In Georgia, the laying out of corn, salt, or apples in order to ambush whitetail deer remains a highly restricted hunting practice.
The baiting of presidential candidates, however, is entirely legal. With no bag limits.
Planning well in advance, the Georgia Republican party has announced it will host a “Second Amendment celebration” in Duluth on Oct. 24. The bait is a large crowd:
[T]he Georgia Republican Party will launch the Great Gun Give-Away where legal, qualified residents of Georgia can enter to win a wide array of firearms. Details regarding this free, random drawing will be released at a later date.
And the quarry:
All of our presidential candidates will be invited and some are expected to attend.
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On a somewhat similar topic, Gov. Nathan Deal weighed in on the case of Jim Cooley, the Georgia man who recently paraded through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport with an AR-15 and a 100-round drum magazine of ammunition.
"In the unrestricted areas of the airport, the right to carry does exist," the governor acknowledged, adding that he had no issue with Atlanta police questioning the man.
"I think that there again, that's one of those balancing acts between individual freedom and general welfare of the public," he said.
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You've heard about Rep. Tom Price's Obamacare replacement. Now Rep. Austin Scott is in the game. The Tifton Republican introduced a replacement bill Thursday that came out of discussions in the conservative Republican Study Committee.
While Price's plan gives people tax credits by age to help them buy insurance on the individual market, Scott allows a $7,500 individual or $20,500 family standard tax deduction to anyone with insurance. This is offset by getting rid of the employer health insurance tax exclusion.
Scott's plan also pumps up Health Savings Accounts and funds state-based high-risk pools. It also cuts domestic spending by $39.7 billion to help offset the costs.
Neither House nor Senate Republicans have agreed on an alternative to Obamacare.
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Out in Houston on Thursday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton continued to pump up her party's base, accusing Republicans of voter suppression. From the Washington Post:
Making her most fiercely partisan political speech since her first, failed run for president in 2008, Clinton attacked Republicans for what she characterized as a calculated attempt to turn back the clock on voting rights — and called out several potential 2016 opponents by name for backing voter restrictions as governors.
"Today Republicans are systematically and deliberately trying to stop millions of American citizens from voting," Clinton said in a speech at Texas Southern University. "What part of democracy are they afraid of?"
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Need a catchy nickname for the pre-debate phase of the Republican presidential race? The New York Times is ON IT with the Hunger Games Primary:
They are imploring supporters to give more money. They are increasing their national television presence. And they are not waiting for the spotlight to find them.
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