Decatur, Ala. | Sunday, May 19, 2013
Two Decatur men face drug charges; brass knuckles also found
By Lucy Berry
The Decatur Daily

Two Decatur men are in jail after authorities discovered marijuana, prescription medication, brass knuckles and drug paraphernalia in their residence Friday. Decatur police obtained a narcotics … More »
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I did not know you could be arrested for carrying concealed in your own home.

Sparkman Junior, it's not our home. It's the governments house.

What was I thinking? Pardon me, but I grew up in the United States of America when it was the land of the free.

Rereading the article, it does not seem clear who owns the house. Maybe it was not their residence.

The law does not make exceptions for brass knuckles on your own property.

§ 13A-11-53. Brass knuckles and slingshots.

Anyone who carries concealed about his person brass knuckles, slingshots or other

weapon of like kind or description shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $50.00 nor

more than $500.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard

labor for the county for not more than six months.

(Code 1876, §4110; Code 1886, §3776; Code 1896, §4421; Code 1907, §6422; Code 1923, §3486; Code

1940, T. 14, §164; Code 1975, §13-6-123.)

Alabama code makes carrying brass knuckles illegal, regardless of where you are when you are carrying them.

yes they are used for only one thing , stupid thug crap , by stupid thugs and wanna be's

are black jacks illegal in alabama ?

Yes, Bill. All gambling is illegal in Alabama. Tee Hee

Clever S, but I was referring to black men named Jack.

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