# KRS § 237.020: 237.020 Right of Kentucky residents, out-of-state residents, and residents of other countries to buy firearms

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## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 237.020
- **Heading:** 237.020 Right of Kentucky residents, out-of-state residents, and residents of other countries to buy firearms
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 237 / Section 237.020

## Text

237.020 Right of Kentucky residents, out-of-state residents, and residents of other

countries to buy firearms.

(1) Residents of the Commonwealth of Kentucky who are citizens of the United States

shall have the right to purchase or otherwise acquire rifles, shotguns, handguns, and

any other firearms which they are permitted to purchase or otherwise acquire under

federal law and the Kentucky Revised Statutes from properly licensed dealers,

manufacturers, importers, or collectors, and unlicensed individual persons in

Kentucky or in any other state or nation outside of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

(2) Residents of states other than the Commonwealth of Kentucky who are citizens of

the United States shall have the right to purchase or otherwise acquire rifles,

shotguns, handguns, and any other firearms which they are permitted to purchase or

otherwise acquire under federal law and the Kentucky Revised Statutes from

properly licensed dealers, manufacturers, importers, or collectors, and from

unlicensed individual persons in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

(3) Citizens of countries other than the United States shall have the right to purchase or

otherwise acquire rifles, shotguns, handguns, and any other firearms which they are

permitted to purchase or otherwise acquire under federal law and the Kentucky

Revised Statutes from properly licensed dealers, manufacturers, importers, or

collectors, and from unlicensed individual persons in the Commonwealth of

Kentucky.

(4) All such sales shall conform to the requirements of federal law, the Kentucky

Revised Statutes, applicable local ordinances, and the law of the purchaser's state.

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