Who Cannot Carry
A.R.S. 13-3101 — the prohibited possessor, and A.R.S. 13-3102 — possessing a deadly weapon as one is a class 4 felony
- A person found by court order to be a danger to self or others, or to have a persistent or acute disability or grave disability, whose right to possess a firearm has not been restored.
- A person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated delinquent for a felony, in or outside Arizona, whose civil right to possess or carry a firearm has not been restored.
- A person serving a term of imprisonment in a correctional or detention facility.
- A person serving probation for a domestic violence offense or a felony, or on parole, community supervision, work furlough, home arrest or other release.
- A person found incompetent under the rules of criminal procedure and not later found competent, or found guilty except insane.
- An undocumented alien, or certain nonimmigrant aliens, with the exceptions the section lists.
Those are the persons the definition of a prohibited possessor names.
The offense. Possessing a deadly weapon or prohibited weapon while a prohibited possessor is misconduct involving weapons, a class 4 felony. Selling or transferring a deadly weapon to a prohibited possessor is misconduct involving weapons too, a class 6 felony.
Federal law keeps its own list of prohibited persons, which applies alongside the state's and is not on this page. Whether a particular conviction, order or commitment brings a person within the section, and whether rights can be restored, are questions for a licensed Arizona attorney.
Sources for this section (2)
- A.R.S. 13-3101 — Weapons and explosives; definitions
- A.R.S. 13-3102 — Misconduct involving weapons; defenses; classification
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of September 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Arizona attorney.