This means gun owners no longer need a permit to carry a loaded gun under their clothes, in a bag or in their vehicle. However, certain people still can’t have a gun.
“Whenever they would go to the sheriff’s office or somewhere like that and they wouldn’t be able to get a permit, this would be falling into that same category,” said ALEA Sgt. Jeremy Burkett., safety has been the number one concern. Burkett says this database will help with that. Rep. Shane Stringer sponsored the original legislation. He says the database was important to include.
The database launched on Oct. 1. With constitutional carry now in effect, law enforcement officers are ready to use it.
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