Arkansas § 4-21-103 Prohibitions

Arkansas Statutes

§ 4-21-103 — Prohibitions

Arkansas § 4-21-103

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Ark. Code Ann. § 4-21-103 (2026).

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(a)A personal firearm, a firearms accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in Arkansas and that remains within the borders of Arkansas is not subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce, as those items have not traveled in interstate commerce.

(b)(1) This chapter applies to a firearm, a firearms accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured in Arkansas from basic materials and that can be manufactured without the inclusion of any significant parts imported from another state.

(2)Generic and insignificant parts that have other manufacturing or consumer product applications that are not firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition that are imported in

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(a) A personal firearm, a firearms accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in Arkansas and that remains within the borders of Arkansas is not subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce, as those items have not traveled in interstate commerce. (b) (1) This chapter applies to a firearm, a firearms accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured in Arkansas from basic materials and that can be manufactured without the inclusion of any significant parts imported from another state. (2) Generic and insignificant parts that have other manufacturing or consumer product applications that are not firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition that are imported into Arkansas and incorporated into a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured in Arkansas do not subject the firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition to federal regulation. (3) Basic materials, such as unmachined steel and unshaped wood, are not firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition and are not subject to congressional authority to regulate firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition under interstate commerce as if they were actually firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition. (4) The authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce in basic materials does not include authority to regulate firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition made in Arkansas from the materials contained in this subsection as long as the firearm is not taken or sold outside the boundaries of the State of Arkansas. (c) Firearms accessories that are imported into Arkansas from another state and that are subject to federal regulation as being in interstate commerce do not subject a firearm to federal regulation under interstate commerce because they are attached to or used in conjunction with a firearm in Arkansas. (d) This section does not apply to: (1) A firearm that cannot be carried and used by one (1) person; (2) A firearm that has a bore diameter greater than one and one-half inches (1 ½") and that uses smokeless powder, not black powder, as a propellant; (3) Ammunition with a projectile that explodes using an explosion of chemical energy after the projectile leaves the firearm; or (4) Other than shotguns, a firearm that discharges two (2) or more projectiles with one (1) activation of the trigger or other firing device.