by Richard Pearson
Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama signed the Alabama Constitutional Carry bill into law one hour after it passed the final vote last week. The sponsor of the bill was Representative Shane Stringer. Representative Stringer was fired from his job as a Captain on the Mobile County Sheriff’s Department for sponsoring the bill. The Alabama Sheriff’s Association opposed the bill so his boss fired him. Representative Stringer is a solid Second Amendment supporter who stood up for what he thought was right and took the hit for doing the right thing. I predict a bright future for Representative Stringer. Maybe he ought to run for sheriff. Alabama is the 22nd state to pass constitutional carry. Governor DeWine of Ohio signed SB215 making constitutional carry legal in Ohio, making Ohio the 23rd state with Constitutional Carry. That leaves Indiana being the next state to most likely become part of the Constitutional Carry family. Georgia is the next most likely after Indiana. That would bring the total Constitutional Carry states to 25, half of the states.