Alabama has some of the weakest gun laws in the country and the fourth-highest gun death rate. Lawmakers must stop disregarding the safety of their constituents and take action.
The state lacks many basic gun safety laws and has not enacted meaningful gun safety legislation recently. In 2023, Alabama had the third highest gun death rate among the states. In an average year, 1,220 people die from gun violence in the state. That means someone dies from gun violence in Alabama every seven hours. Forty-eight percent of these deaths are due to gun suicide and 48% are due to gun homicide. In Alabama, the rate of gun deaths increased 52% from 2014 to 2023, compared to a 33% increase nationwide.
What Alabama Does Well
- Handgun dealer licensing
- Mental health record reporting
What Alabama Is Missing
- Universal background checks
- Gun owner licensing
- Extreme risk protection orders
- Most domestic violence gun laws
- Assault weapon restrictions
- Large capacity magazine ban
- Waiting periods
- Strong concealed carry laws
- Open carry regulations
- Child access prevention laws
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We’re in this together. To build a safer America—one where children and parents in every neighborhood can learn, play, work, and worship without fear of gun violence—we need you standing beside us in this fight.
