Doug Jones says Alabama is ready for gun restrictions Doug Jones says Alabama is ready for gun restrictions Alabamians are ready for restrictions on guns, including background checks and raising the age to buy assault rifles to 21, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., said Friday. "People in Alabama love their guns, but they also love their children," Jones told CNN's Dana Bash during a discussion at Birmingham's Civil Rights Institute sponsored by the Faith and Politics Institute. "And they like to be safe in theaters, and they like to be safe in churches, and I think there is common ground." Jones said he was making those comments as a proud gun owner, adding that his wife believes he has too many firearms. But he said there needs to be a balance between gun rights and gun safety, and called on his Democratic colleagues to side with incremental progress instead of being stubborn. "I'm the kind of person that believes especially in an issue like this, if we can make any progress ...it opens the door to so many others," he said. "We got to get something done, don't get me a list of things that have to be done ... let's not cut our nose to spite our face. I went into the Senate with my eyes open about partisan politics ... but i think we are moving in a way that gets things done." Jones likened the current gun control debate to the #MeToo movement that started during his Senate campaign against Republican Roy Moore in that young people are raising their voices in the same ways that women are. "I think they're going have a huge impact. I felt like .. we may have reached that tipping point with not only regard to firearms but to school safety," Jones said. "People look at the tragedy and say its the tragedy that all of a sudden called us to action [but[ we've never had a group of students like we have at Parkland." Gee I wonder who will be next Agenda 2030 https://www.al.com/news/2018/03/doug_jones_says_alabama_is_rea.html?https://www.nola.com/nation_world/article_02997d12-9b83-5da0-86e6-3c153b31154d.htmlfbclid=IwAR1AZTtU0WrCeGNH8NCOgUKRWlgr9HwoEagehOub5W-zonno7nwqwjcRUCc