Now if the ex-Marine was allow to have a CCW permit, the fight would be over even faster and a higher KIA for the unfriendlies.
No reason why he can't have a GA CCL if he's a GA resident and has no felony record. It isn't hard to get in GA and the cost is low. The restrictions are not good because the CCL law's language is so muddled that a cop or a judge can use his own discretion as to whether or not you are carrying in a prohibited area. Outside of the Atlanta I-285 perimeter most cops and local courts are not anti-gun, and I have never had a problem carrying wherever and whenever I think I need to.
Yep.
Unless he's been convicted of a felony or violent misdemeanor (and recently), he is allowed to have a CCW permit, should he choose to have one. After this, he just might, assuming he doesn't already. Since he was coming from work, it's possible that his "enlightened" employer has a no guns policy of one sort or another. Since he was walking, rather than driving, one has to presume he would have had the backpack in the restaurant where he worked. Some places, especially national or international chains, won't allow weapons on their premises, and more won't allow guns. Heck he might be in trouble for the knife. But a new job he can get, a new life he can't.