Concealed Carry laws in Georgia...

[Tony2X]

Sweetheart, I knew better, believe me! ...I know that GA requires it for concealed carry however, life happened to me in 2017--big time. And I had been going to the range and practicing and learned the basics of gun safety, etc. --I know how to use my gun well, is what I am trying to say. I am very responsible with it with the exception of NOT getting that damn permit! My aunt applied for hers this year, and it took them 4 months to process and mail it to her. BELIEVE me she was pissed. She is a city council member too!

Please....Stop it!!!

 

[Fatal_Bert]

http://law.onecle.com/georgia/title-16/16-11-137.html

OCGA 16-11-137
(b) a person carrying a weapon shall not be subject to detention for the sole purpose of investigating whether such person has a weapons carry license.

Nothing prevents a Leo from asking as long as you are not detained solely for that purpose.

So you are walking down the street with a pistol on your hip....a Leo can ask you if you have a permit. You don’t have to answer, and absent any probable cause you have committed or articulable reasonable suspicion you are about to commit a crime, you can’t be detained. But nothing in the law prohibits a Leo from simply asking.

How does that work though? Does the cop walk beside you and ask? If you're walking down the street and a cop stops to ask you for your permit for no other reason other than the presence of a gun is that a form of detention?

 

[CQB27]

How does that work though? Does the cop walk beside you and ask? If you're walking down the street and a cop stops to ask you for your permit for no other reason other than the presence of a gun is that a form of detention?

Without going into the “tiers” of police contact, detentions occure when a cop stops someone’s freedom of movement. It can be as simple as saying “stop, hold up there a minute”. Cops interact with people every day on a consensual basis. Walking along aside someone and asking a question, or walking up to someone who is standing stationary and asking a question would not be “detaining” in any sense. Commanding someone to stop or preventing them from walking away would be.

 

[woodstock]

Sweetheart, I knew better, believe me! ...I know that GA requires it for concealed carry however, life happened to me in 2017--big time. And I had been going to the range and practicing and learned the basics of gun safety, etc. --I know how to use my gun well, is what I am trying to say. I am very responsible with it with the exception of NOT getting that damn permit! My aunt applied for hers this year, and it took them 4 months to process and mail it to her. BELIEVE me she was pissed. She is a city council member too!

A little off topic, but do you mind giving us a running total, say every hour, of how many marriage proposals you get from our esteemed colleagues here on odt?

 

[CQB27]

I suspect if they run your license it'll pop up anyway.

Not in Georgia.

 

[Fatal_Bert]

Without going into the “tiers” of police contact, detentions occure when a cop stops someone’s freedom of movement. It can be as simple as saying “stop, hold up there a minute”. Cops interact with people every day on a consensual basis. Walking along aside someone and asking a question, or walking up to someone who is standing stationary and asking a question would not be “detaining” in any sense. Commanding someone to stop or preventing them from walking away would be.

That's kinda what I was thinking. Just curious cause you see all these videos of people being stopped open carrying and ever since that law passed in Ga I've wondered how that plays out. Like say a guys walking down the street open carrying his Hi-point in a flip flop holster and several people call the cops, when the cops respond he says kick rocks and keeps walking. I feel like they're probably going to force him to stop 9 times out of 10 even though it's unlawful to do so.

 

[BDR1]

In for more

 

[CQB27]

That's kinda what I was thinking. Just curious cause you see all these videos of people being stopped open carrying and ever since that law passed in Ga I've wondered how that plays out. Like say a guys walking down the street open carrying his Hi-point in a flip flop holster and several people call the cops, when the cops respond he says kick rocks and keeps walking. I feel like they're probably going to force him to stop 9 times out of 10 even though it's unlawful to do so.

Not in the jurisdiction I work. We don’t even respond to the “man walking down the sidewalk, minding his own business, open carrying a gun” calls.

 

[Northgagunman]

A little off topic, but do you mind giving us a running total, say every hour, of how many marriage proposals you get from our esteemed colleagues here on odt?

Yes please! Epic

 

[Fatal_Bert]

Not in the jurisdiction I work. We don’t even respond to the “man walking down the sidewalk, minding his own business, open carrying a gun” calls.

Hell yeah, that's the way it should be.