This about sums it up
When I see signs like that...I laugh.
I was summoned to jury duty last week. One of the provisions we were given is that the courthouse is a gun-free zone. If I didn’t have something better to do with my time I may have refused the summons by saying I never go to a gun-free zone.
Oh, just DAMN!
Alabama has a Republican governor, and Repub-dominated legislature. There is no excuse as to why the bureaucrat responsible should not be fired by end-of-day.
Here in California, many miles north of the Mexican border you’ll find a border patrol checkpoint, complete with several lanes. All this is on federal property. You are diverted off HWY 86, north of Brawley. I have a ccw and travel thru here often. You are forced into federal property with or without a firearm.
ARE ALABAMA REST STOPS OPERATED BY THE STATE OR BY A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR?
A number of Texas rest stops are run by a contractor based in Tennessee.
My understanding is that there are Federal interstate firearms transportation laws that supercede this. At least for people travelling through the state ..
“...prevent unnecessary trespassing upon or injury to any of the public roads, bridges, or highways...”
Really? They’re afraid someone’s gonna shoot their road?
OK, OK, bear in mind this is about the BUILDINGS at the rest stop - like the bathrooms.
You won’t have to deal with this just for pulling in.
I see the sign on the door and make sure I am not printing.
I’m going on a trip shortly with the family. We will be coming back home through Alabama. Suffice it to say, I will gas up and have everyone visit the pisseteria before entering, and not spend a single dime in the state - not until some government official publicly bats down this absurd and illegal ruling. I don’t need to spend $10,000 to hire a criminal defense lawyer to get me out of the graybar hotel, nor to ruin my vacation and place my CHL and professional license in jeopardy.
Oh, and the sniveling little $hit who put this in place needs to be fired, sans pension benefits.
Melt the phone lines to the Alabama Governor’s office: 334.242.7100
Be polite, and let the very nice lady who answers the phone know that Alabama will necessarily suffer economically because you won’t visit, or will (like me) just pass through without spending a dime...unless the Governor fires the bureaucrat responsible and forces the Dept. of Transportation to reverse its ruling.
Ping; call your gov and state reps.
Piss in bottle, drive thru rest area, throw bottle out window continue driving out of rest area. problem solved.
I left Birmingham Monday on my way back to Florida. I stopped at a rest area just outside of Greenville and saw the “no guns allowed past this point” sign. It was posted on the entrance to the building with the restrooms. If I had to interpret that I would think guns are allowed on the outside grounds of the rest area. Maybe we should pee outside.
Force people to drive longer hours without rest causing more accidents.
Brilliant strategy!/s
I’m thinking that if a guy in an orange vests asks you anything you can tell him to go to @#$%!!!