Firearms Banned At Alabama Rest Stops

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has banned firearms at rest stops along the state’s interstates. While some question it's legal authority to do so, the state cites Section 25-1-59(c) of Alabama code as evidence that the action falls within it's rights.

Yellowhammer News writes: 'the department’s interpretation, according to their own legal citations, indicates that it views all gun-owners as trespassers or those would cause “injury to public roads”, as it is the only construable way to ban firearms from the public property rest stops.'

Speaking in an interview with the Yellowhammer, State Rep. Barry Moore said, “I think that’s certainly an overstep. The Second Amendment is pretty clear: [government] SHALL not infringe. It seems like more and more, government tends to infringe on our right to bear arms. If anything I think we need to be getting rid of gun-free zones, not creating more of them.”

Do you agree with ALDOT's decision to ban firearms from the State's rest stops?