SB8 Alabama 2022 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Firearms, prohibitions on use of certain public resources to enforce certain presidential executive orders relating to firearms, const. amend.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing constitutional law, the federal government may not require a state or its officers to administer or enforce a federal regulatory program</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to create the Alabama Firearm Protection Amendment, to provide that no public funds of this state or any political subdivision of this state may be allocated for the enforcement of, and, when acting in an official capacity, no appointed or elected official, officer, employee, or agent of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, shall enforce, any executive order issued by the President of the United States that becomes effective after January 1, 2021, which limits or restricts the ownership, use, or possession of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories by law-abiding residents of the state</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to firearms; to propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide prohibitions on the use of certain public resources and personnel to enforce certain federal executive orders relating to firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition. </p>

Subjects

Constitutional Amendments