Tag: Alabama

Color within the Lines

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for Alabama to use a pro-Republican congressional map that eliminates one of its two districts where Black voters make up a majority or ​near-majority, giving a boost to President Donald Trump as his party defends its control of Congress in November’s midterm elections. [More]

OK, but what’s that got to do with RKBA?

[Via Jess]

We’re the Only Ones Unwarranted Enough

Officers from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) routinely trespass onto private land—without consent, a warrant, or any reason to suspect a hunting violation has occurred—to conduct exploratory searches. They ignore fences, gates, and “no trespassing” signs, treating private land like public property. And all of this is purportedly authorized by an Alabama statute. [More]

I resume they can kill your dog with impunity if he vocally objects?

[Via Michael G]

Poison Ivey

After a violent year marked by multiple mass shootings in Alabama, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey and many lawmakers from both parties are backing a proposed ban on so-called Glock switches and other conversion devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns. [More]

Are she and the Vichycons really that stupid? Let’s ask.

Good thing her “commitment to the Second Amendment has never been in question.”

[Via Steve T]

We’re the Only Ones Unaffected Enough

While the Atmore Four live with the trauma and expense of fighting bogus charges, there have been no repercussions for the DA or sheriff. [More]

Hopefully the civil suit will change that, but it still leaves the question of where the hell AL AG Steve Marshall is on this.

We could ask.

[Via Michael G]

On Guns and Immigration, Alabama Republican Shows Himself to Be ‘Enemy in the Gates’

Republican Rep. Reed Ingram “feels” the state’s 2022 permitless carry law, where “anyone over 19 years old can carry a concealed handgun without a permit, background check or training,” is a “bad bill.” Now “he intends to file a bill that would instead require someone to be 21 to conceal carry. They would also have to pass a hunter safety course or get a permit from the sheriff’s office.” [More]

With Republicans like this jackass, who needs Democrats?

We’re the Only Ones ‘Defunded’ Enough

Alabama sheriffs and the head of the state’s county commission association are sounding alarms about the financial implications of removing concealed carry permit revenues from their budgets. The cuts could be deep for county sheriffs and could shave off up to 50% or more from an agency’s budget within the next year. [More]

Poor babies! Similar measures wiped out the poll tax collectors industry!

Naturally, hysterical Shannon Watts is tying “shall not be infringed” in with “defund the police.”

[Via Jess]