Your NRA has learned that a number of Alabama sheriffs are attempting to derail House Bill 39 and Senate Bill 47, NRA-supported bills to provide a lifetime option to Alabama’s concealed carry permit holders. We’ve heard that the Alabama Sheriffs Association (ASA) and individual sheriffs from across the state have been in Montgomery hammering your legislators to kill these important bills. The choice of which option is best for your self-defense needs should be YOURS, not theirs. Please click the “Take Action” button below or call 334-264-7827 to contact the Alabama Sheriffs Association (ASA) and also call your individual sheriff at their office number below provided by the ASA. (Please do not call their emergency or dispatch phone numbers.) Respectfully tell them that you, as a law-abiding gun owner, want the lifetime option and they need to stop undermining your right to self-defense!
SB 47 and HB 39 create a new statewide, uniform system to provide lifetime permits for qualified applicants at a cost of $200. For state residents over 65, the fee drops to $150.
Permit holders don’t need to be reminded that Alabama’s exemption to the NICS background check was stripped last summer after an investigation revealed serious irregularities in the permitting process of several sheriffs over a number of years. Instead of acknowledging how their actions undermined the self-defense rights of permit holders, however, the sheriffs are trying to kill the lifetime option bills.
The ASA has even gone so far as to sponsor House Bill 308, a bill that creates a new “repository” of all concealed carry permits, along with the personal information of permit holders, to be administered by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. It doesn’t provide a lifetime permit and it doesn’t make the permit application process any easier. This bill was introduced for one purpose and one purpose only – kill the lifetime permit bills that are gaining support day-by-day in the legislature.
The unfortunate truth is that many sheriffs don’t believe they answer to the law-abiding gun owners of their counties. Over the years, these sheriffs, along with the ASA, have thwarted all attempts to streamline and modernize the permitting system. They refuse to recognize your right to protect yourself and your loved ones. Every year, they spend countless hours in Montgomery finding ways to sabotage bills that are introduced to protect and promote our rights. Once again, they’re in Montgomery to kill NRA-supported bills which advance your firearms freedom.
It’s time we stood together and said enough is enough. Please use the information here to contact the ASA and your sheriff to let them know that you want a lifetime permit and strongly oppose HB 308 and their continued games to protect the status quo.
Autauga County: Sheriff Joe Sedinger, (334) 361-2500, [email protected]
Baldwin County: Sheriff Huey "Hoss" Mack, (251) 937-0210, [email protected]
Barbour County: Sheriff Tyrone Smith, (334) 775-1128
Bibb County: Sheriff Jody Wade, (205) 926-4683, [email protected]
Blount County: Sheriff Mark Moon, (205) 625-4127, [email protected]
Bullock County: Sheriff Raymond "Buck" Rodgers, (334) 738-2670
Butler County: Sheriff Danny Bond, (334) 382-6521, [email protected]
Calhoun County: Sheriff Matthew Wade, (256) 236-6600, [email protected]
Chambers County: Sheriff Sid Lockhart, (334) 864-4333, [email protected]
Cherokee County: Sheriff Jeff Shaver, (256) 927-3365, [email protected]
Chilton County: Sheriff John Shearon, (205) 755-4698
Choctaw County: Sheriff Scott Lolley, (205) 459-2166
Clarke County: Sheriff Ray Norris, (251) 275-8132
Clay County: Sheriff James Studdard, (256) 354-2176, [email protected]
Cleburne County: Sheriff Dennis Green, (256) 463-2277
Coffee County: Sheriff Dave Sutton, (334) 894-5535, [email protected]
Colbert County: Sheriff Frank Williamson, (256) 383-0741, [email protected]
Conecuh County: Sheriff Randy Brock, (251) 578-1260
Coosa County: Sheriff Michael Howell, (256) 377-4922, [email protected]
Covington County: Sheriff Blake Turman, (334) 428-2641, [email protected]
Crenshaw County: Sheriff Terry Mears, (334) 335-4850, [email protected]
Cullman County: Sheriff Matt Gentry, (256) 734-0342, [email protected]
Dale County: Sheriff Wally Olson, (334) 774-2335, [email protected]
Dallas County: Sheriff Michael Granthum, (334) 874-2530, [email protected]
DeKalb County: Sheriff Nicholas Welden, (256) 845-3801, [email protected]
Elmore County: Sheriff Bill Franklin, (334) 567-5546, [email protected]
Etowah County: Sheriff Jonathon Horton, (256) 546-2825
Fayette County: Sheriff Byron Yerby, (205) 932-3205
Franklin County: Sheriff Shannon Oliver, (256) 332-8811, [email protected]
Geneva County: Sheriff Tony Helms, (334) 684-5660, [email protected]
Greene County: Sheriff Jonathan M. "Joe" Benison, (205) 372-3242
Hale County: Sheriff Kenneth W. Ellis, (334) 624-3081
Henry County: Sheriff William Maddox, (334) 585-3131
Houston County: Sheriff Donald Valenza, (334) 677-4882
Jackson County: Sheriff Chuck Phillips, (256) 574-2610, [email protected]
Jefferson County: Sheriff Mark Pettway, (205) 325-5700, [email protected]
Lamar County: Sheriff Hal Allred, (205) 695-7470
Lauderdale County: Sheriff Rick Singleton, (256) 760-5756
Lawrence County: Sheriff Max Sanders, (256) 974-2410
Lee County: Sheriff Jay Jones, (334) 737-7022, [email protected]
Limestone County: Sheriff Mike Blakely, (256) 232-0111, [email protected]
Lowndes County: Sheriff Christopher West, (334) 548-2151
Macon County: Sheriff André Brunson, (334) 724-0669
Madison County: Sheriff Kevin Turner, (256) 532-3413, [email protected]
Marengo County: Sheriff Richard E. "Ben" Bates, (334) 295-4208
Marion County: Sheriff Kevin Williams, (205) 921-7433, [email protected]
Marshall County: Sheriff Phil Sims, (256) 582-2034, [email protected]
Mobile County: Sheriff Sam Cochran, (251) 574-7827, [email protected]
Monroe County: Sheriff Thomas Boatwright, (251) 575-2963
Montgomery County: Sheriff Derrick Cunningham, (334) 832-1646
Morgan County: Sheriff Ron Puckett, (256) 351-4800, [email protected]
Perry County: Sheriff Billy Jones, (334) 683-6534
Pickens County: Sheriff Todd Hall, (205) 367-2000, [email protected]
Pike County: Sheriff Russell Thomas, (334) 566-4347, [email protected]
Randolph County: Sheriff David Cofield, (256) 357-4126
Russell County: Sheriff Heath Taylor, (334) 298-6535
Shelby County: Sheriff John Samaniego, (205) 669-4181, [email protected]
St. Clair County: Sheriff Billy Murray, (205) 594-2140, [email protected]
Sumter County: Sheriff Brian Harris, (205) 652-2841
Talladega County: Sheriff Jimmy Kilgore, (256) 362-2748
Tallapoosa County: Sheriff Jimmy Abbett, (256) 825-4264, [email protected]
Tuscaloosa County: Sheriff Ron Abernathy, (205) 464-8501
Walker County: Sheriff Nicholas Smith, (205) 302-6464
Washington County: Sheriff Richard Stringer, (251) 847-2202
Wilcox County: Sheriff Earnest Evans, (334) 682-4715, [email protected]
Winston County: Sheriff Horace Moore, (205) 489-8765
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