[real saxophonist]

Old joke: When you cross the state line into Alabama, a sheriff's deputy will stop you and ask if you have a gun.

If you say no, he'll give you one.

[suthener]

“Old joke: When you cross the state line into Alabama, a sheriff’s deputy will stop you and ask if you have a gun.
If you say no, he’ll give you one.”

Yeah, but our permit process is ridiculous. It can sometimes take 10 or 15 minutes to get a permit. My permit is due for renewal. I have to decide whether to pay $20.00 and renew online or go to the office, show my retired military I.D. and not pay anything.

Disclaimer: permits should not be required; however, the system in my county could not be easier.

[Ancesthntr]

“Old joke: When you cross the state line into Alabama, a sheriff’s deputy will stop you and ask if you have a gun.”

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When I was early in my HS career, a senior whom I knew fairly well graduated and when on a tour around the country by car with a friend of his. When they crossed the border into Alabama, they of course saw the “Welcome to Alabama!” billboard...but scrawled on it were the following words: “You are now leaving the United States.”

I didn’t then, nor do I now, look upon that in a bad way. I never lived there, but most folks that I’ve met from Alabama are rock-solid patriots and decent folks.