Posted on 01/11/2013 6:32:56 PM PST by marktwain
MARIETTA — An incoming lawmaker who has introduced several bills calling for loosening of concealed weapons laws in Georgia was told Saturday that his proposed legislation doesn’t go far enough.
Carrying a .45-caliber pistol on his side, Guy Bennett said his 22-year-old son was in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater where a gunman opened fire during a July 20 showing of “The Dark Knight Rises,” killing 12 people and injuring 58 others. Bennett’s son’s girlfriend was among those hit in the mass shooting, but survived.
Bennett, speaking to a panel discussion of eight current, outgoing and future Republican state representatives and senators at the Cobb GOP’s Legislative Breakfast, said his son had a concealed handgun license in Colorado, but wasn’t allowed to take his gun into the movie theater.
“We need to abolish the defenseless victim zones,” said Bennett, who recently moved to the area from Colorado. “I’m tired of explaining to him why his girlfriend was shot and he could not defend himself — a God-given right.”
(Excerpt) Read more at mdjonline.com ...
...............(crickets)
The MSM will gladly cover Gabby Giffords and her new anti-gun initiative.
I'm sure the New York Times and Washington Post are chomping at the bit to cover this story ... /s
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