Alabama does not prohibit the open carrying of firearms in public.

In 2013, the state enacted a law clarifying that openly carrying a handgun in a holster or other secured manner is not, in and of itself, disorderly conduct.¹

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1. Ala. Code § 13A-11-7.[↩]