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Senate committee approves permitless carry bill

The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to give a favorable report to a permitless carry bill—also called constitutional carry by its proponents—which would allow all Alabama adult citizens who have not lost their gun rights to carry their weapons concealed without having to purchase a concealed carry permit. Senate Bill 1 is sponsored by … Continued
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March 6, 2020

Senate committee approves concealed carry bill

Wednesday, the State Senator Judiciary Committee gave a favorable report that would establish a cohesive and statewide management process for administering and managing concealed weapons permits in the state of Alabama. The legislation would also allow citizens, whose weapons rights have not been revoked, to obtain a lifetime concealed carry permit, also called a pistol … Continued
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March 5, 2020

Sheriffs want a database with all concealed carry permits

Monday the Alabama Sheriff’s Association announced their support for a bill that would create a statewide repository of information about concealed carry permits and would allow officers to check the validity of a concealed carry permit. House Bill 308 is sponsored by State Representative Shane Stringer (R-Mobile). “In the past 13 months, Alabamians have encountered … Continued
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February 25, 2020

Sheriffs working on a fix to ATF’s rejection of Alabama concealed carry permit

On Wednesday, Federal Firearm Licensees (FFL’s) began receiving phone calls and letters from the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms instructing them that they could no longer accept Alabama Concealed Carry Permits (CCPs) issued by Alabama’s Sheriffs as an alternative to completion of a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check … Continued
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July 30, 2019

Sen. Price defends decision to vote against permitless carry

On Friday, the pro-Second Amendment group BamaCarry revoked state Sen. Randy Price’s, R-Opelika, membership in the group. The group took action against Price, because he voted against a Senate bill that would have allowed Alabama residents to carry their handguns in their vehicles and concealed on their person without purchasing a concealed carry permit from … Continued
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April 30, 2019

Senate Committee rejects permit-less carry

Tuesday, the Alabama Senate Tourism Committee voted to reject Senate Bill 4, which would have ended the requirement that citizens obtain a concealed carry permit from their sheriff’s office in order to carry their guns concealed. SB 4 was sponsored by Senator Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa. The legislation was supported by pro-Second Amendment groups including the … Continued
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April 24, 2019
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Separating fact from fiction about “Gun Bill”

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Senate passed Senate Bill 24, which would allow Alabamians, who are lawfully permitted to own a firearm, to carry them concealed on their person without having to purchase a concealed carry permit (sometimes popularly called a “pistol permit”) from their Sheriff’s Office. However, the Alabama Sheriff’s Association … Continued
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April 25, 2017