It's a town of 3,000 and this is the second mass shooting there in a 7 year span.
Below is copied and pasted from one of the news stories.
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Alabama gun laws
After a new law took effect in January, anyone 18 or over may carry a handgun in the state without a permit, background check or safety training in Alabama. Gov. Kay Ivey signed the legislation into the law that repealed the concealed carry permit requirement in March 2022.
Alabama has no state law that restricts or defines "assault weapons" or "large capacity magazines" and doesn't regulate machine guns as a class of firearm, according to the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action.
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Talk about moving in the exact wrong decision. I feel terrible for the victims, but I have to wonder how many of the residents affected by this tragedy support the lax gun laws there, assuming that the state legislators are representing to democratic will of the people.