Driving through Alabama
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:12 pm
OK. I got a New Hampshire Non Resident's permit so I could drive through Alabama, on my way to the east coast (see previous post). All the other states I need now have reciprocity with Texas. Alabama is supposed to have reciprocity with New Hampshire, and http://www.packing.org says that non resident's permits are OK.
I went and read the Alabama Attorney General's web site:
http://www.ago.state.al.us/ag_items.cfm?Issue=64
It says (at the bottom of the page) that the question of whether Alabama reciprocity covers non resident permits is not defined in the law, and that the Attorney General has not offered an official position, but that their unofficial position is that it's OK. It suggests checking the status frequently.
I'll be making the trip in a couple of weeks. Shall I take the pistol? I'm thinking I will. If I'm stopped for a traffic problem, shall I notify the officer that I'm carrying, and show him the NH permit? The packing.org site says that's not required. I gather that's because it's not addressed by the Alabama statute. I might normally tell him anyway, as a courtesy. But would it be better not to bring up the subject?
I went and read the Alabama Attorney General's web site:
http://www.ago.state.al.us/ag_items.cfm?Issue=64
It says (at the bottom of the page) that the question of whether Alabama reciprocity covers non resident permits is not defined in the law, and that the Attorney General has not offered an official position, but that their unofficial position is that it's OK. It suggests checking the status frequently.
I'll be making the trip in a couple of weeks. Shall I take the pistol? I'm thinking I will. If I'm stopped for a traffic problem, shall I notify the officer that I'm carrying, and show him the NH permit? The packing.org site says that's not required. I gather that's because it's not addressed by the Alabama statute. I might normally tell him anyway, as a courtesy. But would it be better not to bring up the subject?