip, thumb hole stock, folding/telescoping stock, grenade or flare launcher, flash suppressor or forward pistol grip. Also includes any semi-automatic, center-fire rifle with a fixed magazine holding more than 10 rounds, any semi-automatic, center-fire rifle less than 30 inches in length. With pistols, any semi-automatic pistol that does NOT have a fixed magazine, but that does have one of the following is an assault weapon: threaded barrel, second hand-grip, barrel shroud, or the ability to attach magazine anywhere outside of the pistol grip. Also includes any semi-automatic handgun with a fixed magazine holding more than 10 rounds. A semi-automatic shotgun is an assault weapon if it has a folding or telescoping stock, a pistol grip, a detachable magazine, or a revolving cylinder.
• Banned – .50 BMG rifles (without a permit); .50 BMG ammo is not outlawed
• Banned – SKS rifles made to use AK magazines
• Banned – Magazines holding more than 10 rounds (as of August 2020, this is being challenged)
• Banned – Handguns not certified for sale by the Attorney General

Colorado

• Banned – Machine guns
• Banned – Magazines holding more than 15 rounds

• Banned – Assault weapons, except for Olympic pistols. Also, any semi-automatic, center-fire rifle with a detachable magazine that has one of the following: folding or telescoping stock, pistol grip, thumb-hole stock or similar, forward pistol grip, flash suppressor, grenade or flare launcher. Also any semi-automatic, center-fire rifle with a fixed magazine capacity more than 10 rounds, or with a length less than 30 inches. Also, semi-automatic pistols with a detachable magazine that has one of the following: magazine attaches outside of the pistol grip, threaded barrel, barrel shroud or second hand-grip. Also, any semi-automatic pistol with a fixed magazine holding more than 10 rounds. Any semi-automatic shotgun with a pistol grip, a folding or telescoping stock, a detachable magazine or a revolving cylinder.
• Banned – Armor-piercing ammo
• Banned – Incendiary .50-caliber ammo
• Banned – Short-barrel shotguns
• Banned – Magazines holding more than 10 rounds (grandfathered in if bought before April 5, 2013)
• Note: silencers are legal with the proper paperwork. Silencers are not allowed for hunting, however.

• Banned – Magazines with a capacity in excess of 10 rounds.
• Ammunition may be purchased only for the gauge or caliber of a firearm registered to the buyer.
• Firearm delivery cannot be made until the registration certificate for the firearm is approved by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

Florida

• Banned – Armor-piercing or exploding ammo
• Banned – Dragon’s breath shotgun shells, bolo shells or Flechette shells
• Banned – Bump stocks and binary triggers

Georgia

• No major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.

Hawaii

• Banned – Assault pistols. Defined as “a pistol that accepts a detachable magazine that has two or more of the following: magazine that attaches outside the pistol grip, threaded barrel, barrel shroud, weighs more than 50 ounces, centerfire pistol with OAL greater than 12 inches or a semi-automatic version of an automatic gun.” Doesn’t include guns with a barrel of 16 inches or greater, or C&R guns.
• Banned – Automatic firearms
• Banned – Rifles with barrel lengths less than 16 inches
• Banned – Shotguns with barrel lengths less than 18 inches
• Banned – Cannons
• Banned – Mufflers
• Banned – Silencers
• Banned – Teflon-coated ammo (or ammo coated with similar material designed to enhance penetration through metal/armor, or designed to explode)
• Banned – Multi-burst trigger activators
• Banned – Trigger cranks
• Banned – Magazines holding more than 10 rounds (that are capable of being used in a pistol)
• Banned – Firearms with a low melting point or non-ferrous materials.
• Note: firearms and ammunition must be registered with local police.

Idaho

• No major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.

Illinois

• Banned – Machine guns
• Banned – Silencers
• Banned – Explosive bullet
• Banned – Firearms with a low melting point or non-ferrous materials
• Banned – Any rifle having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length, or a shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length
• Banned – Any weapon made from a rifle or shotgun, whether by alteration, modification or otherwise, if such a weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches
• Banned – Armor-piercing bullets, dragon’s breath shotgun shell, bolo shell or Flechette shell
• Required – FOID Cards for purchase
• Note: it is also unlawful to use of a firearm in the shape of a wireless telephone.

Indiana

• Banned – Armor-piercing ammo, unless the person: Manufactures, sells or delivers armor-piercing ammunition does so for the use of:
  • The United States
    • A department or agency of the United States
    • A state
    • A law-enforcement agency
    • A department, agency or political subdivision of a state
    • Manufactures, sells or delivers armor-piercing ammunition for export.
    • Manufactures, sells or delivers armor-piercing ammunition for the purpose of testing or experimentation.
    • Is a law enforcement officer acting in the course of the officer’s official duties.

Iowa

• No major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.

Kansas

• Banned – Setting spring guns
• Banned – Possessing, manufacturing, causing to be manufactured, selling, offering for sale, lending, purchasing or giving away any cartridge that can be fired by a handgun and has a plastic-coated bullet that has a core of less than 60% lead by weight, whether the person knows or has reason to know that the plastic-coated bullet has a core of less than 60% lead by weight

Kentucky

• Banned – Selling armor-piercing ammo

Louisiana

• Banned – Machine guns
• Banned – Armor-piercing ammo

Maine

• Banned – Armor-piercing ammo, except as part of a collection

Maryland

• Banned – Assault weapon, defined as a semi-automatic, center-fire rifle with any two of the following: folding stock, grenade or flare launcher, or flash suppressor. Also, a semi-automatic, center-fire rifle with fixed magazine capacity more than 10 rounds, or with a length less than 29 inches. Also a semi-automatic pistol with a fixed magazine holding more than 10 rounds, or semi-automatic shotgun with folding stock or revolving cylinder.
• Banned – Possession of restricted ammo:
  • Contains explosive or incendiary material designed and intended for use in a firearm
  • Has a core constructed, excluding traces of other substances, entirely from one or a combination of: Tungsten alloys
  • Steel
  • Iron
  • Brass
  • Beryllium copper
  • Depleted uranium
  • An equivalent material of similar density or hardness to those listed above
  • Banned – Firearms with a low melting point or non-ferrous material
• Banned – Any firearm not on the state’s approved firearms list.
• Note the state is strict with its approved firearms list, so if the manufacturer changes the model number for any reason (even if it’s just a change in color), the firearm is banned until it’s added back to the approved list again.

Michigan

• Banned – Pistols greater than 26” in length, unless the person:Registered the firearm as a pistol under sections 2 or 2a before January 1, 2013
  • Registered the firearm and has maintained registration of the firearm since January 1, 2013, without lapse.
  • Banned – Machine guns (though this prohibition does not apply to a person licensed by the federal government to manufacture, sell or possess a machine gun)
• Banned – Spring guns
• Banned – Armor-piercing ammo, unless you are a licensed dealer

Minnesota

• Banned – Set guns/swivel guns, spring guns
• Banned – Machine guns, unless licensed dealers
• Banned – Trigger activators (like binary triggers, probably, trigger crank, anything that manually or by power-driven means activates the trigger to increase the rate of fire comparable to a machine gun)
• Banned – Machine gun conversion kits
• Banned – Short-barrel shotguns, unless licensed dealers
• Banned – “Saturday Night Special” pistols: any firearm (other than children’s toys or pop guns, or a gun that uses CO2, air or other vapor as the propellant force, or antique firearm) that has a frame, cylinder, barrel or breech-block made of: A material that has a melting point less than 1000-degrees Fahrenheit
• Banned – Any material with ultimate tensile strength less than 55,000 pounds per square inch
• Banned – Made of any powdered metal with a density of less than 7.5 grams per cubic centimeter.
• Banned – Firearms with a low melting point or non-ferrous material (melting-point law)
• Notes: A person who violates a provision relating to set guns or swivel guns is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Whoever sets a spring gun, pitfall, dead-fall, snare or other like dangerous weapon or device may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than six months or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.

Mississippi

• No major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.

Nevada

• Banned – Metal-penetrating bullets that can be used in a handgun

New Jersey

• Banned – Short-barrel shotguns
• Banned – Silencers
• Banned – Armor-piercing ammunition (with limited exceptions), dum-dum ammo, etc.
• Banned – Firearms with a low melting point or non-ferrous material (melting-point law)
• Machine guns
• Banned – Assault firearms which includes firearms “substantially identical” to a firearm on the ban list. Includes any semi-automatic rifle that can use a detachable magazine with at least two of the following: folding or telescoping stock, bayonet mount, flash suppressor or threaded barrel, or grenade launcher. Also, any semi-automatic shotgun with at least two of the following: folding or telescoping stock, pistol grip, fixed magazine capacity in excess of five rounds, or ability to accept a detachable magazine. Also, a semi-automatic handgun that can use a detachable magazine with at least two of the following: magazine that attaches to the gun outside of the pistol grip, a threaded barrel, barrel shroud, manufactured weight in excess of 50 ounces, or is a semi-automatic version of an automatic firearm. Also considered assault weapons are semi-automatic shotguns with a magazine capacity in excess of six rounds, a folding stock or pistol grip, and any semi-automatic rifle with a fixed magazine with a capacity greater than 15 rounds.
• Banned – Large capacity magazines — any magazine that holds more than 10 rounds. (Exceptions for fixed, tubular magazines feeding .22 ammunition, and retired LEO are allowed 15-round magazines.)
• Banned – Trigger cranks
• Note: Do not carry hollow-point ammunition in your carry gun! The fine is levied on each bullet and transportation of hollow-point ammo is generally limited to your home, the shooting range and traveling between them. An FID card is also required for all firearm purchases.

New York

• Banned – Machine guns
• Banned – Silencers
• Banned – Disguised guns (includes wallet holsters and pen guns)
• Banned – Assault weapons: any semi-automatic rifle that can use a detachable magazine with at least one of the following: folding or telescoping stock, pistol grip “that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon,” thumb-hole stock, second hand-grip or protruding grip that can be grasped by the non-trigger hand, bayonet mount, flash suppressor, muzzle brake, compensator, threaded barrel or grenade launcher. Also, semi-automatic shotguns with at least one of the following: folding or telescoping stock, thumb-hole stock, second hand-grip that can be grasped by non-trigger hand, fixed magazine capacity in excess of seven rounds, or has the ability to use a detachable magazine. Also, semi-automatic handguns that can use a detachable magazine with at least one of the following: folding or telescoping stock, thumb-hole stock, second hand-grip, magazine that attaches outside the pistol grip, threaded barrel, barrel shroud, manufactured weight greater than 50 ounces, or is a semi-automatic version of an automatic firearm. Also includes all revolving-cylinder shotguns. Does NOT include manually-operated guns, permanently inoperable, or antique, semi-automatic rifles that cannot accept a detachable magazine in excess of five-round capacity, semi-automatic shotguns that cannot hold more than five rounds in either a fixed or detachable magazine.
• Banned – Large-capacity magazines holding more than 10 rounds
• Firearms with a low melting point or non-ferrous material (melting-point law)
• Note: SBRs and SBSs are not specifically, by that or a similar name, banned in NY, but are covered under the handgun portion of assault-weapon definition as banned firearms.

North Carolina

• Banned – Teflon-coated ammo

Oregon

Pennsylvania

• Banned – “Offensive weapons” are a first-degree misdemeanor. Machine guns, silencers and short-barrel long guns are also “offensive weapons,” but have an exception (that the other items are not afforded) for their lawful use if they are NFA registered.
• Banned – batons
• Banned (Philadelphia Only) – Water pistols, electric canes, miniature canon, tasers or stun devices, air guns, spring guns, BB guns, pellet guns, or any implement not a firearm which impels a pellet of any kind, switchblade knives, bows and arrows
• Note: The state is currently processing several potential gun-related bans, recommend you pay special attention to the news and stay updated about what is and isn’t banned in Pennsylvania. 

Rhode Island

• Banned – Machine guns (need manufacturer’s license from the state)
• Banned – Untraceable firearms: 3D-printed guns, homemade guns, “ghost guns” without serial numbers, etc.
• Banned – Short-barrel rifles
• Banned – Short-barrel shotguns
• Banned – Silencers
• Banned – Armor-piercing bullets designed for use in pistols
• Banned – Trigger cranks, binary triggers, etc.

South Dakota

• No major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.

Tennessee

• Banned – Explosive ammo

Utah

• No major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.

Virginia

• Banned – Machine guns that aren’t registered with state police
• Banned – Plastic firearms: any firearm, including machine guns and short-barrel shotguns as defined in this chapter, containing less than 3.7 ounces of electromagnetically-detectable metal in the barrel, slide, cylinder, frame or receiver of which, when subjected to inspection by X-ray machines commonly used at airports, does not generate an image that accurately depicts its shape.
• Banned – Striker 12, commonly called a “streetsweeper,” or any semi-automatic, folding-stock shotgun of like-kind with a spring-tension drum magazine capable of holding 12 shotgun shells.

West Virginia

• No major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.

Wisconsin

• No major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.

Wyoming

• No major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.