237.020 Right of Kentucky residents, out-of-state residents, and residents of other
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countries to buy firearms.
(1)Residents of the Commonwealth of Kentucky who are citizens of the United States
shall have the right to purchase or otherwise acquire rifles, shotguns, handguns, and
any other firearms which they are permitted to purchase or otherwise acquire under
federal law and the Kentucky Revised Statutes from properly licensed dealers,
manufacturers, importers, or collectors, and unlicensed individual persons in
Kentucky or in any other state or nation outside of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(2)Residents of states other than the Commonwealth of Kentucky who are citizens of
the United States shall have the right to purchase or otherwise acquire rifles,
shotguns, handguns, and any other firearms which they are permitted to purchase or
otherwise acquire under federal law and the Kentucky Revised Statutes from
properly licensed dealers, manufacturers, importers, or collectors, and from
unlicensed individual persons in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(3)Citizens of countries other than the United States shall have the right to purchase or
otherwise acquire rifles, shotguns, handguns, and any other firearms which they are
permitted to purchase or otherwise acquire under federal law and the Kentucky
Revised Statutes from properly licensed dealers, manufacturers, importers, or
collectors, and from unlicensed individual persons in the Commonwealth of
Kentucky.
(4)All such sales shall conform to the requirements of federal law, the Kentucky
Revised Statutes, applicable local ordinances, and the law of the purchaser's state.