ALABAMA RECIPROCAL PISTOL PERMIT (CONCEALED CARRY) AGREEMENT
WITH THE FOLLOWING STATES:

Alaska Arkansas Arizona Colorado Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Michigan

Mississippi Missouri New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Wyoming

The State of Alabama does recognize pistol licenses or permits to carry concealed weapons issued by other states who will recognize Alabama pistol licenses. (SEE THE ABOVE LIST) Also, a person may carry or transport a long gun (rifle or shotgun) without a permit. A person may carry lawfully transport a firearm, including a handgun, from one state in which they are legal to possess to another state without a permit as required under Alabama law, provided the following conditions are met:

1. The firearm is unloaded.
2. Neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle.
3. In case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver's compartment, the firearm and ammunition shall be in a locked container other than the glove box or console. Title 18 U.S.C, section 926A

Under Alabama law, no person convicted in this state or elsewhere of a "crime of violence" may own or possess a pistol. Section 13A-11-72. Crimes of violence are defined as murder, manslaughter, rape, assault,robbery, burglary, kidnapping and larceny. No person addicted to drugs or habitually intoxicated may own or possess a pistol. Section 13A-11-72. Any person in violation of Alabama's pistol laws may be arrested and upon conviction, subjected to a term of imprisonment of not more than one year and a fine of not more than $500, or both. The pistol will be seized and may be forfeited by court order.