When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the [...]
Tags: Government · The US
GeorgiaCarry.Org filed a federal lawsuit July 2 against Mayor Shirley Franklin and Hartsfield Aviation General Manager Ben DeCosta over their illegal policy and DeCosta’s specific threat to arrest (falsely) Rep. Tim Bearden. You may read the complaint here.
Declaring the Airport to be a Gun-Free Zone, and threatening to arrest and prosecute Plaintiff Bearden [...]
Tags: Atlanta · Crime/Law · Government · Guns · The Left
The following post was written by David J. Schenck of the Jones Day office in Dallas. He filed an amicus brief on behalf of State Firearm Associations in support of the respondents. Via SCOTUSblog (all emphasis mine):
It is not hyperbole to describe today’s decision in Heller as the most significant opinion of this century, [...]
Tags: Crime/Law · Election · Guns · The Left · The Right · The US
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Cobb County police Wednesday were investigating the overnight death of a man found shot in the parking lot of a church.
A passerby discovered the victim about 9:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Powers Ferry Church of Christ, at 835 Powers Ferry Road, across the street from an apartment complex. Police [...]
Tags: Crime/Law · Georgia · Gun Free Zone
From GeorgiaCarry.Org:
Please use caution on MARTA!
Those of you who live in the Atlanta area know that MARTA is the local mass transit agency. It operates both buses and trains. GeorgiaCarry.Org previously informed you in a GCO Update that it was working in conjunction with MARTA (at MARTA’s invitation) to develop an agreed policy [...]
Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Georgia · Government · Guns
An excellent analysis in plain English by Crotchety Geek:
There’s no difference between “at a gun show” and “not at a gun show”. Go to a dealer at a gun show, do the background check thing. That’s 99.9(probably another 9 or 2) percent of all the gun sales. Just like seeing the same dealer at his [...]
Tags: Crime/Law · Guns · The US
Those of you in Georgia probably realize that on July 1 House Bill 89 takes effect, allowing the legal carry of firearm by a licensed individual on public transportation, including MARTA.
You may also remember reading that:
Meeting at MARTA headquarters at Lindbergh Station, the board also heard a presentation from MARTA police on how they intend [...]
