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DEL.ICIO.USCommittee backs concealed guns bill
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A bill allowing motorists to conceal weapons anywhere inside of a vehicle cleared another legislative hurdle today.
Current Georgia law requires that loaded weapons inside motor vehicles be placed in a glove box, center console or exposed to plain view, unless the motorist holds a firearms permit.
House Bill 89, sponsored by Rep. Timothy Bearden (R-Villa Rica), would allow anyone eligible for a permit — including those with no felony criminal record or history of mental illness — to hide a firearm anywhere inside of a motor vehicle.
The Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police is opposing the bill, and some of its members testified against it in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The committee voted 7-4 to move the bill forward to the Senate Rules Committee, which decides which bills go on to a vote of the full Senate. The bill has already passed the House.
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By Lyrazel
March 20, 2007 8:44 AM | Link to this
But we cant be trusted buy beer on Sunday.