237.050 Exemptions

237.050 Exemptions.

KRS 237.030 to 237.050 shall not apply to:

(1) Destructive devices or booby trap devices which are possessed by the government

of the United States, this state, or a political subdivision thereof;

(2) Any device which is lawfully possessed under the Gun Control Act of 1968, the

Organized Crime Control Act of 1971, or any other law of the United States or this

state, unless a crime is committed therewith;

(3) Nonlethal devices placed on the premises of the owner or the lawful occupant

thereof for his own self-protection or the protection of the said property;

(4) The setting of traps suitable and legal for the taking of game by persons licensed or

permitted to do so by the game laws of the Commonwealth;

(5) Inert devices which cannot readily be restored to operating condition; or

(6) The acquisition, possession, use, or control of firearms.