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    Open carry in Alabama?

    Currently, ALOC has legislation moving through the state house and senate to clean up some of the language in the current gun laws. We are excited it has made it this far but there is no telling if anything will get through the legislators, let alone to the governor. We hope that all you guys...
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    AL Open Carry Statewide Meeting

    On March 5, 2011, Alabama Open Carry is having it's first Statewide Meeting for 2011 in Birmingham. The meeting will be at Jim-N-Nicks BBQ at 2831 Greystone Commercial Blvd. The meeting starts at 2pm and all THR members in the area are invited to join in. Local news (paper, radio and TV) have...
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    Open carry in Alabama?

    Right now, we have legislation being sent to several legislators that are anxious to get it in committee. We may have new gun laws for our state within the next year, if all goes well. We hope to get rid of the need for a license to carry in a vehicle as well as getting rid of 13A-11-52 which...
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    Alabama - open carry?

    If you really want more info, go over to Alabama Open Carry.com. Alabama is an unlicensed open carry state. Unlike some states, no license is required to carry open in AL as long as you are on foot. Current law states the only unlawful carry of a pistol on premises not your own is unlicensed...
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    Per capita Carry Permits?

    Alabama has a pretty high stat for CCWs in the state as you need one to carry a weapon in a vehicle. However, you don't need a permit to carry openly so they are no stats on that.
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    Gun safe in garage?

    One of the best "camoflauge" jobs I saw for a gun safe was to use an old commercial freezer with a key lock on it. If you can disguise your gun safe as a freezer, that might help. Find an old freezer body and encase your gun safe in it...? Sorry, I can't help you with the humidity problem.
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    Cool Gun Store Names

    We have the "Gun-Runner" which is a pawn shop in Florence, AL. There is also "Stix, Strangs and Thangs" which is a full sporting goods store (guns, archery, ATV, motorcycles, etc.) in Tuscumbia, AL.
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    Will there be a change from Concealed Carry to Open Carry?

    Open Carriers Deter Robbery In Kennesaw, GA Waffle House, here's the link: Open Carriers Stop Robbery Alabama is an open carry state and CCWs are fairly easy to get since, by state law, you need one to carry a pistol (not rifle or shotgun) in a vehicle. Many cops do not know open carry is...
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    Will there be a change from Concealed Carry to Open Carry?

    Currently, according to OCDO, there are 43 states that have some sort of Open Carry. The following states: TX, AR, FL, SC and OK are currently working to get OC legal in their states. Some states, like TN, require a license and then you decide whether to OC or CC. Here in AL, you can OC with no...
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    Handgunlaw.us Seeking Help on No Gun Sign Laws.

    Bham Richard wrote "No Firearms" signage in Alabama have no weight of law, i.e. there is no legal penalty for ignoring them. You can be asked to leave or face trespass charges. §13A-11-52 that Ranger posted was later re-written, and superseded by statute whereupon the "premises not your own"...
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    Handgunlaw.us Seeking Help on No Gun Sign Laws.

    Alabama "NO FIREARMS" Laws In Alabama you can open carry/conceal carry almost anywhere. You can not carry in or within 1000 feet of a demonstration and if you are spotted by a LEO and told to leave you must or be arrested. The law is §13A-11-59 in the Alabama Criminal Code. You can not carry...
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    Dallas Reporter Ambushes Crime Victim and Accuses Him Of Being Trigger Happy

    Actions have consequences! Maybe she has learned that lesson...or maybe not! It's difficult to leave your personal biases home when your job is to report the news, but she chose that line of work! I'm sure one of the more liberal news outlets would appreciate having her on their staff.
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    Open carry in Alabama?

    Smince, we don't like to stand out in a crowd either! Believe me, you hear it a lot when someone OCs for the first time about how nervous they were. It takes a while for the nervousness to abate but you still have it around. Our reason for Open Carrying is not to show off but to reassert our...
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    Open carry in Alabama?

    I've listed seven reasons in this thread about why open carry can be preferable to concealed carry. But allow me to help calm your fears about open carry around Huntsville as I live here. We have had discussions with local LEOs and the DA. The DA is aware of our group and that OC is completely...
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    Open carry in Alabama?

    emtpacker, we have more EMT and FF on our site than probably almost any other profession. If you support the RKBA, you are welcome to Alabama Open Carry. There is no mandatory carry requirements. We have OC, CC and NC.
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    Open carry in Alabama?

    For those who are wondering about the reason for open carry, here are a few: 1. Open Carry is a deterrent to crime. It reminds criminals that citizens carry guns too. If there is one gun in the open, how many are being carried concealed? Two OCers in Kennesaw, GA indirectly stopped a robbery...
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    Florida Open Carry bill

    Alabama has always been an Open Carry state. Our state supreme court ended that discussion in 1840 when they ruled that the state could limit concealed carry but because of the state constitution they wrote "...we incline to the opinion that the Legislature cannot inhibit the citizen from...
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    List of 2A activist groups

    You Can Add Alabama Open Carry Just started in April of this year is Alabama Open Carry. So far we have had positive results in Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile and Tuscaloosa. There have actually been some problems with LEOs and all have been successfully resolved in our favor. We...
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    Open carry in Alabama?

    If you check out the AL Open Carry website you will see that we just had our first annual (?) Christmas dinner in the north AL area. We had several members (their guns) and their families show. In total, about 16 people. We were there from 5pm to just after 7pm and we didn't have a single...
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    Open carry in Alabama?

    We have had a pretty good turn out here in Huntsville. I head up the meeting of our open carry group. We have a weekly meeting at the ATL Bread Co. restaurant in Huntsville. We usually have about seven members show up at a time but we are a new organization and growing. The website just started...
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