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    Got denied today for my CCW because im 19?

    KBintheSLC - I respect your opinion. I dont have an itchy trigger finger. Ive been around guns my whole life. I was captain of my schools JROTC rifle team in high school. I have a great respect for guns and i have been taught gun safety from day 1. With that being said...I do not plan to ccw...
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    Got denied today for my CCW because im 19?

    Rational Debasis - I gave the Sheriffs office in the other county a call before I typed the letter. The lady that answered said that i had to be 21 so i tried asking who determined that and she said that its at the sheriffs discretion. So i asked her if the sheriff had a set age limit of 21 and...
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    Got denied today for my CCW because im 19?

    yea, i felt that same way. I was gonna just give up, but im at home today with nothing to do and i was surfing the local forum (alabamagunrights.org) and one guy told me to mail the sheriff so i figured it cant hurt. If the sheriff wont help me then im not gonna get all butthurt, Its not that...
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    Got denied today for my CCW because im 19?

    Well i typed the sheriff a letter and i attached the laws for firearms in alabama and im about to go to the post office and send it. We will see how it goes. Heres the letter......... 19 November 2008 Interim Sheriff Ron Abernathy Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office 714 1/2 Greensboro...
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    Got denied today for my CCW because im 19?

    I had to wait a week here in tuscaloosa, Alabama. The sheriffs office website said the age was 19 a few months ago, and then they took that part off recently. I applied and the little age bar on the online application would only go to 1989 so i knew that noone younger than 19 could apply. I am...
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    Applied for CCW 6 weeks ago and getting antsy...

    I just applied for mine yesterday and the Sheriffs office said call in a week to pick it up. Well, if its approved.
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    Shotshells in a handgun?

    One of the guns that was handed down to me a few years ago was a Jennings j-22. My grandfather was a plumber and he kept it in his pocket and had it loaded with "rat-shot" (little blue shotshells) and he would shoot rats and snakes that got in his way when plumbing under houses. Never had any...
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    New guy here looking for history on heirlooms...

    thank you Jim for that site. It helped a lot with the 1911. I field stripped it from the instructions i found online. This is the first time its been cleaned in at least 11 years. Still looking for info on the spanish .410 by Thomas Agote. I asked my dad and all he could tell me is that my...
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    New Member? Introduce yourself here (just intros, questions get answered elsewhere)

    hello, my name is trent and im from alabama. Ive been shooting for as long as i can remember. I own an England Firearms 20ga shotgun, a Thomas Agote .410 shotgun, A savage 30-06, a Savage .22 with a bull barrell, a colt M1911, and a Jennings J-22. In high school i was in JROTC. I was captain of...
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    New guy here looking for history on heirlooms...

    thank you for looking. Both guns are well preserved and all numbers and writing on them are legible so if anyone needs any numbers i can provide them.
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    New guy here looking for history on heirlooms...

    Hey guys, ive been browsing around here lately and i finally decided to join. Ive been a gun owner since i was very young. My dad has taken me shooting for as long as i can remember. I was cleaning up the gun safe today and decided to ask someone about the history of two of my guns. First, i...
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