Yes, except for the exceptions discussed above.
Also there are exceptions to the exceptions, for example, no carry of any sort on Army Corps Lakes or surrounding property, no open carry on WMA during certain hunts, no open carry on college campuses.
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Concealed carry on your property
- Thread starter Porter Rockwell
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Yes, except for the exceptions discussed above.
Also there are exceptions to the exceptions, for example, no carry of any sort on Army Corps Lakes or surrounding property, no open carry on WMA during certain hunts, no open carry on college campuses.
This actually became an issue in a few cases of which I am aware, so must have come up in other venues across the state.
Typically the cases involved someone acting out (drunk) in their yard while wearing a gun. Typically the courts applied the expansive "curtilage" rule to find it wasn't a crime.
I never heard of anyone being charged with a carry violation for open or concealed carry while on the back forty. The law has changed, but even under the old law, I can't imagine an officer making a case or anyone in the court system processing it.
The police can't come on your back 40 in a professional capacity without a warrant or your permission (exceptions apply of course as in pursuit of a suspect or distress call, etc)... Unless they are DNR law enforcement, they can go anywhere they want regardless of fences or signage, at any time without permission Silly me, I keep thinking we are free men in a free country.
No DNR has no more power than say the state patrol. Either or any other leo or citizen can enter your land without a warrant. If they don't have a warrant or pc and ask them to leave they must. A game Warren has no more right to your id or hunting/ fishing lic. than a local police officer. Without Reasonable Suspicion or probable cause to demand. You don't have to provide either just bc you are ask. They need a reasonable suspicion you are committing or about to commit a crime. And Ga code says it can't be solely because you are carrying a firearm.
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No, they need a warrant or your consent. If you tell them to go pound sand they can't search. They have to get a warrant or have a belief of imminent harm. Read the georgia code, and Constitution. They may have BS your co worker or he/she may have made it up.
dont forget your business. you can carry at "your" business. not the place you work. if you own your own business you can carry on the property of that business,even if you lease the space.. the good thing about that is it allows gas station owners to carry.
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Concealed and open are the same in Georgia.
so that sounds like sarcasm. but the link goes to a story on some web page about dnr officers being cops and liking their jobs. not sure of the point,but it was a story...
