A bill just passed the senate that has some improvements to our gun laws in it. I think that having to have a permit to carry a gun in your vehicle is stupid, but its a step in the right direction. It also makes it illegal for an employer to tell you that you can't have a firearm in your car in the parking lot, extends CHL's to 5 years instead of 1, extends castle doctrine to businesses, and reiterates that open carry is legal in the state.
http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/04/alabama_senate_passes_bill_all_1.html#incart_m-rpt-2
http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/04/alabama_senate_passes_bill_all_1.html#incart_m-rpt-2