---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 552.122"
title: "32"
number: "552.122"
heading: "Personnel not authorized to possess or retain personal weapons."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/552.122"
---

# §552.122. Personnel not authorized to possess or retain personal weapons.

- (a) Possession, retention or storage of personal weapons or ammunition by person(s) described below is prohibited:
  - (1) **Any person who has been convicted in any court of a crime of violence.** For the purpose of this regulation, a crime of violence is one in which the use of force or threat of force is an element.
  - (2) **Any person who is a fugitive from justice.**
  - (3) Any person who has been convicted in any court of the possession, use, or sale of marijuana, dangerous or narcotic drugs.
  - (4) Any person who is presently declared as mentally incompetent or who is presently committed to any mental institution.
  - (5) Any civilian, or other than a military family member or a law enforcement officer authorized to carry the weapon under state or federal law, while on Fort Lewis or a sub-installation, except while hunting or engaged in authorized target practice or an organized match, unless specifically authorized in writing by the Commanding General, I Corps and Fort Lewis.
- (b) Any person under the age of eighteen is prohibited from the use of firearms unless accompanied and supervised by a parent or legal guardian.
- (c) Delivery of a personal handgun to persons known to be under the age of twenty-one, persons known to have been convicted of a crime or violence, persons known to be a drug abuser or under the influence of drugs, persons known to be an alcoholic or currently under the influence of alcohol or a person known to be of unsound mind, is prohibited.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 56 FR 25040, June 3, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. 3012, 15 U.S.C. 1601; 18 U.S.C. 1382; 31 U.S.C. 71; 40 U.S.C. 258a; 41 U.S.C. 14; 50 U.S.C. 797.