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Sweeping Gun Law changes go into effect across Alabama today!

Jonathon Sometimes

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Jun 20, 2008
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Birmingham, Alabama, USA
We've had so many setbacks and difficulties. This is the sweet moment where you get to take a breath, and realize something relatively good has happened.

Take a second to celebrate this victory today. Everyone has done a great job on this. Thanks to Sen. Beason for running with it, and everyone who fought for its passage.
 

Daylen

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Aug 29, 2010
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America
-52 applies again, discarding CDJ vs state and braxton vs state; consent remains ambiguous, so it is difficult to know or prove that a person does not need written permission from a store owner to OC without a permit. The wording of disorderly conduct is bad (its no protection for someone who wants to carry a slung rifle). Preemption has become meaningless. Truck carry via unloaded and secured pistol is ridiculous, but was de facto law anyway. Finally, the portion for having a firearm in a vehicle at work was needless, only wimpy fools unlock their vehicle to allow an employer to conduct a search; the rest were likely storing a pistol regardless of policy. The interior of my vehicle is my property, it is not on the employers property.

I see no reason for rejoice. The only way to make this worse is if the guy arrested (and convicted in a municipal court) for -52 in Jacksonville was acquitted upon appeal.
 

Kirbinator

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Jan 22, 2010
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903
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Middle of the map, Alabama
Worse, we now have no-carry zones and exemptions installed for law enforcement officers (LEOs), where before we had neither.

Of course, then again, we're arguing over something excepted out of the general powers of government by the state constitution itself.
 
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