Is firearms legal in Arkansas?

Q: Is firearms legal in Arkansas?

Firearms in Arkansas is permitted. Arkansas has permitless carry: no license is required to carry concealed if you are lawfully able to possess (generally 18 or older). An optional license is available for reciprocity.

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Permitted: Arkansas has permitless carry: no license is required to carry concealed if you are lawfully able to possess (generally 18 or older).

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Arkansas has permitless carry: no license is required to carry concealed if you are lawfully able to possess (generally 18 or older). An optional license is available for reciprocity.

Source: https://dps.arkansas.gov/law-enforcement/arkansas-state-police/services-programs/concealed-handgun-carry-licensing/ · Updated July 2, 2026

Arkansas Firearms topics

Concealed Carry in Arkansas →Permitted
Arkansas has permitless carry: no license is required to carry concealed if you are lawfully able to possess (generally 18 or older).
Open Carry in Arkansas →Permitted
Open carry of a handgun is allowed in Arkansas without a permit for anyone 18 or older who is lawfully able to possess one.
Magazine Capacity in Arkansas →Permitted
Arkansas does not restrict magazine capacity — there is no state limit on how many rounds a magazine can hold.
Gun Possession in Arkansas →Permitted
Arkansas 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 Arkansas →Permitted
In Arkansas, anyone 18 or older who may lawfully possess a handgun may carry it loaded in a private vehicle without a permit.
Duty to Inform Police in Arkansas →Conditional
Arkansas has no unprompted duty to inform, but under the Arkansas State Police CHCL rules, whenever a licensee carrying a handgun is asked by any officer for identification — that is, at every traffic stop — the licensee must both present the license and affirmatively notify the officer that they hold a CHCL and have a handgun (5 CAR § 1-201(c)); § 5-73-315 requires carrying the license whenever armed.
Suppressors & Silencers in Arkansas →Conditional
Suppressors are legal in Arkansas, which has no statute banning civilian possession, and Game and Fish regulations impose no suppressor restriction, so hunting with one is allowed.
Reciprocity — where is my Arkansas permit honored? →
State-by-state map of which states honor a Arkansas concealed-carry permit.

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