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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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| We'll take one step at a time, and the first is necessarily - given the political realities - very modest. We'll have to start working again to strengthen the law, and then again to strengthen the next law and again and again. Our ultimate goal, total control of handguns, is going to take time. The first problem is to slow down production and sales. Next is to get registration. The final problem is to make possession of all handguns and ammunition (with a few exceptions) totally illegal. — Pete Shields, founder of Handgun Control, Inc., New Yorker Magazine, June 26, 1976, pg. 53 |
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