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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.

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative code, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
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  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    Alexander McKinstry, The Code of Ordinances of the City of Mobile, with the Charter, and an Appendix 118 (1859)
    (1859)
    § 124; Prohibited the discharge of any gun, pistol, fowling-piece, or fire-arm.
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    1851-52 Ala. Laws 3
    (1851)
    Tax of $2 on " every bowie knife or revolving pistol."
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    1852 Ala. Code 588
    (1852)
    Prohibited the concealed carry of a pistol, or any other firearms, while not being threatened or having good reason to believe attack is imminent. Also prohibited the concealed carry of knives and handguns. Violators fined not less than fifty, but no more than three hundred dollars.
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    1856 Ala. Laws 17
    (1856)
    That anyone who shall sell or give or lend, to any male minor, a bowie knife, or knife or instrument of the like kind or description, by whatever name called, or air gun or pistol, shall, on conviction be fined not less than three hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars.