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AL: Mobile Co. Sheriff calls proposed Alabama pistol permit bill ‘dangerous’
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Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran is standing his ground when it comes to the newly proposed Alabama pistol permit bill. The pre-filed bill calls for the state to do away with the pistol permit requirement. If passed, anyone over the age of 18 can buy a gun and conceal carry.
“This would be a terrible law,” Cochran said.
Alabama Senator Gerald Allen, a Republican, has been pushing to pass this bill for some time. Supporters of the bill, including gun rights group BamaCarry, say that people should not have to pay to exercise their constitutional right. In a blog post on the group’s website, they say in part: |
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dasing
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| Another money grabbing gun banner in the mix! |
| Comment by:
dasing
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| If the sheriff would allow permits with NO fee, maybe. |
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| For, in principle, there is no difference between a law prohibiting the wearing of concealed arms, and a law forbidding the wearing such as are exposed; and if the former be unconstitutional, the latter must be so likewise. But it should not be forgotten, that it is not only a part of the right that is secured by the constitution; it is the right entire and complete, as it existed at the adoption of the constitution; and if any portion of that right be impaired, immaterial how small the part may be, and immaterial the order of time at which it be done, it is equally forbidden by the constitution. [Bliss vs. Commonwealth, 12 Ky. (2 Litt.) 90, at 92, and 93, 13 Am. Dec. 251 (1822) |
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