Georgia: HB 60 Pro Gun Bill Passes Awaits Gov Signature
I first saw this on the OpenCarry.org forums. Overall it looks like this a very positive bill for gun owners in Georgia. Not sure if this should go into Legal or the Activism forum as all it needs is the governor's signature
With the bill it would be only a $100 misdemeanor fine if caught in a church with a firearm with out the 'opt in'.
Rabid anti-gun group 'Moms Demand Illegal Mayors' called the bill “the most extreme gun bill in the country”. So I guess that illustrates sweeping positive changes for gun rights in Georgia.
In fact there is a whole list of changes according to the opencarry.org post. Among them including lowering the age from 21 to 18 in order to get a carry permit. And allows silencers for hunting. The governor has 40 days to sign it, veto it or do nothing which would become law after 40 days.
There is much more information for HB 60 at opencarry.org
hb 60 passed
http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?120961-hb-60-passed&p=2045875#post2045875
"If passed and enacted into law, HB 60 would do the following:
- Remove fingerprinting for renewal of Weapons Carry Licenses (WCL).
- Prohibit the state from creating and maintaining a database of WCL holders.
- Create an absolute defense for the legal use of deadly force in the face of a violent attack.
- Remove the sweeping restrictions on legally carrying a firearm with a WCL in churches and bars, leaving this decision to private property owners.
- Lower the age to obtain a concealed WCL for self-defense from 21 to 18 for active duty military, with specific training.
- Allows for the use of firearm sound suppressors while hunting.
- Repeal the unnecessary and duplicative state-required license for a firearms dealer, instead requiring only a Federal Firearms License (FFL).
- Prohibit a ban on firearms in public housing, ensuring that the right to self-defense should not be infringed based on where one calls home.
- Codify the ability to legally carry, with a WCL, in sterile/non-secure areas of airports.
- Include a provision that would have the state report those persons who have been involuntarily hospitalized or have been adjudicated mentally deficient to the NICS system while also providing an ability for relief through an application process to the court system for the purpose of restoration of rights.
- State that under a declared state of emergency, all law-abiding gun owners will not have their Second Amendment rights restricted or infringed by executive authority through Emergency Powers protection.
- Strengthen current firearms preemption statutes through further clarification of the regulatory authority of local governments, excluding firearm discharge ordinances. "
In addition, further details may be found at.
http://www.georgiacarry.org/cms/2014/03/21/hb60-passed-house-112-58-awaits-action-from-governor/
HB60 Passed House 112-58 – Awaits action from Governor
" We expect Governor Deal to sign the bill as he has always stated that he will sign any pro 2A bill that reaches his desk. This fits that definition to a “T”. That is also a promise he has on his reelection website.
...Contact your elected officials who voted for the bill and let them know you appreciate their vote on HB60."
Congratulations to our friends in Georgia!
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I first saw this on the OpenCarry.org forums. Overall it looks like this a very positive bill for gun owners in Georgia. Not sure if this should go into Legal or the Activism forum as all it needs is the governor's signature
With the bill it would be only a $100 misdemeanor fine if caught in a church with a firearm with out the 'opt in'.
Rabid anti-gun group 'Moms Demand Illegal Mayors' called the bill “the most extreme gun bill in the country”. So I guess that illustrates sweeping positive changes for gun rights in Georgia.
In fact there is a whole list of changes according to the opencarry.org post. Among them including lowering the age from 21 to 18 in order to get a carry permit. And allows silencers for hunting. The governor has 40 days to sign it, veto it or do nothing which would become law after 40 days.
There is much more information for HB 60 at opencarry.org
hb 60 passed
http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?120961-hb-60-passed&p=2045875#post2045875
"If passed and enacted into law, HB 60 would do the following:
- Remove fingerprinting for renewal of Weapons Carry Licenses (WCL).
- Prohibit the state from creating and maintaining a database of WCL holders.
- Create an absolute defense for the legal use of deadly force in the face of a violent attack.
- Remove the sweeping restrictions on legally carrying a firearm with a WCL in churches and bars, leaving this decision to private property owners.
- Lower the age to obtain a concealed WCL for self-defense from 21 to 18 for active duty military, with specific training.
- Allows for the use of firearm sound suppressors while hunting.
- Repeal the unnecessary and duplicative state-required license for a firearms dealer, instead requiring only a Federal Firearms License (FFL).
- Prohibit a ban on firearms in public housing, ensuring that the right to self-defense should not be infringed based on where one calls home.
- Codify the ability to legally carry, with a WCL, in sterile/non-secure areas of airports.
- Include a provision that would have the state report those persons who have been involuntarily hospitalized or have been adjudicated mentally deficient to the NICS system while also providing an ability for relief through an application process to the court system for the purpose of restoration of rights.
- State that under a declared state of emergency, all law-abiding gun owners will not have their Second Amendment rights restricted or infringed by executive authority through Emergency Powers protection.
- Strengthen current firearms preemption statutes through further clarification of the regulatory authority of local governments, excluding firearm discharge ordinances. "
In addition, further details may be found at.
http://www.georgiacarry.org/cms/2014/03/21/hb60-passed-house-112-58-awaits-action-from-governor/
HB60 Passed House 112-58 – Awaits action from Governor
" We expect Governor Deal to sign the bill as he has always stated that he will sign any pro 2A bill that reaches his desk. This fits that definition to a “T”. That is also a promise he has on his reelection website.
...Contact your elected officials who voted for the bill and let them know you appreciate their vote on HB60."
Congratulations to our friends in Georgia!
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