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Order online, pick up at a licensed dealer in Garland County. Hot Springs is the Garland County seat, built around the thermal springs that became Hot Springs National Park and Bathhouse Row. Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine sit on the Ouachita River south of town and Lake Ouachita spreads out to the west.
Pick an FFL dealer near you that accepts shipped transfers and name it at checkout. We confirm their license and ship the firearm to them. Ammunition, optics and parts ship straight to your door where Arkansas law allows.
Arkansas has no permit to purchase, no firearm registration and no state waiting period. At a licensed dealer you show photo ID, fill out ATF Form 4473 and the dealer runs a federal NICS background check; if the check clears you take the gun the same day. Federal law sets the dealer minimum at 18 for rifles and shotguns and 21 for handguns. Private sales between two Arkansas residents need no state background check, but it is still a crime to hand a firearm to someone you know cannot legally have one.
Dealers in these communities all work for Hot Springs-area buyers:
Arkansas does not require a license to carry a handgun, openly or concealed, if you may legally have one. Act 746 of 2013 rewrote the carrying-a-weapon statute so that carrying is an offense only with a purpose to unlawfully employ the weapon, and Act 777 of 2023 wrote into the law that a license is not required to carry a concealed handgun. The Concealed Handgun Carry License is still issued by the Arkansas State Police, and many people keep one for reciprocity in other states and for the enhanced endorsement. Courthouses, jails, schools, government meetings, airport terminals and posted places stay off-limits.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission splits the state into deer zones, and dates change with the zone. For 2026-27 most zones opened modern gun on November 14, 2026, with a statewide Christmas hunt December 26 to 28; Faulkner County sits in Zone 8, where modern gun ran November 14 to December 6. Archery in Zone 8 runs September 26, 2026 to February 28, 2027, with alternative firearms October 17 to 25 and December 12 to 14. Any legal rifle, shotgun, handgun or muzzleloader may be used in modern gun season. Check the current zone map for your Garland County dates and antler rules.
Garland County is wrapped in the Ouachita National Forest and Corps of Engineers land around Lake Ouachita, so public deer and hog hunting is genuinely available here. The Bear Mountain and Jessieville forest ranges are both in the county for sighting in.
The Ouachita National Forest surrounds the city, and the Jessieville and Bear Mountain shooting ranges north of town are both free national forest ranges.
Arkansas has real public shooting: the Game and Fish Commission runs or partners on a handful of staffed ranges, and the Ouachita and Ozark-St. Francis National Forests keep free, unstaffed ranges open sunrise to sunset. A hunting license is not needed to shoot at them, but AGFC ranges charge a small per-person or per-round fee and the forest ranges post their own rules at the gate.
Source: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission shooting and archery range list and U.S. Forest Service Ouachita and Ozark-St. Francis shooting range pages, September 2026. Distances are approximate; call or check the agency site before you drive out.
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Yes. Order here, name a licensed FFL dealer in Hot Springs Village, Royal, Jessieville, Hot Springs or anywhere in Garland County, and we ship the firearm to them. You fill out ATF Form 4473 at their counter and they run the background check.
No. Arkansas has no permit to purchase and no firearm registry. You pass a NICS background check and sign Form 4473 at the licensed dealer near Hot Springs that receives your order.
No. There is no state waiting period, so once the dealer's background check comes back as proceed you can take the firearm home that day.
The Arkansas State Police issue every Concealed Handgun Carry License in the state, not the county sheriff. You apply online or on paper, get fingerprinted and finish an approved training course with live fire.
We ship every firearm to a licensed dealer near Hot Springs that you pick at checkout. The dealer runs the background check and hands the gun over; ammunition, optics and most parts ship to your door.
Arkansas law does not require a license to carry a handgun if you may legally have one, after Act 746 of 2013 and Act 777 of 2023. Stay out of courthouses, schools, jails and posted places, and read the carry guide before you rely on it.
Feral hogs may be taken on private land with the landowner's permission, and Game and Fish treats them as a nuisance species rather than game. Public land rules are tighter and change often, so read the current AGFC regulations for the wildlife management area you plan to hunt.
Each dealer sets its own fee, commonly $20 to $75. Call before you order to confirm the price and that they accept firearms shipped from an online store.
General information, not legal advice. Rules current as of September 2026. See our Arkansas gun law overview and check with Arkansas State Police, Concealed Handgun Carry Licensing or a local attorney about your own situation.