Bamafirefighter22
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My name is James and I have been a life long, 26 year, resident of Dothan AL. I spent about 2.5 years in Baghdad as a fire fighter, also a fire fighter at home, and have always been around guns and enjoyed shooting and carrying.
After doing my research on OCDO and a few other sites I found to my amazement that I could legally open carry without any kind of special permit. I also called our local Sheriff in Houston County and asked a random officer about the topic. His reply, quoted to the best of my recollection, was "You may absolutely open carry as long as you abide by the laws" and went on to explain the rule of law set forth pertaining to certain restricted locations and people that are allowed to have firearms (e.g. non-felons ect).
He also stated "Just know though that it is not that common of a thing for the public to see so we might receive calls of a 'person with a gun' and will have to respond to investigate, possibly with our guns drawn as we would to any possible high risk situation and ask for proper ID to be produced to resolve the situation." I replied with "That sounds a little extreme but thanks for the information."
With all this new information my brother and his girlfriend and my girlfriend and myself decided after a hard days work to go into town. I was the only one open carrying last night and our first stop was Home Depot and only the cashier asked if I was an MP or maybe a LEO and I told her "No just exercising my right to open carry".
Next stop was TGIF for some good food. On the way in my brother informed me that there were about three sheriffs cars and a state trooper car in the parking lot and I replied with "Its okay because I know its my right". When were taken to be seated we walked right past their table and we only received a short double-take from one of the officers. Nothing was said and it was a very nice meal.
Lastly we went to Wal-Mart and it also was uneventful.
Its nice to know that we still have this right in our state and are able to exercise it freely without harassment, so far.
I plan on becoming a frequent open carrier and poster to the OCDO forum and or local Craigslist and hopefully can organize more like minded law abiding citizens to do the same.
Thanks for reading,
James
My name is James and I have been a life long, 26 year, resident of Dothan AL. I spent about 2.5 years in Baghdad as a fire fighter, also a fire fighter at home, and have always been around guns and enjoyed shooting and carrying.
After doing my research on OCDO and a few other sites I found to my amazement that I could legally open carry without any kind of special permit. I also called our local Sheriff in Houston County and asked a random officer about the topic. His reply, quoted to the best of my recollection, was "You may absolutely open carry as long as you abide by the laws" and went on to explain the rule of law set forth pertaining to certain restricted locations and people that are allowed to have firearms (e.g. non-felons ect).
He also stated "Just know though that it is not that common of a thing for the public to see so we might receive calls of a 'person with a gun' and will have to respond to investigate, possibly with our guns drawn as we would to any possible high risk situation and ask for proper ID to be produced to resolve the situation." I replied with "That sounds a little extreme but thanks for the information."
With all this new information my brother and his girlfriend and my girlfriend and myself decided after a hard days work to go into town. I was the only one open carrying last night and our first stop was Home Depot and only the cashier asked if I was an MP or maybe a LEO and I told her "No just exercising my right to open carry".
Next stop was TGIF for some good food. On the way in my brother informed me that there were about three sheriffs cars and a state trooper car in the parking lot and I replied with "Its okay because I know its my right". When were taken to be seated we walked right past their table and we only received a short double-take from one of the officers. Nothing was said and it was a very nice meal.
Lastly we went to Wal-Mart and it also was uneventful.
Its nice to know that we still have this right in our state and are able to exercise it freely without harassment, so far.
I plan on becoming a frequent open carrier and poster to the OCDO forum and or local Craigslist and hopefully can organize more like minded law abiding citizens to do the same.
Thanks for reading,
James