2017-2018 Regular Session - SB 135 Carrying and Possession of Firearms; carrying of weapons in government buildings; prohibit http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20172018/SB/135 Sponsored By (1) Jones, Emanuel 10th(2) Jones II, Harold 22nd(3) Tate, Horacena 38th (4) Rhett, Michael 'Doc' 33rd(5) Henson, Steve 41st(6) Seay, Valencia 34th Committees SC: Judiciary 02/08/2017 HC: First Reader Summary A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to carrying and possession of firearms, so as to prohibit all carrying of weapons in government buildings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. Status History Feb/07/2017 - Senate Hopper Feb/08/2017 - Senate Read and Referred
I'm not surprised. Trying to outlaw things we already made legal. Furthermore, things that aren't an issue.
Out of committee on Monday, passed the Senate on Tuesday, and it is over at the House this morning set for a committee hearing. This one appears to be on a fast track.
Do they have any reasoning behind proposing this bill? Have license holders been problematic in government buildings? (No.) This sounds like another case of incremental infringements.
You funning us? It's only had its first reading and Senate committee referral today (Wed). Where is this information quoted from? It's not on the web page for the bill. I only see it in today's Proposed First Readers list.
Well, regardless I got this response in <2 hours from my state rep: [FONT="]Great hearing from you! [/FONT] [FONT="]I highly doubt this bill is going anywhere, but even if it does, it will surely not receive a vote in the GA House.[/FONT] [FONT="]Thanks,[/FONT] [FONT="]John [/FONT] [FONT="]Rep. John Carson (R – NE Cobb, SE Cherokee) [/FONT] [FONT="]District #46[/FONT] [FONT="]Georgia House of Representatives[/FONT]
Turn around would be fun. Change it to read " so as to prohibit all carrying of weapons in government buildings, unless a valid GWCL is shown"
So then I suppose the city/county will be paying police officers to stand around in every government building in their respective AO? With our tax dollars... OR they could not create problems for law abiding citizens for no damn good reason.
Maybe they are tired of paying to keep license holders out and just want to go back to the magic words?
Trust me, most local governments want to go back to the magic words to keep out lawful carriers. Unfortunately, those magic words don't work to keep out criminals.