Sheriff Paul Burch says there’s been 171-gun related charges since 2022 for those under the age of 20 with 47 of those being 17 years old or younger.
Sheriff Paul Burch is asking legislators to consider amending the law to require those under 21 years old to have a permit.) - Alabama became a permitless carry state in January of last year. Since then, some officials across the state say they’ve seen an increase in gun related crimes.
“If they were required to have a permit then if they didn’t have one and were in possession of a gun then they could be arrested for it and we could prevent a lot of these crimes,” said Burch. “You don’t reach 21 and automatically, magically have maturity so I don’t think that it’s going to have any major effect,” said Rep. Shane Stringer.
“Reasonable suspicion is certainly an element you can investigate a little more, but it doesn’t give you the ability to arrest someone you need probable cause for that,” said Burch.
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