A Douglas County man has asked a judge to allow him to bring a gun when he comes to his daughter’s’s school at least while his lawsuit to force the issue at Beulah Elementary School moves through the courts.
According to the suit filed by the gun-rights group GeorgiaCarry.org on behalf of Huge Meyers, the principal at the school told the father he would be arrested if he carried a gun on school property at times other than when he was dropping off or picking up his daughter. Meyers said, however, the Georgia law that took effect on July 1 allowed a licensed gun owner to bring a firearm to school.
The suit, filed in May, says Meyers frequently comes to the school to “support his daughter’s educational activities. While doing so, he desires to carry a firearm in case of confrontation, as the law now permits. He would do so, however, under threat of arrest and prosecution.”
Meyers asked the judge on Wednesday for a temporary order allowing him to carry his gun while the lawsuit progresses.
Meyers argued that when the law was changed, it became illegal only for unlicensed gun owners to have their weapons inside a school safety zone.
“Now that it no longer is a state crime for a (licensed gun) holder to carry a firearm in schools, and that schools cannot independently regulate carrying weapons, including firearms, there simply is no basis for (school officials) to threaten …. prosecution if he carries a firearm at Beulah,” according to the brief asking for a temporary order.
Meyers said that since he has “a clearly-established right to carry a firearm at Beulah, he will be irreparably harmed if he is prevented from doing so.”
School officials could not be reached late Thursday for comment.
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