Recently, the mayors of Alabama's biggest cities have made overtures about repealing the state's permitless "constitutional" carry law, which was passed by the legislature in 2022.
Despite recent speculation that Alabama's Big 10 Mayors would soon be meeting to discuss repealing the state's permitless carry law, Big 10 chairman Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson says that is not the case.
Bessemer Police Chief Mike Wood addressed the media following deadly shootings over the weekend. Wood said the legislature’s move to allow people to carry guns without a concealed carry permit has impacted efforts to reduce crime.
Earlier this week, Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch called on the Alabama Legislature to rethink its so-called constitutional carry law passed in 2022 by raising the age of those to whom the law would apply.
State Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle), the sponsor of the 2022 legislation removing the state’s requirement for a concealed carry permit, recently slammed Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed’s continued blaming the bill for escalating crime in Alabama’s capital city.
In recent months, Montgomery leadership has attempted to pass the buck on who’s to blame for the recent rash of violent crime that has swept the city.
A Republican lawmaker pushed back against Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed’s chief of staff Chip Hill’s prolonged weekend gun-violence screed in which he both denied the existence of rampant crime in Montgomery and blamed the violence on Alabama’s gun laws.
State Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road) took aim at Montgomery Mayor Steve Reed and other Montgomery leadership, announcing plans to file legislation allowing the state to appoint a police chief if a municipality’s crime rate exceeds a certain level.
According to Stringer, leaving the required permit system is not an extreme danger as it was not as safe or foolproof as many believed.
A bill to increase funds for local sheriff’s offices for lost revenue from selling pistol permits has been filed in the Alabama House of Representatives.
Alabama will soon begin reimbursing counties for revenue losses from constitutional carry, according to Gov. Kay Ivey.
At the beginning of the new year, eligible Alabamians can carry firearms without having to procure a license.
With a nearly $40 million annual budget, the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office won't miss the approximately $500,000 generated from concealed carry permits when the state rings in permitless carry along with the new year.
A new constitutional carry law set to go into effect next year in Alabama will end the requirement for state park visitors to receive written permission to carry a firearm on park property, according to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR).
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County leaders across the state are claiming they are already seeing a decrease in funding due to a bill that was passed in this year’s legislative session, that allows for Constitutional carry in the state. However, the law hasn’t gone into effect yet, so others are questioning those claims.
The constitutional carry law passed by the legislature earlier this year, which ends the permit requirement for firearms in Alabama, will go into effect in the new year.
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