# KRS § 237.050: 237.050 Exemptions

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.050

## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 237.050
- **Heading:** 237.050 Exemptions
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 237 / Section 237.050

## Text

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.

## Nearby sections

- [KRS § 237.020 237.020 Right of Kentucky residents, out-of-state residents, and residents of other countries to buy firearms](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.020.md)
- [KRS § 237.025 237.025 Requirements for local gun buy-back programs](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.025.md)
- [KRS § 237.030 237.030 Definitions for KRS 237.040 and 237.050](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.030.md)
- [KRS § 237.040 237.040 Criminal possession of destructive device or booby trap device](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.040.md)
- [KRS § 237.050 237.050 Exemptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.050.md)
- [KRS § 237.060 237.060 Definitions for KRS 237.060 to 237.090 and certain other sections](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.060.md)
- [KRS § 237.070 237.070 Prohibition against sale or transfer of firearm to convicted felon](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.070.md)
- [KRS § 237.075 237.075 Chief law enforcement officer's certification for transfer or making of a firearm -- Immunity from liability -- Appeal of denial of certification request](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.075.md)
- [KRS § 237.080 237.080 Prohibition against manufacture, sale, delivery, transfer, or importation of armor-piercing ammunition -- Exceptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.080.md)
- [KRS § 237.090 237.090 Disposition of forfeited firearm or ammunition](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.090.md)
- [KRS § 237.095 237.095 Persons barred by federal law from purchase of firearms -- Duty to notify courts and law enforcement agencies of purchase or attempt to purchase -- Protocol for providing notice -- Duty to notify petitioner -- Immunity from liability](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.095.md)
- [KRS § 237.100 237.100 Notification of purchase of firearm or attempt to purchase firearm -- Immunity](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.100.md)
- [KRS § 237.102 237.102 Suspension, revocation, limitation, or impairment of concealed deadly weapon license permitted only in accordance with KRS 237.110 and 237.138 to 237.142](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.102.md)
- [KRS § 237.104 237.104 Rights to acquire, carry, and use deadly weapons not to be impaired -- Seizure of deadly weapons prohibited -- Application of section](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.104.md)

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