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Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 2024 ‘Universal Background Checks in Alabama.’ Background Checks. San Francisco, CA: Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 22 December

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[Editor's note: The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence regularly updates its webpages with new data as US gun regulation evolves state by state. For the most up-to-date information on US gun laws, please refer to the Giffords URL below]

Private Sales in Alabama

Alabama has no law requiring a background check on the purchaser of a firearm when the seller is not a licensed dealer.

Alabama law prohibits anyone from delivering a handgun (but not a long gun) to any person he or she has reasonable cause to believe has been convicted of a crime of violence, or is a drug addict, a habitual drunkard, or of unsound mind.

The only other Alabama laws governing such sales are those addressing the minimum age of the purchaser…

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