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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.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, company records, and oral histories tied to Alabama people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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  • Item type:Item,
    1898 Ala. Laws 190
    (1898)
    Placed a one hundred dollar tax on dealers of pistols, Bowie knives, or dirk knives of one hundred dollars. Also taxed dealers of pistol and rifle cartridges at ten dollars.
  • Item type:Item,
    1892 Ala. Laws 183
    (1892)
    Imposed $300 occupational tax on dealers of pistols, pistol cartridges, Bowie knives, and dirk knives, and clarified that cartridges that can be used in a pistol shall be deemed pistol cartridges.
  • Item type:Item,
    1894-95 Ala. Laws 1081
    (1895)
    Authorized the mayor and aldermen of Tuskaloosa to collect an annual tax and license, regulate, restrain, or prohibit dealers in pistols, pistol cartridges, Bowie knives, dirk knives, gun shops, or gun repair shops.
  • Item type:Item,
    1898-99 Ala. Laws 1046
    (1899)
    Granted the town the authority to regulate, tax, and license dealers in Pistols, pistol cartridges, Bowie knives, and dirk knives. Licenses shall not exceed fifty dollars.