North Dakota

FOPA applies.

Legal without a permit for eligible individuals (same eligibility as concealed carry).

Standard TSA regulations apply.

Constitutional Carry (Permitless) for residents and non-residents (with valid home-state ID).

Shall-issue. Class 1 (reciprocity focused, requires testing) and Class 2 (easier, less reciprocity) licenses available.

Generally prohibited as 'public gatherings' or schools. Universities may have specific policies.

Federal GFSZA applies. Constitutional carry does NOT exempt you from the federal 1,000ft zone. State law prohibits carry in schools generally.

Allowed for anyone eligible for a Class 2 license (basically anyone not prohibited).

Allowed in accordance with state law (Constitutional Carry applies). Buildings prohibited.

Prohibited in 'public gatherings' (schools, churches, public buildings, athletic events). IMPORTANT: License holders are exempt from the 'public gathering' ban (except schools usually), but permitless carriers are NOT exempt.

No specific transport requirements for eligible persons; loaded carry allowed.

Legal if compliant with federal NFA.

Legal to build for personal use under federal/state law.

Legal if compliant with federal NFA (tax stamp/registration).

No state requirement to serialize home-built firearms.

No microstamping requirement.

Flash hiders are legal. Suppressors are legal if registered under the NFA.

No state definition or ban on 'assault weapons'.

No limit on magazine capacity.

N/A - No restrictions.

No firearm registration.

No mandatory storage laws.

No Red Flag/ERPO law exists.

No registration or declaration required for new residents.

No statutory requirement to report theft.

Private transfers are legal without FFL involvement.

Allowed.

No insurance mandate.

No specific CAP law, though general endangerment laws could apply.

Federal law prohibits firearm possession by unlawful users of controlled substances, including marijuana, regardless of state legalization.

Illegal aliens are prohibited. Legal aliens with non-immigrant visas generally prohibited unless exceptions apply (e.g., hunting license).

Private sales are not regulated by the state; no background check is required.

Straw purchases are illegal under federal law.

Yes, federal law applies indefinitely. State law imposes a 5-year prohibition for Class A misdemeanor domestic violence convictions.

North Dakota is a non-POC state; dealers contact the FBI NICS directly for all firearm transfers.

North Dakota prohibits firearm possession for 10 years (or life for Class AA felonies) for those convicted of felonies involving violence, intimidation, or weapons, and for 5 years for certain misdemeanors involving violence/intimidation.

Felons, fugitives, unlawful users of controlled substances, those adjudicated as mental defectives, illegal aliens, dishonorably discharged veterans, and those subject to certain restraining orders.

Federal law: 21 for handguns from dealer. State law: 18 to possess handgun unsupervised.

There is no waiting period in North Dakota.

No handgun roster exists.

No permit is required to purchase firearms.

Legal, but must be shipped to an FFL for transfer.

No limit on the number of firearms purchased.

No state restrictions on ammunition quantity or type (beyond federal armor-piercing bans).

Rifles/shotguns can be purchased in other states if compliant with both states' laws. Handguns must be transferred to a home-state FFL.

No background check required for ammunition.

North Dakota has a castle doctrine law that includes a presumption of reasonable fear when an intruder unlawfully enters a dwelling, place of work, or occupied motor vehicle, and removes the duty to retreat in these locations.

North Dakota imposes a duty to retreat before using deadly force in public places, but explicitly removes this duty when a person is in their dwelling, place of work, or an occupied motor vehicle.

North Dakota does not have a general stand your ground law that removes the duty to retreat in all public places; the no-duty-to-retreat provision is limited to dwellings, places of work, and occupied motor vehicles.