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Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 01:58 PM Apr 2014

Georgia’s ‘Guns Everywhere Bill’

Source: msnbc Rachel Maddow show

Just a few minutes ago, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) signed sweeping new gun legislation into law, and while it’s technically the “Safe Carry Protection Act,” NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez noted that many have labeled it the “Guns Everywhere Bill.”


One of the most permissive state gun laws in the nation, it will allow licensed owners to carry firearms into more public places than at any time in the past century, including bars and government buildings that don’t have security checkpoints.



The law also authorizes school districts to appoint staffers to carry firearms. It allows churches to “opt-in” if they want to allow weapons. Bars could already “opt-in” to allow weapons, but under the new law they must opt out if they want to bar weapons. Permit-holders who accidentally bring a gun to an airport security checkpoint will now be allowed to pick up their weapon and leave with no criminal penalty. (At Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, a record 111 guns were found at TSA screening areas last year.)



Americans for Responsible Solutions, the group co-founded by former Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords, has called the legislation “the most extreme gun bill in America.”

Despite the opposition of gun-safety reformers and Georgia law enforcement, the bill was passed with relative ease. The governor’s Democratic challenger, state Sen. Jason Carter, voted for it, too, though he made it slightly less extreme, helping eliminate some provisions, including a measure allowing guns on college campuses.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/georgias-guns-everywhere-bill

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Georgia’s ‘Guns Everywhere Bill’ (Original Post) Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 OP
I'm making a list, I'm checking it twice, I'm gonna write down who's naughty or nice, ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2014 #1
I live in the GA DaDeacon Apr 2014 #3
I've spent some time there, work and play. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2014 #4
The vast majority of the country allows open carry. ManiacJoe Apr 2014 #15
Italy is marvie this time of year. So is Japan, Australia, parts of the Carrib, and of course, ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2014 #18
concealed-carry Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #21
No, open. former9thward Apr 2014 #28
Wrong. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #30
My post was about states allowing open carry. former9thward Apr 2014 #32
Yet another reason to retire outside of the US. avebury Apr 2014 #38
Have fun.... former9thward Apr 2014 #27
This law applies to concealed carry. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #31
Yeah Andy823 Apr 2014 #2
what could possibly go wrong? BadGimp Apr 2014 #5
I wonder if I could carry a gun Mr.Bill Apr 2014 #6
A good question gratuitous Apr 2014 #23
aw no Skittles Apr 2014 #42
GA office of tourism slogan: question everything Apr 2014 #7
Who would have thought passiveporcupine Apr 2014 #8
Even in most of the wild-west you had to turn in your guns when you entered a city groundloop Apr 2014 #14
Permit-holders who accidentally bring a gun to an airport security checkpoint... shawn703 Apr 2014 #9
oopsie! frylock Apr 2014 #17
However GeoWilliam750 Apr 2014 #10
probably due to Voter ID laws of yesteryear. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2014 #19
There was another post yesterday on this GeoWilliam750 Apr 2014 #22
Peabrained impotent gun humpers are the anchor dragging America to the bottom. nt onehandle Apr 2014 #11
The church part confuses me... High_Voltage Apr 2014 #12
No they were not allowed to permit weapons. Brown Coat Apr 2014 #33
The bar part is arguable if you are there as a patron.... High_Voltage Apr 2014 #43
Just one more reason Blue Idaho Apr 2014 #13
This is not a problem in the rest of the country. ManiacJoe Apr 2014 #16
damn. why does this make me feel like this is a lob, ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2014 #20
Most likely due to misconceptions on your behalf. ManiacJoe Apr 2014 #24
You seriously miss my point. Sigh. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2014 #34
Oh, no. Very much did not miss it. ManiacJoe Apr 2014 #35
This state disgusts me Politicub Apr 2014 #25
Never blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #37
Can I carry around my bottle of Ebola Virus there? randys1 Apr 2014 #26
Broad Sword? Battle Axe? Lance? Mace? dhill926 Apr 2014 #29
Another State to avoid like the plague. blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #36
I feel sorry for all the Georgians to be killed at church or school by a member Corruption Inc Apr 2014 #39
Red states are laying the groundwork for a violent RW revolution. nt Zorra Apr 2014 #40
"Home of the Brave" Skittles Apr 2014 #41
Too bad the NRA didn't have their stupid gunfest there instead of here this weekend. Brigid Apr 2014 #44
Unhinged ideas passing with relative ease. America, the love it or shoot it mindset. n/t Jefferson23 Apr 2014 #45

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
1. I'm making a list, I'm checking it twice, I'm gonna write down who's naughty or nice,
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 02:24 PM
Apr 2014

Travel time is coming around.

A state with open carry
is not a place to stay.
If morons run around with guns,
then I'll find someplace else to play.

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
15. The vast majority of the country allows open carry.
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 03:44 PM
Apr 2014

So that should make your vacation planning quicker.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
18. Italy is marvie this time of year. So is Japan, Australia, parts of the Carrib, and of course,
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 03:51 PM
Apr 2014

scotland, if only to see if scotch travels across the pond without being bruised.

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
21. concealed-carry
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 04:02 PM
Apr 2014

but thanks for the information anyway. At least I can observe an open-carry idiot carrying openly and choose to avoid the situation.

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
30. Wrong.
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 07:06 PM
Apr 2014

House Bill 60, or the Safe Carry Protection Act of 2014 -- which opponents have nicknamed the "guns everywhere bill" -- specifies where Georgia residents can carry weapons. Included are provisions that allow residents who have concealed carry permits to take guns into some bars, churches, school zones, government buildings and certain parts of airports.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/23/us/georgia-governor-signs-gun-bill/

former9thward

(31,806 posts)
32. My post was about states allowing open carry.
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 07:10 PM
Apr 2014

By your post you seemed to be implying that a majority of states allowed concealed carry but not open carry. A vast majority allow both. I was not commenting specifically about the GA bill.

avebury

(10,946 posts)
38. Yet another reason to retire outside of the US.
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 10:04 PM
Apr 2014

If I had children I would be constantly encouraging them to immigrate elsewhere. This country is no longer all that desirable a place to live.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
2. Yeah
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 02:30 PM
Apr 2014

Guns in bars, what could go wrong here?

A few years back over in Idaho some guy got into an argument with two other people in a bar. Later at the two were leaving the other guy cam out into the parking lot and shot them. He had a CWP. It was just lucky that the didn't go off "inside" the bar where others could have been shot also.

I wonder what is going to happen when one of the idiots who feel the need to pack a gun everywhere goes to the capitol in Georgia, or some other government office, and starts shooting? Will the idiots like this governor finally figure out just how stupid it is to let people carry guns wherever they want to?

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
23. A good question
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 04:13 PM
Apr 2014

And I'd add the legislative chambers and courthouses to the list. Does this bill allow folks to bring guns into the presence of our elected officials?

question everything

(47,271 posts)
7. GA office of tourism slogan:
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 03:22 PM
Apr 2014

Why spend months in a hospital tied to tubes waiting for it to end? Come over, make face at someone and be mercifully relieved from all your pain and suffering.



groundloop

(11,488 posts)
14. Even in most of the wild-west you had to turn in your guns when you entered a city
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 03:32 PM
Apr 2014

Tombstone, for instance, banned the carrying of any deadly weapon within the city limits.

But yes, this damned law our idiot governor signed today is a definite step backwards.

shawn703

(2,702 posts)
9. Permit-holders who accidentally bring a gun to an airport security checkpoint...
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 03:25 PM
Apr 2014

In other words, terrorists only need to get a gun permit, then they can try to find ways to sneak guns onto a plane with no fear of a penalty? If they're ever caught, just show a permit and claim it was an accident.

I'm glad I don't have to fly in or out of Georgia.

GeoWilliam750

(2,519 posts)
10. However
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 03:26 PM
Apr 2014

It is very difficult to get a drivers license in GA, now. Simply renewing it requires three forms of ID, it seems.

GeoWilliam750

(2,519 posts)
22. There was another post yesterday on this
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 04:03 PM
Apr 2014

Saying that tough drivers license renewal laws were instituted in GA just last year.

 

High_Voltage

(11 posts)
12. The church part confuses me...
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 03:27 PM
Apr 2014

If they are "opt-in" now, then what were they before?

Were they not allowed to permit weapons on their grounds before?

Brown Coat

(40 posts)
33. No they were not allowed to permit weapons.
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 08:12 PM
Apr 2014

You could also carry a firearm in a bar as long as you had permission from the owner. This law makes it so that property owners are responcible for prohibiting weapons on their property.

 

High_Voltage

(11 posts)
43. The bar part is arguable if you are there as a patron....
Thu Apr 24, 2014, 05:12 AM
Apr 2014

But there's no reason a church leader should have been required to ban weapons.

That's just odd...

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
20. damn. why does this make me feel like this is a lob,
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 03:54 PM
Apr 2014

right in front of the net, and I am all set to slam it into the opposite corner for game, set, match.

Politicub

(12,163 posts)
25. This state disgusts me
Wed Apr 23, 2014, 05:50 PM
Apr 2014

More people must be sacrificed on the altar of guns to appease the worst of society.

 

Corruption Inc

(1,568 posts)
39. I feel sorry for all the Georgians to be killed at church or school by a member
Thu Apr 24, 2014, 01:05 AM
Apr 2014

It'll happen, sooner rather than later.

They passed a law in Virginia that allows guns in bars and 1 month later there was a shootout with police at a bar near me in a really rich neighborhood not usually known for crime. Of course, my 1st reaction was "duh".

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
44. Too bad the NRA didn't have their stupid gunfest there instead of here this weekend.
Thu Apr 24, 2014, 09:57 AM
Apr 2014

As it is, now I gotta stay away from a perfectly good downtown area all weekend to avoid the gun fetishers while they clog up the restaurants and the mall.

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