Common Folk Using Common Sense

The Primaries are finally settled, so it’s Roy Barnes versus Nathan Deal this November for Governor of Georgia. I’m not a big fan of Deal, but I have absolutely no love for Barnes. So to keep Barnes out of office I have to vote for Deal. Lesser of two evils. Hopefully Deal will show me [...]

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Roy Barnes is an Obama wannabe. He is beholden to the teacher’s unions and the “disenfranchised minorities” inside Georgia‘s urban areas (his “big ticket” legacy was getting rid of Georgia’s former “evil” state flag). He is Georgia’s version of Bill Clinton. I’m scared Barnes will side with the Washington Progressives over Georgia. A vote for [...]

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From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A Thomaston minister and a gun rights advocacy group is filing lawsuit challenging Georgia’s prohibition against guns in church, a move that was predicted after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month the Second Amendment‘s guarantee of an individual right to bear arms applied to state and local gun control laws. [...]

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Via GeorgiaCarry.Org: # Creates “weapons” license that would allow knives and other concealable weapons to be carried legally # Addresses carrying long guns # Removes parking lots from places off limits # Allows carry in bars if owner permits # Removes the 1000′ buffer from “School Safety Zones” # Makes carrying on school property a [...]

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For Immediate Release: Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that he has signed Senate Bill 308, a bill that clarifies Georgia law on where it is legal for licensed permit holders to carry guns. SB 308 was sponsored by Sen. Mitch Seabaugh. “GeorgiaCarry.Org appreciates Governor Perdue’s signing this important legislation,” stated Ed Stone, President of GCO. [...]

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called legislation that would allow guns in the terminal of the nation’s busiest airport “very worrisome.” The terminal Mr. Holder is referring to is no different from a bus terminal, a place which Mr. Holder has no apparent worries. The terminal Mr. Holder is referring to is no different from [...]

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Via the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner: The General Assembly passed two major gun related bills toward the end of the session, one on the evening of the very last day. Both bills are now sitting on Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue‘s desk awaiting a signature or veto. SB 308 repeals Georgia’s 140 year old public gathering [...]

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By Ed Stone at the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner: NRA at odds with gun law reform in Georgia. When members of the General Assembly decided to pass a bill to repeal Georgia‘s 140 year old public gathering law on Thursday night, they were confused by the irony of the largest gun rights group in the [...]

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Via Washington Examiner: Georgia lawmakers voted Thursday to back a sweeping gun rights expansion, approving a measure that would allow permit-holders to carry guns into some bars and the parking lots of colleges, courthouses, airports and jails. The measure, which was approved by both chambers Thursday in the final hour of the 40-day legislative session, [...]

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The Georgia House passed SB291 with no amendments by a vote of 120-37. SB291, now goes to the governor for his signature. This legislation: 1) Removes misdemeanor marijuana lifetime prohibitor, 2) Removes requirement for fingerprinting for license renewals, 3) Would allow airport carry in non secure areas, 4) Removes fingerprint from license, 5) Requires probate [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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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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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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