Entries Tagged as 'Georgia'
March 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off
Via MyFOX Atlanta:
A Decatur homeowner will not be charged for shooting an intruder Wednesday morning. DeKalb County police said 40-year-old Dexter Tucker was justified in shooting a 17-year-old who broke into his home.
Tucker said he had run the scenario of an intruder in his mind many times before, but he never thought it would actually [...]
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Tags: Crime/Law · Georgia · Guns
February 4th, 2010 · Comments Off
Said by GA State Representative Tim Bearden, R-68, Villa Rica, as printed in The Valdosta Daily Times:
There should be no limitation to where a law abiding citizen carries his/her firearm. I would like to see enough support for law-abiding citizens to be able to carry a concealed weapon anywhere that citizen wants to carry the [...]
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Tags: Georgia · Government · Guns
February 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off
General Beauregard Lee, Georgia’s Official Weather Prognosticatorm and full-time groundhog, reported this morning at 7:35am in rainy, 40 degree weather, that he did not see his shadow, foretelling an early spring for Georgia.
Beauregard Lee, Georgia, groundhogSpread The Word:
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January 28th, 2010 · Comments Off
From Ed Stone at the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner:
HB 615 is a bill that would eliminate once and for all the Jim Crow public gathering law passed in 1870 to ensure that newly freed slaves would be rendered defenseless at public gatherings throughout Georgia. HB 615 would also clarify Georgia’s confusing laws, removing the [...]
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Tags: Crime/Law · Georgia · Government · Guns
January 26th, 2010 · Comments Off
From Ed Stone at the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner:
Senator Ronald B. Ramsey Sr. (D-43, DeKalb and Rockdale) is the author of SB 12, which seeks to ban all ammunition in Georgia that is not encoded with tiny little numbers etched onto the base of the bullet providing a unique identifier for each round. It [...]
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January 24th, 2010 · Comments Off
From Ed Stone at the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner:
Georgia is the only state in the nation with a “public gathering” law making it illegal to carry a firearm to or while at any public gathering. The term is undefined and leads to confusion among Georgia firearms license holders, police officers, lawyers, and judges alike. [...]
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Tags: Crime/Law · Georgia · Government · Guns
January 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off
From Ed Stone at the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner:
Introduced by Rep. Bobby Franklin (R-43, Marietta), HB 873 would have the effect of repealing Article 4, relating to dangerous instrumentalities and practices, in its entirety. This would mean that there would no longer be Georgia laws against carrying a pistol without a license, carrying a [...]
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Tags: Crime/Law · Georgia · Government · Guns
October 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment
From Fox5 Atlanta:
GRIFFIN, Ga. (MyFOX ATLANTA) – A former bank manager said Thursday that a life or death decision got him fired. The manager said he pulled a gun on a bank robber and fired shots at him, forcing the robber to flee. Police credited the manager’s actions to the arrest of the suspect William [...]
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Tags: Crime/Law · Employment · Georgia · Guns · Money
September 30th, 2009 · Comments Off
The Stone Mountain Memorial Association has repealed its ban on carrying firearms in Stone Mountain Park. Carrying with a Georgia Firearms License and car carry (even without a GFL) now are permitted. The former (interim) provision that requires notifying the police when carrying in the park also has been repealed.
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September 29th, 2009 · Comments Off
The Rockdale Tea Party, scheduled for Saturday, Oct 3, 2009 and to be held at the Whistlepost Tavern in Conyers, GA @ 2pm. Flag waving and sign protest to be held on Hwy 138 next to Taco Bell from 10am-1pm.
Live music, guest speakers, picket parties, and more. Speakers to include Gubernatorial candidates Ray McBerry [...]
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Tags: Atlanta · Government · Internet · The Right
September 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment
South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson announced “You lie” to President Obama during Obama’s recent address on his healthcare proposals.
But with Obama’s poll numbers going straight into the tank, the Democrats are scratching and clawing for some way to take the attention off those the hideous healthcare proposals and onto those that speak out against them.
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Tags: Georgia · Government · Media · Race · The Left
September 14th, 2009 · Comments Off
GeorgiaCarry.Org speaking to Rockdale GOP
Saturday, September 19 at 9:00 a.m. Breakfast is available at a cost of $7.00. The address is:
Honey Creek Country Club
635 Clubhouse Dr SE
Conyers, GA 30094-3711
Possible attendees are the Sheriff, the Probate Judge, Conyers Police Chief, local DA, other Judges, and more. Please come out and make a few [...]
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September 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
From the local newspaper:
County residents received some sticker shock after seeing an increase in their property taxes this year when tax bills started hitting their mail boxes this past weekend.
County Tax Commissioner Dan Ray said Tuesday his office received 250 telephone calls on Monday from residents, and almost all of them were asking why their [...]
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Tags: Absurd · Georgia · Government · Money · Taxes
June 21st, 2009 · Comments Off
Georgia Carry: http://www.georgiacarry.org/
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Tags: Georgia · Guns
June 13th, 2009 · Comments Off
Taken from data contained in the article “Georgia has more places off limits to bearing arms than California” by Ed Stone:
Georgia or California: Which place has more off limits locations to bearing, i.e., actually carrying, a firearm?
Is it legal to carry at Public Buildings and Meetings? YES in California, NO in Georgia.
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Tags: Absurd · Concealed/Open Carry · Crime/Law · Georgia · Government · Gun Free Zone · Guns