Come to the Deep South sometime - I assure you there are PLENTY of people who
absolutely believe that open carry is an excellent idea and they are not shy
about expressing their feelings on the subject. Be prepared to be denounced as
a communist if you disagree with them.
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On Wed, 4/23/14, Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Saatva in Georgia
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 5:57 PM
I'm all for
people's right to own a gun
(not necessarily automatics though). But I'm
beginning to wonder
if the "open carry" people are being used to
create a situation
that people will react favorably to banning guns?
After all who
wants to live in communities where people walk around
with guns on
their belts all the time? It's bad enough with
the cops doing
that.
On 04/23/2014 09:18 AM, Michael Jackson wrote:
Georgia Governor to Sign Sweeping Gun Bill
8:29 AM ET
Radical new gun legislation due to be signed
into law on
Wednesday will allow licensed owners to carry
guns in more
public places than ever before, as places like
churches
can opt in to permit the weapons and bars can
opt out if
they want them banned
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal will sign into law
Wednesday
radical new gun legislation that will allow
licensed
owners to carry firearms into more public
places than at
any time in the past century, including
government
buildings, bars, and a wide variety of public
places.
The law, called the “Safe Carry Protection
Act,” allows
churches to “opt-in” to permit weapons,
school districts
to appoint staff carrying firearms, and
requires bars to
opt out if they wish to ban firearms, NBC
reports. Gun
owners caught at airport security checkpoints
can pick up
their weapons and leave with no criminal
penalty.
Critics have called the new legislation the
“Guns
Everywhere Bill,” and gun control groups
including
Americans for Responsible Solutions and Mayors
Against
Illegal Guns have strongly criticized the
bill, as has the
executive director of the Georgia Association
of Chiefs of
Police, Frank Rotondo. “Police officers do
not want more
people carrying guns on the street,” said
Rotondo,
“particularly police officers in inner city
areas.”
Proponents of the law say, however, that it
strengthens
the Second Amendment and will make people
safer. “When we
limit a Georgian’s ability to carry a weapon
— to defend
themselves — we’re empowering the bad
guys,” said Georgia
state Rep. Rick Jasperse, who introduced the
bill.
Eight states have loosened gun regulations
since the
massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown,
Conn. in
December 2012, while 10 states have
strengthened
regulations, according to the Law Center to
Prevent Gun
Violence
