HB47 amends Alabama firearms laws to let some minors receive or possess pistols under specific conditions, adjusts where firearms can be carried, and updates background check and recordkeeping processes including mental health reporting.
It allows persons under 18 to receive or possess a pistol under defined conditions, and allows a minor to receive title to a pistol or certain knives by inheritance; it also permits a minor to possess a firearm or ammunition in an employee's private vehicle parked or operated in a parking area at a secure building where firearms are prohibited, under specified rules. It revises places where carrying a firearm is prohibited, requires notices at entrances, and mandates storage out of sight with limited exceptions (such as residence and certain officials). It eliminates or streamlines some firearm sales recordkeeping and requires destruction of certain records within 180 days, with exceptions for active investigations. It expands the use of mental health information in background checks by adding involuntary commitment orders to NICS, allows civil petitions to remove firearm prohibitions, and provides a process for redacting records if relief is granted; it also tightens licensing and recordkeeping requirements for dealers and gun shows.
Source: Alabama Legislature