Constitutional Carry legislation in Alabama is facing its first real challenge as the Alabama Sheriffs Association(ASA) lobbies against the measure. ASA director Robert Timmons has come out to announce that his organization is partnering with Moms Demand Action(MDA) in an effort to stomp out the bill.
This news really isn’t all that surprising considering that long standing gun control groups like Moms Demand Action are always trying to kill pro-2A legislation regardless of what that legislation actually is.
Another factor playing into this that many are pointing to is Robert Timmons’ past statements about the 2nd Amendment. Timmons has previously criticized the Constitutional Carry movement and has stated that the 2nd Amendment does not give citizens a right to carry in a concealed fashion. When asked about this stance by 1819 news, Timmons gleefully told them that he would be a proponent of passing legislation that would limit the 2nd Amendment to the possession of firearms for defense of the home only.
From 1819 News:
Timmons has claimed several times that the Second Amendment was not written to give citizens the right to carry a weapon in a concealed fashion, saying that the amendment was only written to allow citizens to have weapons to defend their homes.
Given his interpretation of the Second Amendment, 1819 News asked Timmons if ASA would support amending the Constitution to limit the Second Amendment to the possession of firearms only for the defense of a person’s home.
“Oh yeah,” Timmons said. “I’d be in favor of that. But, I mean, it would never get passed.”
According to Timmons, the ASA is working with Mom’s Demand Action – which bills itself as a “grassroots movement” that fights for more restrictive gun laws –Â to fight against Constitutional carry laws that have been introduced into the current session of the Alabama legislature. “Constitutional carry” is a term used to describe legislation that would allow citizens to legally carry handguns without having to purchase a permit from their local Sheriff’s office.
Alabama is a dark red state and it should be noted that because of this the efforts of Timmons and Moms Demand Action will likely go down in flames. Republicans in the state are, in all likelihood, going to push this through in the coming months because election season is right around the corner. Let’s not count our chickens before they hatch though, keep pushing Constitutional Carry hard in Alabama.
