Alabama Firearm Laws
- Background Check Required?
- Private Sale: No, it is not required in a private sale.
- Licensed Dealer: Yes, it is required if the seller is a licensed dealer.
- Waiting Period: None.
- Registration Requirement: None.
- Permit Required (to purchase): None.
- Concealed Carry Permit: None.
- Magazine Capacity Limits: None.
- Assault Weapons Limits: None.
Source: 18 U.S.C. § 922(t), Ala. Code § 41-9-649
Prohibited from Purchasing
- Minors. 18 years of under.
- Drug addicts.
- Habitual drunkards.
- Anyone subject to an incompetency proceeding or unsound mind.
- Fugitives from justice.
- Aliens illegally in the country or under a non-immigrant visa.
- If renounced U.S. citizenship.
- If under a court order restraining them from harassing or stalking an intimate partner or child.
- If convicted of a violent crime or misdemeanor offense of domestic violence, or a felony.
- If dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces.
Source: § 13A-11-72, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)
