• Background Check Required?
  • Private Sale: Yes, most private firearm transfers generally must be facilitated by a licensed dealer and are subject to a background check, subject to statutory exceptions.
  • Licensed Dealer: Yes, federally licensed dealers must conduct a background check before completing the transfer.
• Waiting Period: 72 hours.
• Registration Requirement: None.
• Permit Required (to purchase): None.
• Concealed Carry Permit: None.
• Magazine Capacity Limits: Yes, Vermont restricts large-capacity ammunition feeding devices. The law generally covers devices with over 10 rounds for a long gun or over 15 rounds for a handgun.
• Assault Weapons Limits: None.

Source: 13 V.S.A. §§ 4019, 4019a, 4021, 18 U.S.C. § 922(t)

• If renounced U.S. citizenship.
• If convicted of a felony.
• If subject to a qualifying court order involving harassment, stalking, or threats against an intimate partner or child.
• If a fugitive from justice.
• If unlawfully using or addicted to controlled substances.
• If illegally in the country or admitted under a non-immigrant visa.
• If dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces.
• If convicted of a misdemeanor offense of domestic violence.
• If under the legal age: under 21 for firearm sales, subject to exceptions.
• If adjudicated as mentally defective or committed to a mental institution.

Source: Vt. Stat. tit. 13, §§ 4017, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)