Today is the last day of the legislative session and the last day to get HB60 passed.
http://www.nraila.org/legislation/state-legislation/2014/3/georgia-comprehensive-pro-gun-reform-passes-state-senate-sent-to-house-for-concurrence.aspx
If passed and enacted into law, HB 60 would do the following:
Remove fingerprinting for renewal of Weapons Carry Licenses (WCL).
Prohibit the state from creating and maintaining a database of WCL holders.
Create an absolute defense for the legal use of deadly force in the face of a violent attack.
Remove the sweeping restrictions on legally carrying a firearm with a WCL in churches and bars, leaving this decision to private property owners.
Lower the age to obtain a concealed WCL for self-defense from 21 to 18 for active duty military, with specific training.
Allows for the use of firearm sound suppressors while hunting.
Repeal the unnecessary and duplicative state-required license for a firearms dealer, instead requiring only a Federal Firearms License (FFL).
Prohibit a ban on firearms in public housing, ensuring that the right to self-defense should not be infringed based on where one calls home.
Codify the ability to legally carry, with a WCL, in sterile/non-secure areas of airports.
Include a provision that would have the state report those persons who have been involuntarily hospitalized or have been adjudicated mentally deficient to the NICS system while also providing an ability for relief through an application process to the court system for the purpose of restoration of rights.
State that under a declared state of emergency, all law-abiding gun owners will not have their Second Amendment rights restricted or infringed by executive authority through Emergency Powers protection.
Strengthen current firearms preemption statutes through further clarification of the regulatory authority of local governments, excluding firearm discharge ordinances.
http://www.nraila.org/legislation/state-legislation/2014/3/georgia-comprehensive-pro-gun-reform-passes-state-senate-sent-to-house-for-concurrence.aspx
If passed and enacted into law, HB 60 would do the following:
Remove fingerprinting for renewal of Weapons Carry Licenses (WCL).
Prohibit the state from creating and maintaining a database of WCL holders.
Create an absolute defense for the legal use of deadly force in the face of a violent attack.
Remove the sweeping restrictions on legally carrying a firearm with a WCL in churches and bars, leaving this decision to private property owners.
Lower the age to obtain a concealed WCL for self-defense from 21 to 18 for active duty military, with specific training.
Allows for the use of firearm sound suppressors while hunting.
Repeal the unnecessary and duplicative state-required license for a firearms dealer, instead requiring only a Federal Firearms License (FFL).
Prohibit a ban on firearms in public housing, ensuring that the right to self-defense should not be infringed based on where one calls home.
Codify the ability to legally carry, with a WCL, in sterile/non-secure areas of airports.
Include a provision that would have the state report those persons who have been involuntarily hospitalized or have been adjudicated mentally deficient to the NICS system while also providing an ability for relief through an application process to the court system for the purpose of restoration of rights.
State that under a declared state of emergency, all law-abiding gun owners will not have their Second Amendment rights restricted or infringed by executive authority through Emergency Powers protection.
Strengthen current firearms preemption statutes through further clarification of the regulatory authority of local governments, excluding firearm discharge ordinances.
