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Timestamp: 2019-12-06 10:02:29
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 237', '§ 237', '§ 527', '§ 237', '§ 527', '§ 237', '§ 527', '§ 527', '§ 527', '§ 600', '§ 527', '§ 527', '§ 237', '§ 237', '§ 431', '§ 237', '§ 508']

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Ammunition Regulation in Kentucky
Kentucky law, like federal law, prohibits any person from knowingly manufacturing, selling, delivering, transferring, or importing armor-piercing ammunition, defined as a projectile or projectile core which may be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium, with exceptions for certain sporting shot and industrial materials.1 This prohibition does not apply to members of the U.S. Armed Forces or law enforcement acting within the scope of their duties, and does not prohibit licensed gun dealers from possessing the ammunition for the purpose of receiving and transferring it to these exempt individuals.2
Kentucky law also prohibits a person from being armed with a firearm loaded with armor-piercing ammunition or flanged ammunition during the commission of a felony, or in flight immediately thereafter.3 Flanged ammunition is defined as ammunition with a soft lead core and sharp flanges that are designed to expand upon impact.4
Kentucky law does not:
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 237.060(7), 237.080(1). ⤴︎
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 237.080(2). ⤴︎
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 527.080(1). ⤴︎
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 237.060(8). ⤴︎
Assault Weapons in Kentucky
Kentucky has no laws regulating assault weapons.
Bulk Gun Purchases in Kentucky
Categories of Prohibited People in Kentucky
Child Access Prevention in Kentucky
Kentucky does not impose criminal liability for negligent storage of a firearm, even if a child gains access to the firearm and causes an injury or death. Kentucky prohibits any person from intentionally, knowingly or recklessly providing a handgun to a person under age 18 or permitting a person under age 18 to possess a handgun, except in the limited situations where it is legal for the person under 18 to possess a handgun.1
In addition, the state prohibits any parent or guardian of a juvenile from intentionally, knowingly or recklessly providing to the juvenile a handgun or permitting a juvenile to possess a handgun if the parent or guardian:
Knows that there is a substantial risk that the juvenile will use a handgun to commit a felony offense;
Knows that the juvenile has been convicted of a crime of violence; or
Knows the juvenile has been adjudicated a public offender of an offense which would constitute a crime of violence.2
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 527.110(1)(a). See also Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 237.060(5) (defining “juvenile” as person under age 18). A person “unlawfully” provides a juvenile with a handgun or permits a juvenile to possess a handgun under Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 527.110(1) when he or she intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly provides a handgun to any person he or she knows or has reason to believe is under age 18, and for whom possession of the handgun would be a violation of Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 527.100 (generally criminalizing possession of a handgun by a minor, with certain exceptions—see Minimum Age to Purchase & Possess in Kentucky for details), Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 527.040 (criminalizing possession of a firearm by a convicted felon or a “youthful offender” convicted of a felony), or Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 600.020 (defining abused or neglected children). Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 527.110(1)(a). ⤴︎
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 527.110(1)(b). ⤴︎
Design Safety Standards in Kentucky
Disarming Prohibited People in Kentucky
Kentucky law states that any firearm illegally transferred to a convicted felon is subject to forfeiture.1 Kentucky has no other law requiring the removal of firearms from persons who have become prohibited from possessing them.
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 237.070(3). ⤴︎
Domestic Violence & Firearms in Kentucky
Kentucky law only includes the following provisions relating to domestic violence and firearms:
The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet must make a reasonable effort to provide notice to a person who obtained a domestic violence protective order if the person subject to the order has attempted to purchase a firearm. This requirement only applies if the person who sought the protective order requests such notification.1
A court or agency making a decision regarding pretrial release of a person who is arrested for assault or certain sexual violations or who has been charged with a violation of a domestic violence protective order may impose, as a condition or pretrial release, an order prohibiting the person from using or possessing a firearm.2
Kentucky provides for the suspension of a license to carry a concealed deadly weapon if the licensee is subject to a domestic violence order or emergency protective order.3
Finally, Kentucky law explicitly provides that a restraining order triggered by a conviction for, or guilty plea to, stalking does not “operate as a ban on the purchase or possession of firearms or ammunition by the defendant.”4
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 237.100(1), (2). ⤴︎
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 431.064. ⤴︎
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 237.110(13)(k). ⤴︎
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 508.155(6). ⤴︎