A day after the state House passed "campus carry" to let Georgia college students have guns on campus, the chamber backed a bill to let them carry Tasers and stun guns on campus as well.
Call it “campus carry lite.”
House Bill 792 would legalize carrying what are formally called electroshock weapons onto the state's university and college campuses. It would require, however, that they only be used for self-defense or the defense of others.
"This is just another option," said the bill's sponsor, state Rep. Buzz Brockway, R-Lawrenceville. "I support campus carry but even if campus carry becomes legal, not everybody is going to want to carry a gun."
The bill does not set any age limits for carrying the devices, opening the door for high school teenagers to carry them on campus if they are dual-enrolled in college. Brockway, however, said he would be open to adding age limits as the bill now goes to the Senate for consideration.
HB 792 passed on a party line 117-46 vote.
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