21-6301. Criminal use of weapons. (a) Criminal use of weapons is knowingly: (1) Selling, manufacturing, purchasing or possessing any bludgeon, sand club or metal knuckles; (2) possessing with intent to use the same unlawfully against another, a dagger, dirk, billy, blackjack, slungshot, dangerous knife, straight-edged razor, throwing star, stiletto or any other dangerous or deadly […]
21-6302. Criminal carrying of a weapon. (a) Criminal carrying of a weapon is knowingly carrying: (1) Any bludgeon, sandclub, metal knuckles or throwing star; (2) concealed on one’s person, a billy, blackjack, slungshot or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument of like character; (3) on one’s person or in any land, water or […]
21-6303. Criminal distribution of firearms to a felon. (a) Criminal distribution of firearms to a felon is knowingly: (1) Selling, giving or otherwise transferring any firearm to any person who, within the preceding five years, has been convicted of a felony, other than those specified in subsection (c), under the laws of this or any […]
21-6304. Criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. (a) Criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon is possession of any weapon by a person who: (1) Has been convicted of a person felony or a violation of article 57 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, K.S.A. […]
21-6305. Aggravated weapons violation by a convicted felon. (a) Aggravated weapons violation by a convicted felon is a violation of any of the provisions of subsections (a)(1) through (a)(6) of K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6301 or 21-6302, and amendments thereto, by a person who: (1) Within five years preceding such violation has been convicted of a […]
21-6306. Defacing identification marks of a firearm. (a) Defacing identification marks of a firearm is intentionally changing, altering, removing or obliterating the name of the maker, model, manufacturer’s number or other mark of identification of any firearm. (b) Defacing identification marks of a firearm is a severity level 10, nonperson felony. (c) Possession of any […]
21-6308. Criminal discharge of a firearm. (a) Criminal discharge of a firearm is the: (1) Reckless and unauthorized discharge of any firearm: (A) At a dwelling, building or structure in which there is a human being whether the person discharging the firearm knows or has reason to know that there is a human being present; […]
21-6308a. Unlawful discharge of a firearm in a city. (a) Unlawful discharge of a firearm is the reckless discharge of a firearm within or into the corporate limits of any city. (b) This section shall not apply to the discharge of any firearm within or into the corporate limits of any city if: (1) The […]
21-6309. Unlawful possession of firearms on certain government property. (a) It shall be unlawful to possess, with no requirement of a culpable mental state, a firearm: (1) Within any building located within the capitol complex; (2) within the governor’s residence; (3) on the grounds of or in any building on the grounds of the governor’s […]
21-6310. Unlawful endangerment. (a) Unlawful endangerment is knowingly protecting or attempting to protect the manufacture or cultivation of a controlled substance by creating, setting up, building, erecting or using any device or weapon which: (1) Causes great bodily harm; (2) causes bodily harm; or (3) is intended to cause bodily harm to another person. (b) […]
21-6311. Failure to register explosives. (a) Failure to register explosives is, with no requirement of a culpable mental state, the omission by: (1) The seller of any explosive or detonating substance, to keep a register of every sale or other disposition of such explosives made by the seller as required by this section; or (2) […]
21-6312. Criminal possession of explosives; criminal disposal of explosives; carrying concealed explosives. (a) Criminal possession of explosives is the possession of any explosive or detonating substance by a person who, within five years preceding such possession, has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction or has been released […]
21-6313. Criminal street gangs; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6313 through 21-6316, and amendments thereto: (a) “Criminal street gang” means any organization, association or group, whether formal or informal: (1) Consisting of three or more persons; (2) having as one of its primary activities the commission of one or more person felonies, person […]
21-6314. Recruiting criminal street gang membership. (a) Recruiting criminal street gang membership is intentionally causing, encouraging, soliciting or recruiting another person to join a criminal street gang that requires, as a condition of membership or continued membership, the commission of any crime or membership initiation by submission to a sexual or physical assault that is […]
21-6315. Criminal street gang intimidation. (a) Criminal street gang intimidation is the communication, directly or indirectly with another, any threat of personal injury or actual personal injury to another or any threat of damage or actual damage to property of another with the intent to: (1) Deter such person from assisting a criminal street gang […]
21-6316. Criminal street gang member; bail; exceptions. When a criminal street gang member is arrested for a person felony, bail shall be at least $50,000 cash or surety, and such person shall not be released upon the person’s own recognizance pursuant to K.S.A. 22-2802, and amendments thereto, unless the court determines on the record that […]
21-6317. Endangering the food supply; aggravated endangering the food supply. (a) Endangering the food supply is knowingly: (1) Bringing into this state any domestic animal which is infected with any contagious or infectious disease or any animal which has been exposed to any contagious or infectious disease; (2) exposing any animal in this state to […]
21-6318. Creating a hazard. (a) Creating a hazard is recklessly: (1) Storing or abandoning, in any place accessible to children, a container which has a compartment of more than one and one-half cubic feet capacity and a door or lid which locks or fastens automatically when closed and which cannot be easily opened from the […]
21-6319. Unlawful failure to report a wound. (a) Unlawful failure to report a wound is, with no requirement of a culpable mental state, the failure by an attending physician or other person to report such person’s treatment of any of the following wounds, to the office of the chief of police of the city or […]
21-6320. Selling beverage containers with detachable tabs. (a) Selling beverage containers with detachable tabs is knowingly selling or offering for sale at retail in this state any metal beverage container so designed and constructed that a part of the container is detachable in opening the container. (b) Selling beverage containers with detachable tabs is a […]
