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So at the suggestion of a couple members I stopped in Larry's, and lo and behold, I cannot purchase firearms.

I was under the impression that long guns were okay, what's the deal with that?

Quoted:
So at the suggestion of a couple members I stopped in Larry's, and lo and behold, I cannot purchase firearms.

I was under the impression that long guns were okay, what's the deal with that?

Section 13A-11-58 of AL statutes.

Sale of firearms or ammunition to residents of other states; purchase in other states.

(a) Any resident of Alabama authorized to sell and deliver rifles, shotguns, and ammunition may sell and deliver them to a resident of any state where the sale of the firearms and ammunition is legal. Any purchaser of the firearm or ammunition may take or send it out of the state or have it delivered to his or her place of residence.

[b]Any resident of Alabama who legally purchases rifles, shotguns, and ammunition in any state where the purchase is legal may take delivery of the weapons either in the state where they were purchased or in Alabama.

(Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 175, p. 241; Code 1975, §13-6-130; Act 2007-196, §1.)

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In 2009, I was a resident of Missouri working in Montgomery and I bought an AK through a local gun shop. That was a transfer from Atlantic Firearms though, and not buying a firearm 'off the rack' at the gun shop.

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Looks like it's a Louisiana problem.  They say I can only buy from TX, AR, and MS...

[18 U.S.C. 922(a)(3) and 922(b)(3)]

§ 922. Unlawful acts
(a) It shall be unlawful—

(3) for any person, other than a licensed importer,
licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer,
or licensed collector to transport into or receive
in the State where he resides (or if the
person is a corporation or other business entity,
the State where it maintains a place of
business) any firearm purchased or otherwise
obtained by such person outside that State,
except that this paragraph (A) shall not preclude
any person who lawfully acquires a firearm
by bequest or intestate succession in a
State other than his State of residence from
transporting the firearm into or receiving it in
that State, if it is lawful for such person to
purchase or possess such firearm in that State,
(B) shall not apply to the transportation or receipt
of a firearm obtained in conformity with
subsection (b)(3) of this section, and (C) shall
not apply to the transportation of any firearm
acquired in any State prior to the effective
date of this chapter;

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer,
licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer,
or licensed collector to sell or deliver—

(3) any firearm to any person who the licensee
knows or has reasonable cause to believe
does not reside in (or if the person is a
corporation or other business entity, does not
maintain a place of business in) the State in
which the licensee’s place of business is located,
except that this paragraph (A) shall not
apply to the sale or delivery of any rifle or
shotgun to a resident of a State other than a
State in which the licensee’s place of business
is located if the transferee meets in person
with the transferor to accomplish the transfer,
and the sale, delivery, and receipt fully comply
with the legal conditions of sale in both
such States (and any licensed manufacturer,
importer or dealer shall be presumed, for purposes
of this subparagraph, in the absence of
evidence to the contrary, to have had actual
knowledge of the State laws and published ordinances
of both States), and (B) shall not
apply to the loan or rental of a firearm to any
person for temporary use for lawful sporting
purposes;

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer,
licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer,
or licensed collector to sell or deliver—

(3) any firearm to any person who the licensee
knows or has reasonable cause to believe
does not reside in (or if the person is a
corporation or other business entity, does not
maintain a place of business in) the State in
which the licensee’s place of business is located,
except that this paragraph (A)shall not
apply to the sale or delivery of any rifle or
shotgun to a resident of a State other than a
State in which the licensee’s place of business
is located if the transferee meets in person
with the transferor to accomplish the transfer,
and the sale, delivery, and receipt fully comply
with the legal conditions of sale in both
such States (and any licensed manufacturer,
importer or dealer shall be presumed, for purposes
of this subparagraph, in the absence of
evidence to the contrary, to have had actual
knowledge of the State laws and published ordinances
of both States),