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Gun confiscation in the event of a national emergency..possible?
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Worth noting:
Since the thread was started, GA HB60 passed, and prevents the seizure of firearms from citizens in the event of an emergency/natural disaster. That was a very important and overlooked facet to the bill.
Since the thread was started, GA HB60 passed, and prevents the seizure of firearms from citizens in the event of an emergency/natural disaster. That was a very important and overlooked facet to the bill.
Good point. Although Fed law and increasingly Fed opinion/money trumps state law every time
Money won't do much to trump law, and the state law is as follows:
O.C.G.A. § 38-3-37: Prohibits state officials and employees from seizing, or authorizing the seizure of, any firearm or ammunition during a state of emergency, where the firearm or ammunition was not prohibited prior to the declaration of a state of emergency. Prohibits state officials and employees from prohibiting possession of firearms and ammunition that were legal immediately prior to the declaration of a state of emergency. Prohibits state officials and employees from requiring the registration of firearms.
Section 2-3
O.C.G.A. § 38-3-51 (Emergency powers of Governor; termination of emergency; limitations in energy emergency; immunity): Revises paragraph (8) of subsection (d) to remove firearms from the list of items the sale or transporting of which the governor may suspend during a state of emergency.
This means that NO state official or employee could confiscate firearms or ammunition. It's pretty clear. If the state is to a point where it is being governed not by state but federal authorities, I'm guessing we aren't sitting around watching tv at home any more anyway.
If our situation has declined so the State can't do anything... and the Feds come in, the State law is useless at that point and we are probably already shooting or dead.
Yep
Does that really matter if the "feds" decide they want to confiscate guns ? The GA Constitution also says “[t]he right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but the General Assembly shall have power to prescribe the manner in which arms may be borne.” Yet we defer to the feds. The only instances where I see State law mattering is where it is MORE restrictive than the federal law.
Uh, yes. All my firearms are in my name. When they show up with their list. I just hand them over the 2 guns I own. Thanks and have a great day officer.
