Arizona STATE GUN LAWS

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Arizona CCW General Eligibility & Laws

Am I allowed to have a gun in Arizona?     People 18 and older may possess, carry, own, or buy a firearm in Arizona as long as they are not a prohibited possessors. But 21 is the minimum age to purchase a handgun from a licensed dealer.1

Prohibited possessors in Arizona include:

• People convicted of a felony, any crime potentially carrying a prison term of more than one year or misdemeanor domestic violence
• People adjudicated delinquent of a felony
• People facing charges for a crime potentially carrying a prison term of more than one year
• People found incompetent to stand trial and who have not since been found competent
• People currently serving time in a correctional facility or detention facility
• People currently on probation for a felony or domestic violence
• People on parole, community supervision, work furlough, or home arrest
• People serving probation or parole pursuant to an interstate compact
• People found to constitute a danger to themselves or others or to be “persistently or acutely disabled or gravely disabled” in a court order under ARS 36-540
• People found guilty except insane
• Subjects of a restraining order for harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner (or his/her child)
• Drug users or addicts
• People adjudicated as mental defectives or who have been committed to a mental institution
• Fugitives
• Dishonorably discharged veterans
• Undocumented aliens
• People who renounced their U.S. citizenship
• Nonimmigrant aliens with a foreign residence, except for those with a valid U.S. hunting license or permit, participants in an approved competitive target shooting event or firearms display event, people with a wavier for the U.S. Attorney General, certain diplomats, or foreign officials or distinguished visitors designated by the U.S. State Department2

Juveniles (under 18) may possess guns in the following circumstances:

• In a private home
• On property owned or leased by their parent, grandparents, or legal guardians
• With a parent, grandparent, a legal guardian
• With a certified hunter or firearms safety instructor with the consent of the child’s parent or guardian
• After the juvenile has been emancipated

Children 14 and older may possess a gun during lawful hunting, shooting, marksmanship, or farming activities.

• Alabama
• Alaska – permitless carry if at least 21 years old
• Arkansas – permitless carry if at least 18 years old
• Colorado – only resident permits
• Delaware
• Florida – only resident permits
• Georgia
• Idaho – permitless carry if at least 18 years old
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas – permitless carry if at least 21 years old
• Kentucky – permitless carry if at least 21 years old
• Louisiana
• Maine – only resident permits, and at least 21 years old
• Michigan – only resident permits
• Mississippi – permitless carry if at least 18 years old
• Missouri – permitless carry if at least 18 years old
• Montana
• Nebraska – only resident permits, and at least 21 years old
• Nevada
• New Hampshire – permitless carry if at least 18 years old
• New Mexico
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma – permitless carry if at least 21 years old, but government-issued ID required
• Pennsylvania – only resident permits
• South Carolina – only resident permits
• South Dakota – permitless carry if at least 18 years old
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont – permitless carry if at least 18 years old
• Virginia
• West Virginia – permitless carry if at least 21 years old
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming
• Puerto Rico

To be eligible for a concealed weapons permit, the applicant must complete a firearms training class, get fingerprinted, and pay a fee.

Note that Arizona offers CCW permits to both Arizona residents and non-residents.

Airports past the security checkpoint carrying firearms must be in plain view from outside of the automobile. Any firearm in the car must be unloaded if a person is on school grounds. The firearm must be secured and out of plain view if the person leaves the vehicle.

• Polling places on election day
• Jails, prisons, and juvenile halls
• Hydroelectric or nuclear power generating stations
• K-12 schools and grounds
• Public colleges or universities where the governing board prohibited guns
• Private establishments or private property where the owner – or someone with lawful control over the premises – gives reasonable notice that guns are forbidden
• Federal buildings

Carrying a gun in a prohibited place can be a misdemeanor or a felony offense depending on the location. It does not matter if the person is carrying the gun for self-defense.

• first-degree murder,
• second-degree murder,
• manslaughter,
• an aggravated assault that amounts to a dangerous offense,
• sexual assault,
• a dangerous crime against children,
• arson of an occupied structure,
• armed robbery,
• first-degree burglary,
• kidnapping,
• sexual conduct with a child under 15 years of age, and
• child sex trafficking

Note that people convicted of a dangerous offense are not eligible for a set-aside or for a firearm rights restoration. Dangerous offenses are felony crimes that involve:

• the use, discharge, or threatening display of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument or
• the intentional or knowing infliction of serious physical injury on someone else.

And people with federal felony convictions typically can never get their federal gun rights back.

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