Restraining orders and prohibited items
A person who has a restraining order against them cannot have or buy firearms, ammunition, or certain firearm parts. These are prohibited items.
If a restrained person has a prohibited item, they can be arrested and charged with a state or federal crime.
Prohibited items
If a judge grants a restraining order against someone, that person cannot have or own firearms, ammunition, firearm parts, or body armor.
Firearm: Includes any handgun, rifle, shotgun, and assault weapon. It also includes untraceable or homemade guns, called "ghost guns."
Firearm parts: Includes receivers and frames (or anything that can be easily made into or used as a receiver or frame).
Ammunition: Includes all bullets, shells, and rounds. (If a judge grants a Gun Violence Restraining Order, the restrained person is also prohibited from having any ammunition feeding device or “magazines.")
Body armor: Includes all bullet-resistant material intended to provide ballistic and trauma protection for the person wearing the armor.
For the restrained person
If there's a restraining order against you and you have a firearm or prohibited firearm part, you must properly turn in or sell the item. A licensed gun dealer or law enforcement must sign a form stating what you turned in or sold. Then, you must turn the form in to the court. For certain types of restraining orders, you will also be required to properly turn in or sell ammunition.
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