Alabama Supreme Court won't revise 'open-carry' gun law ruling
Rickey StokesViewed: 3471
Posted by: RStokes
Date: Nov 23 2015 4:52 PM
The Alabama Supreme Court last week refused a request by the City of Jacksonville to revise its ruling that declared unconstitutional a state law that bans the open carry of a gun on someone else's property.
The Alabama Supreme Court in September had ruled the law unconstitutional in an appeal by Jason Dean Tulley. The Calhoun County man had been convicted in Jacksonville city court for violating a law that prohibited "carrying a pistol on premises not one's own or under his control."
Court records show Tulley had been confronted by a security guard after he openly carried a pistol on his hip while inside the First Educators Credit Union on March 31, 2011.
In overturning his conviction and declaring the law unconstitutional, the Alabama Supreme Court in September found that there was not a punishment provision for the crime under state law.
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