Red Flag Law and Weapon Limits in Mississippi

Whether Mississippi has a red flag (extreme risk) law and any limits on assault weapons or magazine capacity.

Short answer: Mississippi has no state law that sets up extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). Its protection orders under the Protection from Domestic Abuse Law require proof of abuse by a family or household member or a person in a dating relationship. Miss. Code Ann. §§97-37-1 to 97-37-105; §§45-9-31 to 45-9-209; Miss. Code Ann. §§93-21-1 to 93-21-113 (reviewed)

Red flag law	Mississippi has no state law that sets up extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). Its protection orders under the Protection from Domestic Abuse Law require proof of abuse by a family or household member or a person in a dating relationship. Reviewed Miss. Code Ann. Title 97, Chapter 37 (Weapons and Explosives: §§97-37-1 to 97-37-39 and 97-37-101 to 97-37-105) and Title 45, Chapter 9 (Weapons: §§45-9-31 to 45-9-209), read section by section on the codes.findlaw.com mirror (official code is published only through LexisNexis), and Title 93, Chapter 21 (Protection from Domestic Abuse Law, §§93-21-1 to 93-21-33, and §§93-21-101 to 93-21-113) on 2026-10-27; no extreme risk protection order provision found. Source: Miss. Code Ann. §§97-37-1 to 97-37-105; §§45-9-31 to 45-9-209; Miss. Code Ann. §§93-21-1 to 93-21-113 (reviewed)
Assault weapons and magazine limits	Mississippi has no state law that bans assault weapons or limits magazine capacity. Making, possessing or using a machine gun conversion device without federal authorization is a felony (up to 10 years and/or $10,000 for a first offense). Reviewed Miss. Code Ann. Title 97, Chapter 37 (Weapons and Explosives: §§97-37-1 to 97-37-39 and 97-37-101 to 97-37-105) and Title 45, Chapter 9 (Weapons: §§45-9-31 to 45-9-209), read section by section on the codes.findlaw.com mirror (official code is published only through LexisNexis) on 2026-10-27; no provision found. Source: Miss. Code Ann. §§97-37-1 to 97-37-105; §§45-9-31 to 45-9-209 (reviewed); §97-37-39

Red flag law

Mississippi has no state law that sets up extreme risk protection orders (red flag orders). Its protection orders under the Protection from Domestic Abuse Law require proof of abuse by a family or household member or a person in a dating relationship.

Reviewed Miss. Code Ann. Title 97, Chapter 37 (Weapons and Explosives: §§97-37-1 to 97-37-39 and 97-37-101 to 97-37-105) and Title 45, Chapter 9 (Weapons: §§45-9-31 to 45-9-209), read section by section on the codes.findlaw.com mirror (official code is published only through LexisNexis), and Title 93, Chapter 21 (Protection from Domestic Abuse Law, §§93-21-1 to 93-21-33, and §§93-21-101 to 93-21-113) on 2026-10-27; no extreme risk protection order provision found.

Source: Miss. Code Ann. §§97-37-1 to 97-37-105; §§45-9-31 to 45-9-209; Miss. Code Ann. §§93-21-1 to 93-21-113 (reviewed)

Assault weapons and magazine limits

Mississippi has no state law that bans assault weapons or limits magazine capacity. Making, possessing or using a machine gun conversion device without federal authorization is a felony (up to 10 years and/or $10,000 for a first offense).

Source: Miss. Code Ann. §§97-37-1 to 97-37-105; §§45-9-31 to 45-9-209 (reviewed); §97-37-39

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