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, acso@autauga.com
Baldwin County: Sheriff Huey "Hoss" Mack, (251) 937-0210, hmack@baldwincountyal.gov
Barbour County: Sheriff Tyrone Smith, (334) 775-1128
Bibb County: Sheriff Jody Wade, (205) 926-4683, jwade@bibcosoal.org
Blount County: Sheriff Mark Moon, (205) 625-4127, suggest@blountsheriff.org
Bullock County: Sheriff Raymond "Buck" Rodgers, (334) 738-2670
Butler County: Sheriff Danny Bond, (334) 382-6521, sheriffbond@camelliacom.com
Calhoun County: Sheriff Matthew Wade, (256) 236-6600, sheriff@calcoso.org
Chambers County: Sheriff Sid Lockhart, (334) 864-4333, sheriff.lockhart@chamberscountyal.gov
Cherokee County: Sheriff Jeff Shaver, (256) 927-3365, info@cherokeecountyalsheriff.com
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, sheriffstuddard@clayso.net
Cleburne County: Sheriff Dennis Green, (256) 463-2277
Coffee County: Sheriff Dave Sutton, (334) 894-5535, info@coffeeso.us
Colbert County: Sheriff Frank Williamson, (256) 383-0741, info@colbertsheriff.net
Conecuh County: Sheriff Randy Brock, (251) 578-1260
Coosa County: Sheriff Michael Howell, (256) 377-4922, office@coosaso.com
Covington County: Sheriff Blake Turman, (334) 428-2641, blake.turman@covcounty.com
Crenshaw County: Sheriff Terry Mears, (334) 335-4850, crenshawsheriff@gmail.com
Cullman County: Sheriff Matt Gentry, (256) 734-0342, cullmansheriff@cullmansheriff.org
Dale County: Sheriff Wally Olson, (334) 774-2335, info@daleso.com
Dallas County: Sheriff Michael Granthum, (334) 874-2530, dallascoso@dallascounty-al.org
DeKalb County: Sheriff Nicholas Welden, (256) 845-3801, info@dekalbcountysheriff.org
Elmore County: Sheriff Bill Franklin, (334) 567-5546, contacts@elmoreso.com
Etowah County: Sheriff Jonathon Horton, (256) 546-2825
Fayette County: Sheriff Byron Yerby, (205) 932-3205
Franklin County: Sheriff Shannon Oliver, (256) 332-8811, info@franklinsheriff.org
Geneva County: Sheriff Tony Helms, (334) 684-5660, info@genevacountyalsheriff.org
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, info@jacksoncountysheriffal.org
Jefferson County: Sheriff Mark Pettway, (205) 325-5700, info@jeffcosheriffal.com
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, lsco@leecountysheriff.org
Limestone County: Sheriff Mike Blakely, (256) 232-0111, info@limestonesheriff.com
Lowndes County: Sheriff Christopher West, (334) 548-2151
Macon County: Sheriff André Brunson, (334) 724-0669
Madison County: Sheriff Kevin Turner, (256) 532-3413, mcsoinfo@madisoncountyal.gov
Marengo County: Sheriff Richard E. "Ben" Bates, (334) 295-4208
Marion County: Sheriff Kevin Williams, (205) 921-7433, info@marionsoal.com
Marshall County: Sheriff Phil Sims, (256) 582-2034, marshallso@marshallco.org
Mobile County: Sheriff Sam Cochran, (251) 574-7827, lstrange@mobileso.com
Monroe County: Sheriff Thomas Boatwright, (251) 575-2963
Montgomery County: Sheriff Derrick Cunningham, (334) 832-1646
Morgan County: Sheriff Ron Puckett, (256) 351-4800, publicrelations@morgancountysheriffal.gov
Perry County: Sheriff Billy Jones, (334) 683-6534
Pickens County: Sheriff Todd Hall, (205) 367-2000, info@pickenscountyalsheriff.org
Pike County: Sheriff Russell Thomas, (334) 566-4347, pcso@pikecountyalsheriff.com
Randolph County: Sheriff David Cofield, (256) 357-4126
Russell County: Sheriff Heath Taylor, (334) 298-6535
Shelby County: Sheriff John Samaniego, (205) 669-4181, sofacebook@shelbyso.com
St. Clair County: Sheriff Billy Murray, (205) 594-2140, info@stclairsheriff.org
Sumter County: Sheriff Brian Harris, (205) 652-2841
Talladega County: Sheriff Jimmy Kilgore, (256) 362-2748
Tallapoosa County: Sheriff Jimmy Abbett, (256) 825-4264, tallapoosacounty.sheriff@gmail.com
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, sheriffevans@frontier.com
Winston County: Sheriff Horace Moore, (205) 489-8765
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