SB253 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Gerald H. Allen Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Firearms, prohibitions on state enforcement of certain federal firearm laws, provided, const. amend.

Description

Under existing constitutional law, the federal government may not require a state or its officers to administer or enforce a federal regulatory program.

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to create the Alabama Firearm Protection Amendment, to prohibit the state and its agencies and political subdivisions from participating in the enforcement of any federal act, law, order, rule, or regulation relating to firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition.

Under existing constitutional law, the United States Congress is given the authority to regulate interstate commerce.

This bill would provide that firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition that are manufactured in this state and remain in this state, and are therefore only engaged in intrastate commerce, are not subject to federal law or regulation, including registration, under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments