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Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 2024 ‘Firearm Prohibitions in South Dakota.’ Who Can Have a Gun. San Francisco, CA: Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 4 December
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Prohibited Purchasers Generally in South Dakota
Federal law prohibits certain persons from purchasing or possessing firearms, such as felons, certain domestic abusers, and certain people with a history of mental illness.
South Dakota law provides that, subject to certain limited exceptions, no person shall possess a firearm if he or she:
- Has been convicted of a "crime of violence" or one of a list of drug-related felonies in the past 15 years;
- Has been convicted of felony possession of a controlled substance or marijuana in South Dakota or of similar felony violations under the laws of another state in the past five years;
- Has been convicted of any misdemeanor crime involving an act of domestic violence within the past year; or
- Is under the age of 18
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