Political Insider

By Ted In Bed

April 2, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this

There should NOT be any restrictions on people who have gone through multiple background checks (mental health, FBI, GBI, fingerprint) as Licensees have. Licensees have been more thoroughly checked than many of the public employees exempt from the law.

The only reason that Licensees aren’t allowed to carry is that our politicians are anti-gun. The worst are our Senators and Lt. Gov. as they are very dishonest. They claim to be pro-gun but given a chance, they will always kill any pro-gun bill.

The Senate should pass the House Amended HB89 but they won’t because they are gun banners.

By Wuzzy

April 2, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this

Who says we aren’t living the American dream? I’ve always wanted nothing more than to take MARTA to Chili’s!!!

All joking aside, it’s about time some changes were made to Georgia’s gun laws and the racist roots from which they were born.

By GA_Voter

April 2, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this

Shouldn’t the title of this article be “Giving licensed gunowners the right…”?

Not to mention that no government can give anyone a right - we are born with rights, we are not granted rights by the government. The government’s responsibility is to protect those rights. So, removing these unconstitutional restrictions on law-abiding citizens would be a step in the right direction.

By Mafuta54

April 2, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this

Any one that has passed all the background tests required to get the “GFL” should be allowed to carry anywhere they are allowed to go!!

By Ben

April 2, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

I carry on MARTA anyway; this is just formally legalizing what any security conscious citizen with half of a brain would do given the basic threat of riding public transportation.

Fortunately it can be done here in GA without any kind of major hassle; what I really want is to be able to carry my gun openly, like the cops do. It’s slow in coming but Rep. Bearden has my support and enthusiasm behind him.

By Rabbi Hutzpah

April 2, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this

Guns kill they don’t protect the innocent. Take all guns away from the police and the military, cut the defense budget to zero start hugging each other not mugging each other insanity reigns on the left and right the solution is love now everybody get up from their cubicles shout we ain’t gonna take it no more and go hug a tree.

By Carry me Forward

April 2, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this

Ted in Bed, Wake up and check on the history of the bill. The Senate was first to vote for this bill. They sent it to the House who modified it. The Senate took issue with the amendments the House added.

I believe you owe the Senate an apology. They aren’t Anti-Gun as you say. However, posting comments like your will really p** them off (if they take the time to read them).

Please, we must get our brain in gear before putting our fingers on the keyboard.

By Benjamin Miner

April 2, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

There is no reasonable justification for forbidding a law-abiding citizen for carrying on public transportaton when that person could carry virtually anywhere else. It’s as silly as saying “you can only carry a gun in supermarkets with an even number of cash registers”

By MAC

April 2, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

I am very pleased to read the JIA and Linger Longer have decided to change plans to develop the only remaining stretch of “public beach” on Jekyll Island State Park. Such action will enable citizens and sea turtles to have access to undeveloped beach and dunes. I want to commend Senator Jeff Chapman and Representative Deborah Buckner for all of the time and effort they spent fighting to preserve the only remaining undeveloped beach in Jekyll Island State Park. Both demonstrated significant courage and perseverence in the face of enormous political and media pressure; unfortunately efforts such as this are a rare occurence when the majority of elected officials are more concerned with capitulating to the will of monied persons and interest groups. Should this come to fuition it is truely a victory for the average citizens of Georgia.

I would add in closing that it is imperative that people not be lulled into a sense of false security; people must continue to monitor this situation. Since the awarding of the “private partner status” last year, the vast majority of actions, words and carefully orchestrated media campaigns of Ben Porter, the JIA and those who stand to profit handsomely from beach development- indicate that without constant outside scrutiny and pressure they are very willing to distort facts, circumvent rules and regulations concerning enviornmental impact and destruction, disregard the will of significant numbers of the citizens of Georgia, and capitalize on political connections so they can exploit Georgia’s jewel for their own financial enrichment.

MAC

By Edward T Beazley

April 2, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this

I fought to keep my firearms license.Now they are trying their best to find a way to make it useless. If I have a license to carry, I should be able to CARRY under ALL circumstances.