| Alaska | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| Arizona | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| Arkansas | Legal | - Machine guns and short-barreled rifles.
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| Colorado | Legal | - Machine gun, Magazines holding more than 15 rounds
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| Georgia | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| Idaho | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts
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| Indiana | Legal | - Armor-piercing unless the person manufactures, sells, or
delivers it for the use of the United States, a department or agency of
the United States, a state, a law enforcement agency, a department,
agency, or political subdivision of a state, for export, for the purpose
of testing or experimentation, or if the person is a law enforcement
officer acting in the course of their official duties.
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| Kansas | Legal | - Setting spring guns, Possessing, manufacturing, causing to
be manufactured, selling, offering for sale, lending, purchasing or
giving away any cartridge that can be fired by a handgun and has a
plastic-coated bullet that has a core of less than 60% lead by weight,
whether the person knows or has reason to know that the plastic-coated
bullet has a core of less than 60% lead by weight
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| Kentucky | Legal | - Selling armor-piercing ammo
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| Louisiana | Legal | - Machine guns (with certain exceptions), armor-piercing ammo
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| Maine | Legal | - Armor-piercing ammo, except as part of a collection
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| Massachusetts | Legal | - Assault weapon (ban list, includes revolving-cylinder shotguns), Large-capacity feeding device, Covert weapons, Silencers
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| Michigan | Legal | - Pistols greater than 26” in length are prohibited unless the
person registered the firearm as a pistol before January 1, 2013, or
has maintained registration since then without lapse, Machine guns,
Spring guns, Armor-piercing ammo, unless you are a licensed dealer
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| Mississippi | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| Missouri | Legal | - Explosive weapons, A bullet or projectile that explodes or
detonates upon impact because of an independent explosive charge after
having been shot from a firearm, Flashbangs
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| Montana | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| Nebraska | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| Nevada | Legal | - Metal-penetrating bullets that can be used in a handgun
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| New Hampshire | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| New Mexico | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| North Carolina | Legal | |
| North Dakota | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| Ohio | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
- A
permit is necessary to possess “dangerous ordnance:” any automatic or
short-barreled firearm, zip guns, suppressors or parts to convert a
firearm into a dangerous ordnance.
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| Oklahoma | Legal | - Restricted bullets: a round or elongated missile with a core
of less than 60% lead and having a fluorocarbon coating, which is
designed to travel at a high velocity and is capable of penetrating body
armor.
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| Oregon | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
- While
the state is mostly free of major firearm restrictions, certain cities
and towns may have strict guidelines and prohibitions.
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| Pennsylvania | Legal | - “Offensive weapons” are a first-degree misdemeanor. Machine
guns, silencers and short-barrel long guns are also “offensive weapons,”
but have an exception (that the other items are not afforded) for their
lawful use if they are NFA registered.
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| South Carolina | Legal | |
| South Dakota | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| Tennessee | Legal | |
| Texas | Legal | - Zip guns, Armor-piercing handgun ammo (specifically listed as “ammo meant to be used in pistols and revolvers”)
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| Utah | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| Vermont | Legal | - Zip guns, “Large-capacity ammunition feeding devices” (click here to learn more about this ban and the dates associated with it)
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| West Virginia | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| Wisconsin | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| Wyoming | Legal | - Free state with no major restrictions on guns, ammo or parts.
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| Alabama | Banned | - Brass or steel Teflon-coated handgun ammo, unless designed to expand on contact.
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| California | Banned | - Fixed ammo (other than a caliber greater than 0.60), Cane
guns, Wallet guns, Undetectable firearms, Flechette darts, Bullets
containing or carrying an explosive agent, Armor-piercing ammo,
Unconventional pistols, Multi-trigger activators, Assault weapons, SKS
rifles made to use AK magazines, Magazines holding more than 10 rounds,
and more
- Check with California authorities for the full list.
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| Connecticut | Banned | - Assault weapons except for Olympic pistols, any
semi-automatic, centerfire rifle with a detachable magazine,
Armor-piercing ammo, Incendiary .50-caliber ammo, Short-barrel shotguns,
Magazines holding more than 10 rounds
- Silencers are legal with the proper paperwork. Silencers are not allowed for hunting
- Check with Colorado authorities for the full list.
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| Delaware | Banned | - Silencers (exemptions for wildlife biologists who have special permits), Short-barrel shotguns, Machine guns, Trigger cranks
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| District of Columbia | Banned |
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| Florida | Banned | - Armor-piercing or exploding ammo, Dragon’s breath shotgun
shells, bolo shells or flechette shells, Bump stocks and binary triggers
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| Hawaii | Banned | - Assault pistols, Automatic firearms, Rifles with barrel
lengths less than 16 inches, Shotguns with barrel lengths less than 18
inches, Cannons, Mufflers, Silencers, Teflon-coated ammo, Multi-burst
trigger activators, Trigger cranks, Magazines holding more than 10
rounds
- Check with Hawaii authorities for the full list.
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| Illinois | Banned | - Machine guns, Silencers, Explosive bullet, Firearms with a
low melting point or non-ferrous material, Any rifle having one or more
barrels less than 16 inches in length, Any weapon made from a rifle or
shotgun, Armor-piercing bullets
- Check with Illinois authorities for the full list.
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| Iowa | Banned | - Machine gun, Short-barreled rifles or shotguns, Any weapon
other than a shotgun or muzzle-loading rifle, cannon, pistol, revolver,
or musket, which fires or can be made to fire a projectile by the
explosion of a propellant charge which has a barrel of more than
six-tenths of an inch in diameter, any bullet containing any explosive
mixture capable of exploding upon impact, Suppressors
- Check with Iowa authorities for the full list.
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| Maryland | Banned | - Assault weapons, Possession of restricted ammunition is
prohibited if it contains explosive or incendiary material designed for
use in a firearm or has a core made of materials such as tungsten
alloys, steel, iron, brass, beryllium copper, depleted uranium, or any
equivalent material of similar density or hardness, and more
- Maryland
is strict with its approved firearms list, so if a manufacturer changes
the model number for any reason (even if it's just a change in color),
the firearm is banned until it’s added back to the approved list, and
it's important to check with the appropriate authorities for the full
list.
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| Minnesota | Banned | - Set guns/swivel guns, spring guns, Machine guns, unless
licensed dealers, Trigger activators, Machine gun conversion kits,
short-barrel shotguns and more
- Check with Minnesota authorities for the full list.
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| New Jersey | Banned | - Short-barrel shotguns, Silencers, Armor-piercing ammunition
(with limited exceptions), dum-dum ammo, etc., Firearms with a low
melting point, Machine guns, Assault firearms, Large capacity magazines,
Trigger cranks
- Check with New Jersey authorities for the full list.
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| New York | Banned | - Machine guns, Silencers, Disguised guns (includes wallet
holsters and pen guns), Assault weapons: any semi-automatic rifle,
Large-capacity magazines holding more than 10 rounds, Firearms with a
low melting point or non-ferrous material (melting-point law)
- Check with New York authorities for the full list.
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| Rhode Island | Banned | - Machine guns, Untraceable firearms: 3D-printed guns,
homemade guns, “ghost guns” without serial numbers, etc., Short-barrel
rifles, Short-barrel shotguns, Silencers, Armor-piercing bullets
designed for use in pistols, Trigger cranks, binary triggers, etc.
- Check with Rhode Island authorities for the full list.
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| Virginia | Banned | - Machine guns that aren't registered with state police,
Plastic firearms, including certain machine guns and shotguns, are
prohibited if they contain less than 3.7 ounces of detectable metal and
cannot be accurately identified by X-ray machines, as well as shotguns
like the Striker 12 with a spring-tension drum magazine holding 12
shells
- Check with Virginia authorities for the full list.
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| Washington | Banned | - Machine guns (pre-1995 grandfathered in), Short-barrel shotguns (pre-1995 grandfathered in), Unregistered handguns (partial ban)
- Check with Washington authorities for the full list.
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