Gun Laws

Legislature

Alabama Democrats call for gun regulations after Dadeville shooting

Democrats criticized their Republican colleagues for their inaction and stressed the need for meaningful regulations, such as red flag laws.

April 18, 2023

The cost of the American gun culture

There is a cost for our continued reverence for guns. The families of gun violence victims know it well.

April 17, 2023

A Tuscaloosa bar argument ended with a young mother dead. Alabama’s gun laws didn’t help

Alabama's meager laws encourage gun possession among young people and played a role in a college bar argument turning deadly.

March 1, 2023

Alabamians can now carry a gun in public without a permit

A constitutional carry law to allow Alabamians to conceal a firearm without a permit went into effect on Sunday.

January 2, 2023

Ivey: SCOTUS decision on New York gun law “a win for common sense”

The 6 to 3 ruling Thursday in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen overturns a New York law.

June 24, 2022

What are Alabama’s gun laws?

Alabama has some of the weakest gun laws in the country and one of the highest gun death rates.

June 2, 2022

Alabama House committee approves bill to allow concealed carry without permit

Law enforcement officials opposed the bill, which they say would place officers' lives at risk.

February 16, 2022

House committee holds public hearing on bill to allow concealed carry without a permit

Opponents of the bill said doing away with those permits, which require background checks, would endanger the lives of law enforcement officers.

February 10, 2022

Alabama lawmakers want to make the gun problem worse

GOP policies have flooded the streets with weapons, leading to rising gun violence rates. Now they want to make it worse.

January 6, 2022

BamaCarry holds legislative conference

The Second Amendment rights group BamaCarry held their 2019 Legislative Conference on Saturday at the Jasper Civic Center in Walker County. Over 230 people were on hand to promote the expansion of gun rights in Alabama. “Thank you so much for helping with the campaign,” said Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth. “I am one of you; I … Continued

February 12, 2019