I didn't take it as a refutation, and I appreciate you posting it. I also agree with the other posters here that (A) it is rarely if ever prosecuted without some other crime (like dealing drugs in the school zone) and (B) would be difficult for the federal government to catch and prosecute...
I have never been turkey hunting. Is this something for which you, if you had no experience, would want to hire a guide your first time or two, or is it something to just go out and try and hope for the best?
Any recommendations for guides?
FreedomUSMC, the problem with school zones is the federal law, which applies 1000 feet from the school property. You are only exempt from the federal law with a state issued carry license.
Those carrying within 1000 feet of a school without a license are not violating Georgia state law, but...
Yes, if you are eligible for a Georgia Weapons Carry License and not otherwise ineligible to possess a firearm under federal law (hey, I did not write SB319, but that is what it says).
What is more likely to happen is that they will start making places off limits. They will start with repealing preemption so local governments can make their property off limits. Now, you will have no way to know you are even violating the law unless you hire an attorney to research the local...
Disturbing, isn't it?
Just look at this thread with all of the praise for repealing the only laws that allow one to detain a criminal.
By this summer, you will be committing a crime if you detain a criminal even for two minutes awaiting the police. Maybe you can get away with it by not...
He certainly was jogging, and there is plenty of evidence that he was a regular jogger.
Yes, he rushed an armed individual after trying to escape unsuccessfully several times. I would have defended myself as well (except when I exercise, I am armed, so they would have taken bullets). I guess...
LOL! Hope the car is clean.
I am not comforted by her claim that - even though false imprisonment is a felony crime committed for detaining a criminal - that she does not personally know any District Attorney who would prosecute.
There are a number of things to consider. First, the elements...
I am not trying to be rude, but you are wrong even if "pretty sure." The bill's author admitted at the Judiciary Committee hearing that Georgia will be the only state in the nation with no way to detain a criminal until the police arrive.
The kind of person who does make citizen's arrests a lot . . .
No.
Any arrest or detention of any kind, ever - it would be a problem. Here we define "problem" as you go to jail and are charged with a felony and face a potential decade in prison (the penalty for false imprisonment in Georgia...
And yet it is still beyond your grasp. If GAgunLAWbooklet's explanation does not help you to understand it, then ask any relevant questions, and I will try to assist you.
Wait. Obscure? I thought you just said, "The law itself is quite plain."
Note that the post you are quoting does not...
It is this kind of mocking dismissive crap that makes you feel superior to those that you think you are mocking. Yet you have the moral low ground here. You want to criminalize the conduct of good men who undertake a duty of citizenship that you find either too dangerous (because you are a...
You seriously think you get to criminalize my good conduct because of how some journalist chose to write an article? The fact remains he did not arrest the robber and turn him over to the police. The police also released the man. Why? Because he did nothing wrong. There are several lessons...
Do you always seek to criminalize things for which you, personally, see "no need?" That's what gun control folks do. There is "no need" for an AK-47 pattern semi-auto, and somehow this lack of perceived need translates into criminal penalties for those who do see a need. I think it is a desire...
Guess what? Everything you stated is true for a police officer attempting to arrest in the same circumstance. I suppose it is useless to have police officers, then? There is not much a police officer can do unless they can run him down and physically subdue him.
OF COURSE you cannot use...