Uzi Legal States 2023

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State	Uzi Legal Status	Additional Notes
Alabama	Legal
Alaska	Legal	The National Firearms Act generally allows private citizens to possess machine guns manufactured prior to May 19, 1986 so long as they are registered. The National Firearms Act generally allows private citizens to possess machine guns manufactured prior to May 19, 1986 so long as they are registered.
Arizona	Illegal	It's illegal to possess, transfer, or sell a machine gun in Arizona unless it's compliant with federal law.
Arkansas	Illegal	Possession or use of a machine gun for “offensive or aggressive purpose” is prohibited and punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for 10 years or more.
California	Legal
Colorado	Illegal
Connecticut	Illegal	Prohibits any person from possessing an assault weapon unless the weapon was possessed prior to July 1, 1994.
Delaware	Illegal
District of Columbia	Illegal
Florida	Legal	Federal law prohibits civilians from purchasing new automatic guns made after May 19, 1986. Weapons made prior to that date can be legally transferred from one owner to the next.
Georgia	Legal	Generally allows possession of a machine gun if it is registered as required by federal law.
Hawaii	Unregulated
Idaho	Legal	It is lawful to possess, purchase, or sell a machine gun that is legally registered and possessed in compliance with all federal laws and regulations.
Illinois	Illegal	Prohibits the knowing sale, manufacture, purchase, possession or carrying of a machine gun.
Indiana	Illegal
Iowa	Illegal	Iowa generally prohibits private persons from knowingly possessing a machine gun. Federal law requires machine guns to be registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), and generally prohibits the transfer or possession of machine guns manufactured after May 19, 1986.
Kansas	Illegal
Kentucky	Unregulated
Louisiana	Illegal	Louisiana law prohibits the sale, transport, purchase and possession of a machine gun, with few exceptions. The law also prohibits any merchant or manufacturer from permitting any machine gun to pass from his or her possession to the possession of any person unless the person falls within one of the exceptions.
Maine	Illegal
Maryland	Illegal
Massachusetts	Illegal
Michigan	Illegal
Minnesota	Illegal
Mississippi	Unregulated	Mississippi does not regulate machine guns or automatic weapons. Federal law requires machine guns to be registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), and generally prohibits the transfer or possession of machine guns manufactured after May 19, 1986.
Missouri	Illegal
Montana	Legal
Nebraska	Illegal	In Nebraska, any person who transports or possesses any machine gun commits a Class IV felony. This does not apply to any person qualified under federal law to possess or transport machine guns.
Nevada	Illegal
New Hampshire	Unregulated
New Jersey	Illegal	New Jersey prohibits any person from knowingly possessing a machine gun, or any instrument or device adaptable for use as a machine gun, without a state license.
New Mexico	Unregulated
New York	Illegal
North Carolina	Illegal
North Dakota	Illegal
Ohio	Illegal
Oklahoma	Illegal
Oregon	Illegal
Pennsylvania	Illegal
Rhode Island	Illegal
South Carolina	Illegal
South Dakota	Illegal
Tennessee	Illegal
Texas	Illegal
Utah	Legal
Vermont	Unregulated	Vermont has no law restricting machine guns, except in the hunting context.
Virginia	Legal	Virginia law allows the possession of a machine gun for scientific purposes or for any purpose manifestly not aggressive or offensive.
Washington	Illegal
West Virginia	Illegal
Wisconsin	Illegal
Wyoming	Unregulated	Wyoming has no laws prohibiting the ownership or possession of machine guns, except in state game fields or forests.

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