Hate to say it, but plans do not call for living there very long...for a few reasons...this being the top of the list.
However...why do you believe they are off limits? As far as I can tell the aquarium, at least, is not a publicly owned building...and if you can just go to the aquarium without going to a specific event being held at it...legal?
I don't know about the Zoo, but the aquarium is off-limits because alcohol is served for on site consumption inside. I also hear that they wand people before they enter, so I think you would have a hard enough time carrying as it is.
Aquarium: They have metal detectors. It would be hard (but not impossible) to get past them with a gun. They don't even let the police in with guns. It's not crime to carry there, they just are exercising their rights as property owners.
I don't care how many whales they have at the Aquarium, I will never see it. You should have been there several years ago the LAST time I took my kids to Six Flags and I had a gun....talk about drama...
I don't care how many whales they have at the Aquarium, I will never see it. You should have been there several years ago the LAST time I took my kids to Six Flags and I had a gun....talk about drama...
There actually is a sign prohibiting fishing gear.
I went with my grandson in a stroller and my mom in a wheel chair. Neither was required to get up and be wanded or anything. Needless to say, a lot more than a fishing hook could have gone in with either one of them.
It is not so much that it is off limits by law (well it is b/c of the alcohol), rather off limits because of the security they have in place that would make taking in a weapon very hard.
It is not so much that it is off limits by law (well it is b/c of the alcohol), rather off limits because of the security they have in place that would make taking in a weapon very hard.
Are you saying that one should completely ignore the law and not worry about what is and is not off limits? That might not look so good if one has to use their ILLEGAL weapon in self defense...
It is off limits and it should not be...like most other places in the state of Georgia...I don't see how anybody can argue with my statement that Georgia carry laws SUCK.
What is the basis for that? I have seen a couple people mention alcohol, but I'm not sure the aquarium really does sell alcohol for consumption on the premises. I think they do serve alcohol in the ballroom for special events, but even then it may not be "sold for consumption on the premises." So, I'm not sure it is illegal to carry "any deadly weapon there."
Were you relying on something besides the alcohol sales to conclude that it is illegal to carry there?
What is the basis for that? I have seen a couple people mention alcohol, but I'm not sure the aquarium really does sell alcohol for consumption on the premises. I think they do serve alcohol in the ballroom for special events, but even then it may not be "sold for consumption on the premises." So, I'm not sure it is illegal to carry "any deadly weapon there."
Were you relying on something besides the alcohol sales to conclude that it is illegal to carry there?
Having read the GA statutes and seeing how broad and vague they are; posts by others in this thread, one of which stating alcohol is served; the fact that if it is a gray area where the first person caught becomes the test case may as well mean it is off limits to me.
Nobody being sure if it is or is not off limits because the laws are so vague that just about anything could be found as off limits is the biggest reason.
Then there is the fact that, according to at least one previous court ruling, if a few teenagers or gang bangers are hanging out in the parking lot I am illegal as soon as I drive up. :roll:
Probably not. But you know what they say about being tried by twelve.
Warp said:
It is off limits and it should not be...like most other places in the state of Georgia...I don't see how anybody can argue with my statement that Georgia carry laws SUCK.
What about the AG opinion, regarding public places, specifically when he mentions a shopping mall
In the same vein, this office concluded that a shopping mall is not a public gathering; the fact that people may be present, even in large numbers, does not necessarily constitute a public gathering. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. U84-37. Of course, portions of a shopping mall leased to a church or to a government agency, or where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises, are areas to which the Code Section would apply by its own terms.
Now I have never been to the aquarium, but it would appear that you could carry there, just not in the areas that serve alcohol. :?:
What about the AG opinion, regarding public places, specifically when he mentions a shopping mall
In the same vein, this office concluded that a shopping mall is not a public gathering; the fact that people may be present, even in large numbers, does not necessarily constitute a public gathering. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. U84-37. Of course, portions of a shopping mall leased to a church or to a government agency, or where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises, are areas to which the Code Section would apply by its own terms.
Now I have never been to the aquarium, but it would appear that you could carry there, just not in the areas that serve alcohol. :?:
Well, the opinion of the AG is just that...an opinion. Nothing legally binding there...
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