Arkansas law has no law requiring a background check on the purchaser of a firearm when the seller is not a licensed dealer.

Arkansas prohibits any person from furnishing a firearm to a minor without the consent of a parent, guardian, or other person responsible for general supervision of the minor’s welfare.¹ A violation is a Class B felony if the firearm is a handgun or other specified firearm.²

In addition, the state prohibits any person transferring or furnishing a handgun to another individual who the transferor knows has been found guilty of, or who has pleaded guilty or no contest to, a felony.³

Arkansas prohibits a person from selling, renting, or otherwise transferring a firearm to any person who he or she knows is prohibited by state or federal law from possessing the firearm.⁴ A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor, unless the firearm is a handgun (or other specified firearm, such as a machine gun), in which case the violation rises to a Class B felony.⁵

See the section entitled Firearms Trafficking for additional laws that limit private sales of firearms.

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1. Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-109(a). Arkansas defines minor as any person under 18 years of age. Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-101(9).[↩]
2. Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-129.[↩]
3. Id.[↩]
4. Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-132(a).[↩]
5. Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-132(b).[↩]