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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,
    1837 Ala. Laws 7
    (1837)
    Mandated that any person carrying a Bowie knife or Arkansas toothpick who cuts or stabs another, causing them to die, shall be adjudged as a crime of murder, with the offender having held malice aforethought. Imposed tax of $100 on any person selling, giving, or disposing of any Bowie knife or Arkansas toothpick. Failure to pay the tax was subject to penalty of perjury.
  • Item type:Item,
    A. H. Jackson & James W. Lapsley, Code of the City of Selma 91 (1862)
    (1862)
    Enhanced sentencing for assault with a firearm.