SB120 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Gerald O. Dial

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Gerald H. AllenJimmy HolleyBill HoltzclawTom WhatleyPhillip W. WilliamsTrip PittmanGreg J. ReedBryan TaylorPaul BussmanClay ScofieldJerry L. FieldingDel MarshShadrack McGill

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Firearms, right to bear arms, strict scrutiny standard required for certain denials of right, const. amend.

Description

Article I, Section 26 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, provides that every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself or herself and the state.

This proposed amendment would provide that every citizen has a fundamental right to bear arms and that any restriction on this right would be subject to strict scrutiny.

This proposed amendment would also provide that a citizen cannot be compelled by international treaty or law from taking actions that prohibit, limit, or otherwise interfere with the fundamental right to bear arms.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments