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Alabama

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Alabama. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the territorial period to the present.

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    1874-75 Ala. Laws 6
    (1875)
    Reduced tax rate to 0.75% of the value of any pistols, guns, dirks, and Bowie knives.
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    1851-52 Ala. Laws 3
    (1851)
    Tax of $2 on " every bowie knife or revolving pistol."
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    1865-66 Ala. Laws 7
    (1866)
    § 2, pt. 11: Imposed an annual tax of two dollars on each person who is not a regular dealer but in possession of pistols and revolvers. Imposed an annual tax of three dollars on each person who is not a regular dealer but in possession of bowie knives or knives of like description.