Alcohol is not mentioned in Georgia law with respect to firearms.

Please use good judgment, which state law is trusting you to do.

 

Alcohol is not mentioned in Georgia law with respect to firearms.

Don't forget OCGA § 16-11-134 - Discharging Firearm While Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs

 

2006

2006 Georgia Code - 16-11-127

law.justia.com

(a) Except as provided in Code Section 16-11-127.1, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he or she carries to or while at a public gathering any explosive compound, firearm, or knife designed for the purpose of offense and defense.​

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(b) For the purpose of this Code section, 'public gathering' shall include, but shall not be limited to, athletic or sporting events, churches or church functions, political rallies or functions, publicly owned or operated buildings, or establishments at which alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises. Nothing in this Code section shall otherwise prohibit the carrying of a firearm in any other public place by a person licensed or permitted to carry such firearm by this part. (c) This Code section shall not apply to competitors participating in organized sport shooting events. Law enforcement officers, peace officers retired from state or federal law enforcement agencies, judges, magistrates, solicitors-general, and district attorneys may carry pistols in publicly owned or operated buildings. (d) It is an affirmative defense to a violation of this Code section if a person notifies a law enforcement officer or other person employed to provide security for a public gathering of the presence of such item as soon as possible after learning of its presence and surrenders or secures such item as directed by the law enforcement officer or other person employed to provide security for a public gathering.​

Remember the bad old days before GCO?

 

2006

2006 Georgia Code - 16-11-127

law.justia.com

(a) Except as provided in Code Section 16-11-127.1, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he or she carries to or while at a public gathering any explosive compound, firearm, or knife designed for the purpose of offense and defense.​

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(b) For the purpose of this Code section, 'public gathering' shall include, but shall not be limited to, athletic or sporting events, churches or church functions, political rallies or functions, publicly owned or operated buildings, or establishments at which alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises. Nothing in this Code section shall otherwise prohibit the carrying of a firearm in any other public place by a person licensed or permitted to carry such firearm by this part. (c) This Code section shall not apply to competitors participating in organized sport shooting events. Law enforcement officers, peace officers retired from state or federal law enforcement agencies, judges, magistrates, solicitors-general, and district attorneys may carry pistols in publicly owned or operated buildings. (d) It is an affirmative defense to a violation of this Code section if a person notifies a law enforcement officer or other person employed to provide security for a public gathering of the presence of such item as soon as possible after learning of its presence and surrenders or secures such item as directed by the law enforcement officer or other person employed to provide security for a public gathering.​

Remember the bad old days before GCO?

Yep, back then you could even be breaking the law by going to applebees. Good thing that was removed and bars (and restaurants that serve) are treated like private property now. Now if we could just get the same with Church (instead of having to be granted permission).

 

Marijuana has some very special provisions there, see (a)(3) and (b). Basically any amount in the blood or urine, including metabolites and derivatives. I wonder how long they can be detected?

For a single use event, the cannabinoid detection window is about 3-4 days using the 50 ng/mL cutoff concentration; for chronic use, it would not be longer than 21 days even at low (20 ng/mL) cutoff levels.

https://ndcrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/DCRVolume5.1-2_The_Marijuana_Detection_Window.pdf

Other drugs, even if prescribed, can also result in a charge.

 

MJ detection can vary greatly from individual to individual. I've known people who were still testing positive after 70 days and at least one who could test clean after as few as 3 days. It depends on the individuals metabolism, body fat, how long and frequency of use and possibly other factors.

 

70 days? Blood, urine, or hair? Hair detection is months.

 

In this particular person's case, testing via urine. He was 300 lbs + with almost zero physical activity. He has since passed away. His wife at the time, a nurse, could pee clean after as little as 3 days. He was going to a private lab getting tested on his own dime. He was testing below the 50 threshold, but not the 25 threshold at 70 days.

 

I do not practice criminal law, so I am going to stop here from commenting on this subject. The posts above are not the product of diligent and careful legal research, nor are they from any sort of vast experience in the field.

Nobody here should rely upon them as legal advice, as with all my posts here, which are made as personal entertainment and almost never are the product of actual legal work or diligent legal research.

 

@Malum Prohibitum - Thanks for being entertaining. We should continue the pithy banter over lunch.

But in order to prevent any confusion about the creation of an attorney/client relationship, I'm going to let you buy my lunch