My son turns 18 in January and he wanted a pistol for his birthday. Mostly he would just carry it to the club and back. If he were to get pulled over I want to make sure he would'nt get in trouble for having it. I have spoken to 3 different officers from 3 different municipalities and gotten 3 different answers. Answers ranged from - not untill he is 21, 19 is ok with a permit, and after Jan 1st 18 is ok. What says you aldeer?

I would not base my decision on age. Age is just a number and maturity/wisdom/responsibility/character/demeanor/training all come into play when someone has ready access to a handgun. Receiving a handgun as a gift is one thing but carrying the gun around is another level.

I would probably just have him transport it to locations where he can use it but not keep it with him at all times. But ultimately you are the person who knows your son best.

With Alabama's new law I don't think you need a permit anymore so he should be good to go with the law Jan 1, 2023.

I thought it was 18yo. Also a month or so when i went to the sheriff's dept to renew my pistol permit they told me permits are not needed after the first of the year. Some other states will recognize Alabama permits but they are not needed here.

All of those are true.

He can get a cc with no help at 21.
He can get a cc with some letters of reference at 19.
After 1-1-23, he won't need anything so long as he is 18, and inside the borders of AL.

Don't know where you got this info. At 18 I walked into the sheriffs office, filled out their form, and got my concealed carry permit. No "letters of reference" either. Took about 15 minutes. Unless something has changed, that's the way it still is.

The law is 18 to possess a handgun, 21 to purchase from an FFL. You can purchase a handgun from another individual (private party, no FFL) at 18.

Life was more simple back when we took our guns to high school and didn't worry about it. Now, we worry about whether an ADULT can have a handgun. SMH

I stand corrected. Seems things changed around 2013.
October 2012 Guidelines <-- was 25 on your own, 21 with letters of reference.
2013 Revision <---dropped it to 18

I know I did several letters of reference over the years.

Chit i remember Mobile county you used to have references from your Preacher and a few others just to get a CC permit BACK in the day

Look at who your sheriff is and know why it was that way

Would've been some of my distant kin folks lol.

https://giffords.org/lawcenter/state-laws/minimum-age-to-purchase-possess-in-alabama/#:~:text=Alabama%20also%20generally%20prohibits%20a,age%2018%20from%20possessing%20pistols.

18 is the age.

I would still not volunteer he has one if he is asked. And consent to search is negative.

Got my first pistol at 12. I paid for it and still have it.

My boy pawpaw gave him a heritage 22 revolver a couple years ago. I do discourage him from running around with it too much. I dont care personally but i reckon the law would look downnonnit

I got mine back in 2008 right after I turned 18. Walked in, turned in my application and got approved right away. Those guidelines must have been county specific.

I got mine over 20 years ago at 18 didn’t have to do anything special just applied and went and picked it up. That was in Tuscaloosa.

My son got his permit at 18 with a couple reference letters . I let him take a pistol to school in Florida, this is a gray area but I would rather have him alive and fight the legal battle if it had arose.he was staying in an apartment not on campus.
That being said my son was very mature for his age and I had full confidence in his judgement to use it only if needed.

http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022RS/PrintFiles/HB272-int.pdf

This section here is what sux about this bill. What this says is it is unlawful to carry to any other property not belonging or under control of you. If you carry on somewhere that is not yours or under your control, you need to posses a conceal permit unless you have permission to do so.


Except as otherwise provided in this article, no
person shall carry a pistol about his or her person on private
property not his or her own or under his or her control unless
the person possesses a valid concealed weapon permit or the
person has the consent of the owner or legal possessor of the
premises; but this section shall not apply to any law
enforcement officer in the lawful discharge of the duties of
his or her office, or to a United States marshal or his or her
deputies, rural free delivery mail carriers in the discharge
of their duties as such, bonded constables in the discharge of
their duties as such, conductors, railway mail clerks, and
express messengers in the discharge of their duties.

This is it. My son got his pistol permit at 18. Now I had to buy the pistol for him as gift and he couldn’t purchase one at that time but he was legal to possess it and get his CC permit

My daughter is 18 and we went completed the forms and turned them in. In two weeks she went by the Sheriff's department and picked up her permit. The kicker is that her permit is not honored by other states until she is 21.