Suggestion- copy Fed school law

Since this bill would allow "campus carry" I'm sure Gov Deal would veto it.
(Guns and young people don't mix, remember?)
But if we pitch it as modeled after longstanding federal law,
which has allowed campus carry with a same-state carry license for decades,
we could get a super-majority of legislators to override the veto.

I think it's a pretty good idea. Modeling our law after the fed's would really give us a solid argument.

Bump.

I think it's time to do this.

We aren't making much progress repealing the existing state anti-gun laws regarding schools and colleges. HB 280 was a very small step in that direction, but it only allows carry on SOME areas of the campus, which are not easily identified and avoided. And it only applies to public colleges. I want a pro-carry reform bill that will apply to private universities and trade schools and technical schools. And Pre-K through high school facilities, too. Either public or private. Including all the big churches that have a religious school on the same property as the church / temple.

The feds have had a federal "gun control law" for schools in place for nearly 30 years.
Yeah, it's been around since 1990. The Supreme Court struck it down on a technicality, so Congress re-passed it while chanting the magic words that SCOTUS told them they needed to say to make it enforceable. The law's been upheld numerous times since then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Free_School_Zones_Act_of_1990

Let's model our State law after the feds' law. Including the best part--blanket exceptions for all GWL permit holders. And, I'd suggest any other out-of-state visitor with a home-state carry permit when their state has reciprocity with GA.

Per a conversation with JRM last week, the issue with private universities is that they are just that, private property.

So why treat them as any different than any other private property?

If they receive any federal or state support they should receive any federal or state controls as well. Almost all do receive tax dollars from federal and/or state tax payers. I said almost because I'm sure someone can name at least one that doesn't.

Coffee shops, shoe stores, department stores, and restaurants are almost always "private property" too. Thus they can make their own rule about weapons carry and enforce that rule by way of the criminal trespass law if push comes to shove.

Why should a private "school" be treated differently than a private hospital or movie theater?

gunsmoker said:

Coffee shops, shoe stores, department stores, and restaurants are almost always "private property" too. Thus they can make their own rule about weapons carry and enforce that rule by way of the criminal trespass law if push comes to shove.

Why should a private "school" be treated differently than a private hospital or movie theater?

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Because coffee shops, shoe stores, department stores, and restaurants do not receive tax dollars to offset the cost of provided services to their customers.

Well, museums do. And hospitals. And a few other kinds of places that are publicly-supported or subsidized. And yet THEY don't get the State banning guns for them-- if they're private entities and want guns banned, they have to pass a rule and enforce it on their own, unless things go so far that it becomes a criminal trespass offense.

gunsmoker said:

Well, museums do. And hospitals. And a few other kinds of places that are publicly-supported or subsidized. And yet THEY don't get the State banning guns for them-- if they're private entities and want guns banned, they have to pass a rule and enforce it on their own, unless things go so far that it becomes a criminal trespass offense.

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Places that receive federal or state monies taken from tax payers should be under the laws and jurisdiction of said governments when it comes to public access. The little coffee shop that doesn't is private because they receive no public monies.

Understand the difference? When public money is involved it's public not private. No public money involved then it is private. It really is (or should be) that simple. Too many lawyers is what makes it complicated.

Adam5 said:

Per a conversation with JRM last week, the issue with private universities is that they are just that, private property.

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On what other private property is it a felony for a person to carry a weapon without a license, punished by a $10,000 fine and two to five years in prison?

It's 2-10 years.

16-11-127.1 (b)(2) Any person who is not a license holder who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00, by imprisonment for not less than two nor more than ten years, or both.

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