Posted on 02/27/2016 9:50:30 AM PST by marktwain
Yesterday, 22 February, 2016, the Georgia House passed a campus safety act that restores some of the Second Amendment rights to people who have a Georgia Weapons Carry License (WCL). In 2014, a gun law reform bill passed that seemed to allow carry on campus for people with a WCL, but the wording allowed for ambiguity of interpretation. The reform passed by the house yesterday is clear and unambiguous. From HB859(pdf):
15 "(19)(A) Any license holder when he or she is in any building or on real propertyThe bill passed with overwhelming margins, nearly 2-1. From ajc.com:
16 owned by or leased to any public technical school, vocational school, college, or
17 university, or other public institution of postsecondary education; provided, however,
18 that such exception shall:
19 (i) Not apply to buildings or property used for athletic sporting events or student
20 housing, including, but not limited to, fraternity and sorority houses;
21 (ii) Only apply to the carrying of handguns which a licensee is licensed to carry
22 pursuant to subsection (h) of Code Section 16-11-126 and pursuant to Code Section
23 16-11-129; and
24 (iii) Only apply to the carrying of handguns which are concealed.
The state House voted Monday to legalize carrying concealed guns on Georgias college campuses.The campus safety act was strongly supported by Georgia Carry, a group that supports Second Amendment rights in Georgia. From georgiacarry.org:
State Rep. Rick Jasperse, R-Jasper, led the charge for House Bill 859, a piece of legislation he has informally dubbed the states Campus Safety Act: Its a real world solution to a real world problem, Jasperse said. In todays world, its a must.
But in an hour-and-a-half debate before the 113-59 vote, House Democrats said the bill would allow the weapons with no instruction, no training, no supervision, said state Rep. Virgil Fludd, D-Tyrone. Were putting (students) in volatile situations with alcohol and hormones.
Summary of HB 859The Campus Safety Act now goes to the Georgia Senate. If it passes there, it will go to Governor Deal. Governor Nathan Deal has been a Second Amendment friendly Governor; it is likely that he would sign the legislation into law.
Would allow Campus Carry:
GeorgiaCarry.Org Opinion on HB 859
- Except in buildings or property used for athletic sporting events & student housing including, but not limited to, fraternity & sorority houses
- Only allows licensed carriers to carry on campus
- Only allows concealed carry
- GCO Strongly Supports this legislation
Another step in the right direction.
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A RINO Florida state Senator killed campus carry and open carry in Florida. And they wonder why GOPe is in such trouble.
He is Senator Portilla of Miami.
He could not do it without the support of the leadership.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2016/02/fl-senator-portilla-r-miami-threatens.html
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