NathanBForrest
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I'm not a lawyer but I've studied law since 1989 and have litigated in my own person in the federal courts. That said, I have an idea and question about the inconsistency between the Right of Open Carry in Alabama, on foot or bicycle, and the apparent prohibition against carrying openly in a 'vehicle.'
The key word is 'vehicle.' I don't have the original statute for Alabama but one of you guys that has a little time on his hand might want to find out how the term 'vehicle' is defined in the original statute and implementing regulations for open carry of a firearm. One would necessarily go back to the date of such original legislation to determine the original intent and definitions of that time.
For example, there are some statutes that regulate the conduct of a driver or operator in a 'vehicle' but the original statute and implementing regulations defined and limited the definition of a 'vehicle,' for the purposes of those statutes, to school buses. However, one would never know this by reading the 'code' and not also researching the original statutes and associated regulations reading for oneself the definitions of objects regulated by law. Rarely do 'code' sections spell out the law. They merely condense it in a conclusive manner, and in most cases the 'code' is internal to government, and does not apply to private American inhabitants absent some commercial nexus.
It just may be that open carry in a 'vehicle' only applies to certain and specific government vehicles of one sort or another, and not necessarily privately owned automobiles and trucks, not involved in the privileged activity of commerce upon the public highways and byways.
Has anyone researched this already or should we head to the law library or online resource.
I'm not a lawyer but I've studied law since 1989 and have litigated in my own person in the federal courts. That said, I have an idea and question about the inconsistency between the Right of Open Carry in Alabama, on foot or bicycle, and the apparent prohibition against carrying openly in a 'vehicle.'
The key word is 'vehicle.' I don't have the original statute for Alabama but one of you guys that has a little time on his hand might want to find out how the term 'vehicle' is defined in the original statute and implementing regulations for open carry of a firearm. One would necessarily go back to the date of such original legislation to determine the original intent and definitions of that time.
For example, there are some statutes that regulate the conduct of a driver or operator in a 'vehicle' but the original statute and implementing regulations defined and limited the definition of a 'vehicle,' for the purposes of those statutes, to school buses. However, one would never know this by reading the 'code' and not also researching the original statutes and associated regulations reading for oneself the definitions of objects regulated by law. Rarely do 'code' sections spell out the law. They merely condense it in a conclusive manner, and in most cases the 'code' is internal to government, and does not apply to private American inhabitants absent some commercial nexus.
It just may be that open carry in a 'vehicle' only applies to certain and specific government vehicles of one sort or another, and not necessarily privately owned automobiles and trucks, not involved in the privileged activity of commerce upon the public highways and byways.
Has anyone researched this already or should we head to the law library or online resource.