Comments on: CCW in Alabama

By: markm

markm — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:56:41 +0000

It was states like Alabama that passed the first gun control laws in the late 19th Century. Of course, in those days “not a person suitable for carrying a gun” meant “colored”…

Not that southern states were the only ones guilty of this. A century later – 1968 – Congress passed a law banning “Saturday Night Specials”, and I doubt there was anyone in Michigan that didn’t understand that as meaning, “cheap pistols like blacks carry”.

By: Ron W

Ron W — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:32:56 +0000

Rustmeister,

I think their recognition of our permit was a direct result of a recent Tennessee Law which recognizes any other State’s permit and then Alabama reciprocated.

By: Rustmeister

Rustmeister — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:25:18 +0000

Alabama was slow on reciprocity. When I got my permit, they didn’t recognize it. I found that strange, but they came on board quickly.

By: Ron W

Ron W — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:44:06 +0000

I understand that at least Alabama does honor our Tennessee Gun Carry Permit, which I use when I travel through there on my occasional vacations to the Florida Gulf Coast. Of course, Florida honors Tennessee Gun Permits too.

I’m wondering what the Alabama State Constitution says on the RKBA? If it says anything like the 2nd Amendment or the Tennessee State Constitution’s Declaration of Rights (Article I, Section 26), then arbitrary decisions of sheriffs as to whether one can exercise their right to armed self-defense should be illegal and unconstitutional.