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carrying in car without permit

This is a common misinterpretation of many state laws that allow concealed carry on our about the person inside your motor vehicle.

I see nothing in the GA laws shown in this thread (or CO statutes for that matter) that states your motor vehicle is an extension of your home. State level Stand Your Ground laws more likely than not also only apply to your place of residence.

If you have a reference proving otherwise, please cite it.

Folks, remember that just because you read it on the internet, it doesn't make it true.

Refer to Sub Paragraph (d)

O.C.G.A. § 16-11-126
Having or carrying handguns, long guns, or other weapons; license requirement; exceptions for homes, motor vehicles, private property, and other locations and conditions



(a) Any person who is not prohibited by law from possessing a handgun or long gun may have or carry on his or her person a weapon or long gun on his or her property or inside his or her home, motor vehicle, or place of business without a valid weapons carry license.

(b) Any person who is not prohibited by law from possessing a handgun or long gun may have or carry on his or her person a long gun without a valid weapons carry license, provided that if the long gun is loaded, it shall only be carried in an open and fully exposed manner.

(c) Any person who is not prohibited by law from possessing a handgun or long gun may have or carry any handgun provided that it is enclosed in a case and unloaded.

(d) Any person who is not prohibited by law from possessing a handgun or long gun who is eligible for a weapons carry license may transport a handgun or long gun in any private passenger motor vehicle; provided, however, that private property owners or persons in legal control of private property through a lease, rental agreement, licensing agreement, contract, or any other agreement to control access to such private property shall have the right to exclude or eject a person who is in possession of a weapon or long gun on their private property in accordance with paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Code Section 16-7-21, except as provided in Code Section 16-11-135.

(e) Any person licensed to carry a handgun or weapon in any other state whose laws recognize and give effect to a license issued pursuant to this part shall be authorized to carry a weapon in this state, but only while the licensee is not a resident of this state; provided, however, that such licensee shall carry the weapon in compliance with the laws of this state.

(f) Any person with a valid hunting or fishing license on his or her person, or any person not required by law to have a hunting or fishing license, who is engaged in legal hunting, fishing, or sport shooting when the person has the permission of the owner of the land on which the activities are being conducted may have or carry on his or her person a handgun or long gun without a valid weapons carry license while hunting, fishing, or engaging in sport shooting.

(g) Notwithstanding Code Sections 12-3-10, 27-3-1.1, 27-3-6, and 16-12-122 through 16-12-127, any person with a valid weapons carry license may carry a weapon in all parks, historic sites, or recreational areas, as such term is defined in Code Section 12-3-10, including all publicly owned buildings located in such parks, historic sites, and recreational areas, in wildlife management areas, and on public transportation; provided, however, that a person shall not carry a handgun into a place where it is prohibited by federal law.

(h) (1) No person shall carry a weapon without a valid weapons carry license unless he or she meets one of the exceptions to having such license as provided in subsections (a) through (g) of this Code section.

(2) A person commits the offense of carrying a weapon without a license when he or she violates the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection.

(i) Upon conviction of the offense of carrying a weapon without a valid weapons carry license, a person shall be punished as follows:

(1) For the first offense, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and

(2) For the second offense within five years, as measured from the dates of previous arrests for which convictions were obtained to the date of the current arrest for which a conviction is obtained, and for any subsequent offense, he or she shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for not less than two years and not more than five years.

(j) Nothing in this Code section shall in any way operate or be construed to affect, repeal, or limit the exemptions provided for under Code Section 16-11-13
 
That last answer in what you copied from GA Carry is incorrect.

"Q: Can I carry a handgun openly, without concealing it?
A:
No! Georgia is one of the minority of states that requires a Georgia Weapons License to carry a handgun openly outside of your home, car, or place of business. However, any person with a valid hunting or fishing license on his or her person, or any person not required by law to have a hunting or fishing license, who is engaged in legal hunting, fishing, or sport shooting when the person has the permission of the owner of the land on which the activities are being conducted may have or carry on his or her person a handgun or long gun without a valid weapons carry license while hunting, fishing, or engaging in sport shooting."
Atlanta said:



The incorrect part of that is:
"Georgia is one of the minority of states that requires a Georgia Weapons Carry License to carry a handgun openly outside of your home, car, or place of business."

That is wrong, you are not required to carry a hangun openly with a license. You may carry it concealed with a Georgia Weapons Carry License!

I think that was a typo and the answer should have been:
Georgia is NOT one of the minority of states.....

They left out the word NOT.


except that if you want to open carry a handgun in ga you DO have to have a gwl....gwl is required for carrying outside of your own home or business and the extensions there of...you MUST have the gwl to carry...then it is your choice to carry open or concealed...
 
That last answer in what you copied from GA Carry is incorrect.

"Q: Can I carry a handgun openly, without concealing it?
A:
No! Georgia is one of the minority of states that requires a Georgia Weapons License to carry a handgun openly outside of your home, car, or place of business. However, any person with a valid hunting or fishing license on his or her person, or any person not required by law to have a hunting or fishing license, who is engaged in legal hunting, fishing, or sport shooting when the person has the permission of the owner of the land on which the activities are being conducted may have or carry on his or her person a handgun or long gun without a valid weapons carry license while hunting, fishing, or engaging in sport shooting."
Atlanta said:



The incorrect part of that is:
"Georgia is one of the minority of states that requires a Georgia Weapons Carry License to carry a handgun openly outside of your home, car, or place of business."

That is wrong, you are not required to carry a handgun openly with a license. You may carry it concealed with a Georgia Weapons Carry License!

I think that was a typo and the answer should have been:
Georgia is NOT one of the minority of states.....

They left out the word NOT.

no where does it say if you have a license you HAVE to carry openly...
 
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