Alabama Lawmakers Weighing Permitless Concealed Carry — Could 2017 Be The Year Of Constitutional Carry?

By James England

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA — In Alabama, you can walk down the street with a rifle slung over your shoulder but if you sit behind a driver’s seat with a handgun holstered, you need a permit. One Alabama lawmaker says this is an unjust burden against its citizens and has proposed a measure to remove the need for a permit to carry concealed.

According to the Washington Times, Republican Sen. Gerald Allen filed the bill for Alabama’s next legislative cycle. If passed, a similar bill would need to move through the Senate and then be signed into law before taking effect.

Alabama and New Hampshire are just two of the states with permitless concealed carry on the agenda.

Local law enforcement are the issuing authority in both states, shall issue so long as there’s no prohibiting factors, and neither require mandatory training. This makes the step to permitless a bit more palatable for state legislators that really aren’t too involved in the process to begin with.

As brought up in previous articles, the major arguments against usually revolve around lack of mandatory training and a lack of checks and balances against criminals who shouldn’t possess firearms. Neither Alabama nor New Hampshire require training …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation