IMPORTANT DECISION =Carry at Atlanta Botanical Garden - no can do says GA. Ct. of Appeals.

[gh1950]

Well here's a case that just opened up a can of worms.

Brief version, Botanical Garden leases land from City of Atlanta. Garden says no guns. Law says you can carry on public property. Citizen carrying gun thrown out of
garden.

Georgiacarry.org files suit.

GA. Court of Appeals says lessee (the Garden) controls the property and can ban guns.

Coming soon to a town near you, every piece of public property will be leased
or rented to someone.
https://www.myajc.com/news/local/co...den-can-prohibit-guns/EzC4QpBCse9hyZdXC2fnHO/

 

[Jeddak]

Carry concealed, if you have to go there.

 

[hunterofopportunity]

Unless I'm patted down or walk thru a metal detector no one knows what I carry.

 

[rosewood]

carry what? I don't know what you are talking about..

 

[handloader]

If you rent an apartment or business location from a municipal government. You control who has access, and what they bring onto the premisis. Nothing new here.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

link to Court of Appeals site where you can read the short (15 pg) opinion.

http://www.gaappeals.us/docket/results_one_record.php?docr_case_num=A17A1639

Basically, the Court of Appeal says when a private business entity leases publicly owned land or buildings, it gets treated as a private business establishment for the purposes of gun control laws.

Therefore House Bill 60 (the Safe Carry Protection Act, back in 2014) did not accomplish anything by inserting the word "private" before the word property .
Not as to the Gardens.

I fear that after this ruling, a property must be 100% publicly owned and operated, with W-2 government-payroll employees making all the rules and enforcing them, for the HB 60 changes to have any meaning, and for the principle of state Preemption of local gun bans to apply.

 

[buttplate]

Well here's a case that just opened up a can of worms.

Brief version, Botanical Garden leases land from City of Atlanta. Garden says no guns. Law says you can carry on public property. Citizen carrying gun thrown out of
garden.

Georgiacarry.org files suit.

GA. Court of Appeals says lessee (the Garden) controls the property and can ban guns.

Coming soon to a town near you, every piece of public property will be leased
or rented to someone.
https://www.myajc.com/news/local/co...den-can-prohibit-guns/EzC4QpBCse9hyZdXC2fnHO/

How did they know he was carrying? Was he a goober like the ones you see open carrying to get attention, "cause they can"?

 

[Fish Fry]

Akin to Memphis selling public parks so that Confederate statues could be removed - a similar strategy could be deployed by anti-2A public municipalities .
https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxn...ter-city-council-votes-to-sell-parks.amp.html


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[Bonecollector]

Carry concealed, if you have to go there.

Or anywhere. Always conceal carry.

 

[alnen]

Nothing like legislating from the bench. Judges have unchecked power and that needs to change.