Alabama § 13A-11-56 Using Firearms While Fighting in Public Place

Alabama Statutes

§ 13A-11-56 — Using Firearms While Fighting in Public Place

Alabama § 13A-11-56

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 13ACriminal Code

Ch. 11Offenses Against Public Order and Safety

Art. 3Offenses Relating to Firearms and Weapons

Div. 1General Provisions

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 13A-11-56 (2026).

Text

Any person who, while fighting in the streets of any city or town, or at a militia muster, or at any public place, whether public in itself, or made public at the time by an assemblage of persons, uses or attempts to use, except in self-defense, any kind of firearms shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $200.00 nor more than $500.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not less than six months.

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Any person who, while fighting in the streets of any city or town, or at a militia muster, or at any public place, whether public in itself, or made public at the time by an assemblage of persons, uses or attempts to use, except in self-defense, any kind of firearms shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $200.00 nor more than $500.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not less than six months.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §129; Code 1867, §3671; Code 1876, §4228; Code 1886, §4094; Code 1896, §5353; Code 1907, §6895; Code 1923, §4045; Code 1940, T. 14, §169; Code 1975, §13-6-127.)