The Georgia Senate on Monday backed legislation loosening gun restrictions just two weeks after eight people were killed in Atlanta-area spa shootings.State Sen. Bo Hatchett (R) touted the bill as a way to protect the Second Amendment, which “recognizes Georgia’s commitment to protect its citizens and their Second Amendment rights,” according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“the bill restricts Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp ® from closing weapons manufacturers or shooting ranges during a public emergency.”
It truly is the equivalent of a religion to them.
Maybe that explains this which I’m curious about:
The state Senate also voted to amend the state House bill to bar Kemp from implementing guidelines that “specifically limit the practice of any religion” during a declared state of emergency.
State Sen. Bo Hatchett ®
No more needs to be said…
Spite. Because pointlessly forcing the opposite of what you want down your throat is how authoritarians flex in the mirror.
NEXT UP in Georgia: Guns mandatory!
Since Governor Brian Kemp is big on bad optics he might as well sign the firearms bill with Ebenezer Baptist church in the background.
Let me see if I have this right - It’s perfectly fine to file for a concealed gun permit online, but voting by mail is illegal?
"Senators amended the legislation to permit probate judges to process gun carry licenses and renewals online, instead of the current process of requiting applicants to show up to the court in person."
Understandable.
Public displays of drooling, mad barking, spastic tics and conversations with the ficus in the lobby are embarrassing.
Georgia: protect the guns, but don’t you dare offer water to people waiting in line to vote!
I blame the evangelism of the NRA. Back in the 70s, a Florida State professor was shot by a disgruntled/failed grad student who had purchased a handgun just hours in advance. Passing a three-day cooling off period for gun purchases was a no-brainer, very widely supported.
Aren’t THEY just slimy motherfkers…and the corporations are staying silent.
“recognizes Georgia’s commitment to protect its citizens and their Second Amendment rights,”
The best defense is a good offense.
Please, please, Dems, add this to your talking points on voting restrictions!!
OK, not illegal, per se, but making it more difficult to vote while they making it easier for concealed carry.
Will they be required to mail their ID with their application for a carry license to a probate judge?
Or have they gone full hypocrisy and made it easier to get a carry license than vote absentee?
ETA: keep favoring the bullet over the ballot and see where it gets ya.
It seems like it’s about time for Democrats who own weapons to march with their guns openly displayed onto a state capitol somewhere, in order to scare the crap out of Republican politicians who somehow think that their white supremacist supporters are the only ones who have guns and the knowledge and willingness to use them if necessary. Make it clear that Y’all Qaeda isn’t the only group of armed citizens, and just maybe they will reconsider their absurd laws.
Bonus points if the demographics skew to POC.
State Sen. Bo Hatchett (R) touted the bill as a way to protect the Second Amendment,
Just not their citizens. As long as 2A is safe, GA residents can die by the dozens for all he cares.
This is so unreal is sounds Onion-esque.
Maybe there hoping to get the NRA to move to Atlanta, if Delta or Coke do the right thing and pull out their headquarters. I understand that this would lose headquarters jobs, but it would move the taxpaying entity to another state and hopefully hit these GA legislators where it hurts. Should the R’s get voted out, they could move back.