Is firearms legal in Alabama?

Q: Is firearms legal in Alabama?

Firearms in Alabama is permitted. Alabama has permitless carry, also called constitutional carry: no permit is required to carry concealed if you are 19 or older and not prohibited (18 or older for active or retired military, honorably discharged veterans, or law enforcement; effective January 1, 2023). An optional shall-issue permit is available for reciprocity and travel.

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Permitted: Alabama has permitless carry, also called constitutional carry: no permit is required to carry concealed if you are 19 or older and not prohibited (18 or older for active or retired military, honorably discharged veterans, or law enforcement; effective January 1, 2023).

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Alabama has permitless carry, also called constitutional carry: no permit is required to carry concealed if you are 19 or older and not prohibited (18 or older for active or retired military, honorably discharged veterans, or law enforcement; effective January 1, 2023). An optional shall-issue permit is available for reciprocity and travel.

Source: https://www.alabamaag.gov/firearms-law/ · Updated June 25, 2026

Alabama Firearms topics

Concealed Carry in Alabama →Permitted
Alabama has permitless carry, also called constitutional carry: no permit is required to carry concealed if you are 19 or older and not prohibited (18 or older for active or retired military, honorably discharged veterans, or law enforcement; effective January 1, 2023).
Open Carry in Alabama →Permitted
Open carry of a handgun is allowed in Alabama without a permit for anyone who is not prohibited from possessing one.
Magazine Capacity in Alabama →Permitted
Alabama does not regulate magazine capacity — there is no state limit on how many rounds a magazine can hold.
Gun Possession in Alabama →Permitted
Alabama has no red-flag law (also called an Extreme Risk Protection Order, or ERPO), no assault-weapon ban, and no restrictions on magazines.
Transporting Firearms in Alabama →Permitted
Alabama hasn't required a permit to carry a loaded handgun in a private vehicle since January 1, 2023.
Duty to Inform Police in Alabama →Conditional
Alabama has no proactive duty to inform, but if an on-duty officer asks whether you are armed, anyone carrying a concealed pistol — on the person or in an occupied vehicle — must immediately answer that they possess it (Ala. Code § 13A-11-95, Act 2022-133).
Suppressors & Silencers in Alabama →Conditional
Suppressors are legal to own in Alabama, which has no state ban of its own — you go through the federal National Firearms Act (NFA) process: an ATF Form 4, a $200 tax stamp, and a background check.
Reciprocity — where is my Alabama permit honored? →
State-by-state map of which states honor a Alabama concealed-carry permit.

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