Alabama Carry Permits No Longer Recognized For Background Checks

By Tom Knighton

One reason some people get concealed carry permits, even if they don’t actually carry all that often, is so they can skip the NICS background check. The background check can be held up, delaying someone from taking possession of their gun for days. Also, the system sometimes makes mistakes and issues wrongful denials.

Besides, the background checks for permits are typically more in-depth than the NICS checks.

Except, it seems, in parts of Alabama.

As a result, no one in Alabama is going to get to enjoy the benefit of showing their concealed carry permit and skipping the background check.

Alabama concealed carry permits no longer qualify as an adequate substitute for a federal background check for those buying a firearm from a licensed gun dealer. The ATF announced the change Monday in a public safety advisor issued to all Alabama federal firearm licensees. The change follows a federal review of the state’s permitting system that found instances in which individuals received permits without completing a check.

According to the advisory, the state issued permits to an unspecified number of prohibited persons who then successfully used the permit to buy a firearm from an FFL. The …Read the Rest

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