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Alabama handgun transportation law: need verification
Posted on 5/1/13 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 5/1/13 at 12:24 pm
So I am sure we all travel to or through Alabama from time to time, and I remember a while back thinking that Alabama had some very weird gun laws in regards to transporting them. I looked it up again, and found this excerpt from a message board...
Questions:
1. Can any one verify that this is true?
2. What kind of retarded law is this? How can you be free to open carry but not have it openly in your car. I can't believe a state in the south would require a 'permit' for vehicle transportation.
quote:
The State of Alabama does recognize pistol licenses or permits to carry concealed weapons issued by other states who will recognize Alabama pistol licenses. [See the list posted above.] Also, a person may carry or transport a long gun (rifle or shotgun) without a permit. A person may lawfully transport a firearm, including a handgun, from one state in which they are legal to possess to another state without a permit as required under Alabama law, provided the following conditions are met:
1. The firearm is unloaded.
2. Neither the firearm nor any ammunition being transported is readily accessible or is directly accessible from the passenger compartment of such transporting vehicle.
3. In case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver's compartment, the firearm and ammunition shall be in a locked container other than the glove box or console.
Questions:
1. Can any one verify that this is true?
2. What kind of retarded law is this? How can you be free to open carry but not have it openly in your car. I can't believe a state in the south would require a 'permit' for vehicle transportation.
This post was edited on 5/1/13 at 12:25 pm
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Posted on 5/1/13 at 12:38 pm to TulaneUVA
Go to www.handgunlaw.us
Click on the state of Alabama (It's the one that looks like a schoolkid's mirror image of Mississippi).
Click on the state of Alabama (It's the one that looks like a schoolkid's mirror image of Mississippi).
Posted on 5/1/13 at 12:42 pm to TulaneUVA
They are true and they are retarded.
For being "gun friendly" this transportation law is a bit ridiculous.
For being "gun friendly" this transportation law is a bit ridiculous.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 12:45 pm to TulaneUVA
it's true and i'm sure if a gump cop pulls you over your gonna be fricked. i travel through alabama multiple times annually and it pisses me off every time cause you gotta comply with this shite
Posted on 5/1/13 at 1:08 pm to TulaneUVA
It's true, and I agree, it's a retarded law.
I live in Kentucky but travel back home to gumpland occasionally.
I much prefer Kentucky's gun laws.
I live in Kentucky but travel back home to gumpland occasionally.
I much prefer Kentucky's gun laws.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 2:09 pm to TulaneUVA
I don't understand why anyone with a handgun would not have a CCW permit. If Alabama doesn't reciprocate with your state, then bitch to your own state government.
And yes, the law is stupid and just about nobody follows it. You'll probably get pulled over by the one a-hole cop who will though.
And yes, the law is stupid and just about nobody follows it. You'll probably get pulled over by the one a-hole cop who will though.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 7:12 pm to TulaneUVA
Much ado over not very much. Lived here a year and have gone to plenty of ranges without a CCW permit. The LEO's here know the vast majority of people going to these ranges don't have CCW permits either. One told me just keep it out of the "lunge" area and in a range bag or case and you'll be fine.
Posted on 5/1/13 at 7:46 pm to TulaneUVA
Yea them gumps is fricked up 
Posted on 5/2/13 at 7:37 am to TulaneUVA
I admire you for checking the laws, but I travel with mine through any state I want and if I have to use it I will tell the jury that I would rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6.
Posted on 5/2/13 at 5:30 pm to TulaneUVA
Just for the sake of knowing, Virginia's law concerning carrying a handgun in your vehicle is addressed by Virginia's attorney general:
[quote]Accordingly , it is my opinion that, provided the handgun is properly secured in a container or compartment within the vehicle, persons who may lawfully possess a firearm but have not been issued a concealed weapons permit may possess, in a vehicle , a handgun that is loaded and the handgun may remain within reach of a driver or passenger under such conditions. It further is my opinion that, for a handgun to be "secured in a container or compartment, " such storage tool need not be locked. Finally, it is my opinion that an individual may not keep a firearm stored in his vehicle at a place of employment if there is a company policy or signage prohibiting firearms on the premises. With kindest regards, I am Very truly yours, Kenneth T. Cucinelli, II
Attorney General (quote)
[quote]Accordingly , it is my opinion that, provided the handgun is properly secured in a container or compartment within the vehicle, persons who may lawfully possess a firearm but have not been issued a concealed weapons permit may possess, in a vehicle , a handgun that is loaded and the handgun may remain within reach of a driver or passenger under such conditions. It further is my opinion that, for a handgun to be "secured in a container or compartment, " such storage tool need not be locked. Finally, it is my opinion that an individual may not keep a firearm stored in his vehicle at a place of employment if there is a company policy or signage prohibiting firearms on the premises. With kindest regards, I am Very truly yours, Kenneth T. Cucinelli, II
Attorney General (quote)
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