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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 22:55:22+00:00

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RECIPROCITY NOTES: Virginia and Florida recognize a Missouri permit if the permit-holder is 21 years old or older; Wisconsin recognizes Missouri permits issued or renewed after 8/28/13; and Colorado, Florida, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire and South Carolina recognize Missouri RESIDENT permits ONLY; http://ago.mo.gov/divisions/public-safety/concealed-carry-reciprocity.
Antique firearms are defined as any firearm not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in or before 1898, with said ammunition not being manufactured any longer; this includes any matchlock, wheel lock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type ignition system, or replica thereof. Antique firearms are exempt from the permit requirements for the transfer of concealable firearms.
No permit is necessary to carry a concealed handgun if the person is at least 19 years of age or eighteen years of age and a member of the United States Armed Forces, or honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces, and is not otherwise prohibited from carrying a firearm.
Missouri does not prohibit the open carrying of firearms, but does prohibit exhibiting “any weapon readily capable of lethal use” in an angry or threatening manner in the presence of one or more persons. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.030.1(4).
A person with a valid concealed carry permit who is lawfully carrying a firearm in a concealed manner may briefly and openly display the firearm to the ordinary sight of another person, but is prohibited from intentionally displaying the gun in an angry or threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.037.
In any local jurisdiction in which the open carrying of firearms is prohibited by ordinance, the prohibition does not apply if the person holds a valid concealed carry permit. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.750(2).
This prohibition does not apply to possession in a person’s dwelling, while hunting, or while traveling in a continuous journey through the state. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.030.
There are additional exceptions based on a person’s profession or occupation, including members of the Armed Forces or National Guard while on official duty, trained law enforcement officers, corrections officers, probation and parole officers and officials, process servers, marshals, and others. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.030.2.
Persons aged 19 or older, or 18 or older and a member of the United States Armed Forces or honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces, may transport a concealable firearm in the passenger compartment of a vehicle, so long as the firearm is otherwise lawfully possessed. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.030.3.
Missouri is a “shall issue” state. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.101.2.
To apply for a concealed carry permit, the applicant has to be: at least 19 years old, or at least 18 years old and a member of the United States Armed Forces or honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces, a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, and either resident in the state, or a member of the Armed Forces stationed in Missouri (or the spouse of such member of the military stationed in Missouri, provided the spouse is at least 19 years old).
has engaged in a pattern of behavior documented in public or closed records that leads the sheriff reasonably to believe the applicant would be a danger to himself or others.
Applications for a concealed carry permit is made to the sheriff of the county, or any city not within a county, in which the applicant resides. The applicant must include the fee and evidence of completion of firearms training that meets the statutory standards. The applicant will be fingerprinted, and a background check will be done at the state and national levels. The sheriff has three working days to issue the permit after approval of the application. Once approved, an applicant must sign the permit in the presence of the sheriff or designee. A sheriff shall charge a fee of no more than $100 ($50 in the case of a renewal) for the processing of the application. A permit is valid from the date of issuance or renewal until five years from the last day of the month in which the permit was issued or renewed.
Any person with a concealed carry permit must notify the sheriff of a name or address change within 30 days of the change; a failure to do so results in the permit becoming automatically invalid after 180 days of the name or residence change without notification. The sheriff must assess a late penalty of $10 per month for each month, up to six months and not to exceed $60, for the failure to give this notice.
private property that has been properly posted with signs indicating carrying firearms is prohibited. Possession of a firearm in a vehicle on the premises is not a violation so long as the firearm is not removed from the vehicle or brandished.
State law provides that carrying in violation by a person who has a valid carry permit or endorsement is not a criminal act but may subject the person to denial of entry to the premises or removal from the premises. A refusal to leave in such cases is grounds for a citation, and violators may have their permit or endorsement suspended. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.107.
In addition, any passenger who boards a passenger bus or coach bus for hire with a dangerous or deadly weapon concealed upon his or her person or effects, without consent of the owner of the bus or his agent, commits a felony. It is felony to carry a deadly or dangerous weapon into a bus terminal or aboard a bus. A “terminal” includes the bus station or depot or any facility operated or leased by or operated on behalf of a bus transportation company, and parking lots or parking areas adjacent to a terminal. Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 578.305, 578.320. It is unlawful to carry a firearm in or on any public mass transportation facility or conveyance of the Bi-State Development Agency (incl. MetroBus and MetroLink), without authorization from the agency, although the rules exclude an unloaded rifle or shotgun “carried in any enclosed case, box or other container which completely conceals the item from view and identification as a weapon.” Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.441.1, .3(11).
Missouri law makes it an offense to possess a firearm on the person while intoxicated and to handle or use such firearm in either a negligent or unlawful manner, or to discharge the firearm unless acting in self-defense. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.030.1(5).
It is unlawful to knowingly possess, manufacture, transport, repair or sell a machine gun without the appropriate federal license. A machine gun is any firearm that is capable of firing more than one shot automatically, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
It is unlawful to knowingly possess, manufacture, transport, repair or sell any rifle of less than 16 inch barrel length, shotgun of less than 18 inch barrel length, rifle or shotgun of less than 26 inch overall length, any silencer, any switchblade, or explosive bullets. The use or possession of "metal penetrating bullets'' during the commission of a crime is a felony.
There are no state licensing requirements for the possession of a rifle, shotgun or handgun.
It is a misdemeanor to possess an unloaded firearm when intoxicated; it is a felony to possess a loaded firearm while intoxicated. It is unlawful for a person convicted of or confined for a dangerous felony or an attempt to commit a dangerous felony to possess a concealable firearm for five years after such conviction or confinement. It is unlawful for a fugitive from justice, a habitually intoxicated or drugged person, or a person currently adjudged mentally incompetent to possess a concealable firearm.
1. The general assembly hereby occupies and preempts the entire field of legislation touching in any way firearms, components, ammunition and supplies to the complete exclusion of any order, ordinance or regulation by any political subdivision of this state. Any existing or future orders, ordinances or regulations in this field are hereby and shall be null and void except as provided in subsection 3 of this section.
2. No county, city, town, village, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt any order, ordinance or regulation concerning in any way the sale, purchase, purchase delay, transfer, ownership, use, keeping, possession, bearing, transportation, licensing, permit, registration, taxation other than sales and compensating use taxes or other controls on firearms, components, ammunition, and supplies except as provided in subsection 3 of this section.
3. Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit any ordinance of any political subdivision which conforms exactly with any of the provisions of sections 571.010 to 571.070, RSMo, with appropriate penalty provisions, or which regulates the open carrying of firearms readily capable of lethal use or the discharge of firearms within a jurisdiction. This section shall take effect on January 1, 1985.
No state permit is required for the purchase of rifles, shotguns or handguns.
It is unlawful to knowingly sell, lease, loan, give away or deliver a firearm or ammunition to any person who is not lawfully entitled to possess one. It is unlawful to recklessly sell, lease, loan, give away or deliver a firearm or ammunition to a person who is intoxicated. It is unlawful to knowingly sell, lease, loan, give away or deliver any firearm to a person who is not eighteen years old without the consent of the custodial parent or guardian.
All owners and authorized users of firearm ranges shall be immune from any criminal and civil liability arising out of or as a consequence of noise or sound emission resulting from the use of any such firearm range.
(2) “Hunting preserve”, any hunting preserve or licensed shooting area operating under a permit granted by the Missouri department of conservation.
2. All owners and authorized users of firearm ranges shall be immune from any criminal and civil liability arising out of or as a consequence of noise or sound emission resulting from the use of any such firearm range. Owners and users of such firearm ranges shall not be subject to any civil action in tort or subject to any action for public or private nuisance or trespass and no court in this state shall enjoin the use or operation of such firearm ranges on the basis of noise or sound emission resulting from the use of any such firearm range. Any actions by a court in this state to enjoin the use or operation of such firearm ranges and any damages awarded or imposed by a court, or assessed by a jury, in this state against any owner or user of such firearm ranges for nuisance or trespass are null and void.
3. All owners and authorized users of existing hunting preserves or areas that are designated as hunting preserves after August 28, 2008, shall be immune from any criminal and civil liability arising out of or as a consequence of noise or sound emission resulting from the normal use of any such hunting preserve. Owners or authorized users of such hunting preserves shall not be subject to any action for public or private nuisance or trespass, and no court in this state shall enjoin the use or operation of such hunting preserves on the basis of noise or sound emission resulting from normal use of any such hunting preserve.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, nothing in this section shall be construed to limit civil liability for compensatory damage arising from physical injury to another human, physical injury to tangible personal property, or physical injury to fixtures or structures placed on real property.
It is unlawful to carry a firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, or any other weapon capable of lethal use into any school, onto school bus, or onto the premises of any function or activity sponsored or sanctioned by school officials or the district school board. This prohibition does not apply to those with a concealed carry endorsement on the Missouri driver’s or non-driver’s license with permission of school officials or a firearm otherwise lawfully possessed by an adult for the purposes of transporting a student to or from school, or possessed by an adult for the facilitation of a school-sanctioned firearm related event.
Students may participate in school-sanctioned firearms related events and courses provided the student does not carry a gun onto the premises of any school, onto school bus, or onto the premises of any function or activity sponsored or sanctioned by school officials or the district school board.
The local board of education of each school district shall clearly establish a written policy of discipline which shall provide for a suspension for a period of not less than one year, or expulsion, for a student who is determined to have brought a weapon to school, including, but not limited to the school playground, the school parking lot, on a school bus or brought a weapon to a school activity whether on or off of the school property.
It is unlawful to knowingly deface a firearm or to knowingly possess a defaced firearm.
It is unlawful to possess a firearm or projectile weapon while intoxicated and handle or otherwise use such firearm or projectile weapon in a negligent or unlawful manner or discharge it, unless acting in self-defense. It is unlawful to discharge a firearm within one hundred yards of any occupied schoolhouse, courthouse, or church building. It is unlawful to discharge or shoot a firearm into a dwelling house, a railroad train, boat, aircraft, or motor vehicle, or any building or structure used for the assembling of people. It is unlawful to discharge or shoot a firearm at a mark, at any object, or at random, on, along or across a public highway or to discharge or shoot a firearm into any outbuilding. It is unlawful to discharge or shoot a firearm at or from a motor vehicle, while within any city, town, or village, and to discharge or shoot a firearm at any person, or at any other motor vehicle, or at any building or habitable structure, unless the person is lawfully acting in self-defense.
It is unlawful to exhibit, in the presence of one or more persons, any weapon readily capable of lethal use in an angry or threatening manner.
A person commits the crime of unlawful refusal to transfer by denying sale of a firearm to a non-licensee, who is otherwise not prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law, solely on the basis that the non-licensee purchased a firearm that was later the subject of a trace request by law enforcement.
If any sheriff retains records of permits to obtain concealable firearms, then such records shall be closed to the public. No such record shall be made available for any purpose whatsoever unless its disclosure is mandated by a valid court order relating to a criminal investigation.
No unit of local government shall adopt any order, ordinance or regulation concerning the sale, purchase, purchase delay, transfer, ownership, use, keeping, possession, bearing, transportation, licensing, permit, registration, taxation other than sales and compensating use taxes, or other controls on firearms, components, ammunition and supplies. Ordinances which conform exactly with state firearms laws, and ordinances which regulate the open carrying of firearms readily capable of lethal use or the discharge of firearms within a jurisdiction, are not prohibited.
No unit of local government nor the state shall bring suit or have any right to recover against any firearms or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or dealer for damages, abatement, or injunctive relief resulting from or relating to the lawful design, manufacture, marketing, distribution, or sale of firearms or ammunition to the public. Nothing prevents an individual citizen from bringing suit for recovery for negligent or defective design or manufacture of firearms or ammunition.
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