Posted on 01/06/2009 6:58:35 AM PST by marktwain
Just got out of a meeting that Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle held with the state Capitol press corps. cagle.jpg
The lieutenant governor was emphatic about one issue in particular. A bill to expand the public areas in which a permitted, concealed weapon can be carried will be going nowhere.
State Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) has been working on the measure to revamp the state code so as to permit concealed weapons licensees to pack heat in churches and on university campuses.
“Let me be very clear. I have no appetite for it,” Cagle said.
Last year, the Legislature finally passed a watered-down bill that permitted employees to keep guns in cars parked on company lots, pushed by the National Rifle Association. But two years of battle have taken their toll.
Cagle wants a respite. “We dealt with this issue last year. I think people should be content with where we are,” he said.
The lieutenant governor became a bit flustered when Shannon McCaffrey, the Associated Press reporter, asked Cagle whether he supported an effort by state Rep. Jack Murphy (R-Cumming) to help close the state’s budget deficit by taxing strip club patrons.
Murphy would like to funnel the money to child abuse programs and other services for young people who are caught up in child prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation.
Cagle stammered, then wondered out loud — in jest, possibly — what people actually do at these establishments.
Bible study, reporters assured him.
Ultimately, Cagle said he’d oppose a strip club tax, on the grounds that he’s not in favor of any tax increases — anywhere
Re: State Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) has been working on the measure to revamp the state code so as to permit concealed weapons licensees to pack heat in churches and on university campuses.
“Let me be very clear. I have no appetite for it,” Cagle said.
Because everyone knows that criminals never target campuses or churches/sarc
A little background for the rest of the country would be nice....
Check the “Keywords” line. It seems to be Georgia.
I still don't believe it should be a problem to include basic information when a local story is posted on an international site.
Then again, I may just need more coffee. ;)
It IS Georgia.
And I’ll be working hard to see that this idiot NEVER rises any higher.
What’s the point of concealed carry if you tell anyone that you’re carrying?
Do you take your gun into “prohibited” places? No one knows I have a permit to carry and no one knows whether I have my pistol with me or not. As long as no metal detectors go off, there’s no way to know if you’re carrying or not. So why advertise?
“I carry a pistol because my rifle won’t fit into my purse.” (bumper sticker on my car)
““I carry a pistol because my rifle won’t fit into my purse.” (bumper sticker on my car)
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I love the other one, too, “I carry a pistol because a cop is too heavy.”
A cop asked a friend of mine “why are you carrying a gun?”
My friends reply was “The same reason you do, throwing bullets at the bad guys isn’t as effective.”
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