Senate Bill 49 - Repealing Stand Your Ground

[strider12]

I'll take my chances with a jury should the need arise. You can check the schedule for hearings on this, or any other Bill, the hearings are open to the public and you can sign up to speak on the matter.

You think it would get to a jury?

 

[Constitution Hour]

You think it would get to a jury?

In Cherokee county?? Probably not, in Fulton with Al Sharpton et al pimping for the cause, I bet it would, then again that jury might not ... never mind.

 

[strider12]

In Cherokee county?? Probably not, in Fulton with Al Sharpton et al pimping for the cause, I bet it would, then again that jury might not ... never mind.

You know that's not what I'm talking about.

 

[Constitution Hour]

You know that's not what I'm talking about.

 

[Trader Guy]

I hope everyone here took a few minutes to contact their Rep. I contacted Renee Unterman my rep for Buford this morning.

 

[STI]

This bird**** want fly....

 

[tmoore912]

Well it seems this bill has had a little more thought put into it since last years bill (SB280). This new one is also amending the Immunity from prosecution and defense of self or others as absolute defense section too, which they left out of last years bill iirc.

This bill never got out of committee last year, and probably will not this year either.

This years Bill:

6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
7 SECTION 1.
8 Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, is
9 amended by repealing in its entirety Code Section 16-3-23.1, relating to no duty to retreat
10 prior to the use of force in self-defense.

11 SECTION 2.
12 Said title is further amended by revising Code Section 16-3-24.2, relating to immunity from
13 prosecution, as follows:
14 "16-3-24.2.
15 A person who uses threats or force in accordance with Code Section 16-3-21, 16-3-23,
16 16-3-23.1, or 16-3-24 shall be immune from criminal prosecution therefor unless in the use
17 of deadly force, such person utilizes a weapon the carrying or possession of which is
18 unlawful by such person under Part 2 or 3 of Article 4 of Chapter 11 of this title."

19 SECTION 3.
20 Said title is further amended by repealing in its entirety Code Section 16-11-138, relating to
21 defense of self or others as absolute defense.

Ed Stone (Past President & Current Board Member of GCO) from last year:

Odd. They know that this is a pre-existing legal rule, right? In other words, you repeal the statute and the "no duty to retreat" rule is still there, just like it was before the statute. Georgia has never had another rule - no duty to retreat in Georgia, ever.

 

[tmoore912]

Senator Fort and his progressive counterparts think "Stand Your Ground" laws are racist. But what's interesting................is they are not.

Let’s Use All the Data This Time: Are Stand Your Ground Laws Racist?
Contrary to anti-rights rhetoric, black defenders are doing well in Stand Your Ground states.

http://pjmedia.com/blog/lets-use-all-the-data-this-time-are-stand-your-ground-laws-racist/

The entire Supplemental Homicide dataset for the years 2000-2011 clearly shows, like most laws liberalizing the civil right of self-defense, how blacks benefit from Stand Your Ground at least as much as whites.

 

[BIKER13]

Vincent Fort is a moronic clown.He also has introduced a bill for EVERY Cop to have a Body Camera on at all times,because of thug life M.POS Brown.40 mil statewide

 

[RamRoddoc]

Hey guys. Got this email from NRA ILA. The GA State Senate is introducing legislation that would repeal GA's Stand Your Ground law, meaning, if faced with a life threatening attack, you will now have a duty to retreat instead of defending yourself.

Here's the link:
https://www.nraila.org/articles/201...h-anti-gun-lawmakers-trying-to-get-a-foothold

"On Monday, January 12, the 2015 legislative session began. While the 2014 legislative session in Georgia saw historic gains for law-abiding gun owners with the passage of House Bill 60, the 2015 legislative session has unfortunately begun with a direct assault on your Second Amendment rights by state Senator Vincent Fort (D-39).

Senate Bill 49, introduced by Senator Fort (D-39), would undermine current Georgia law when it comes to protecting your own life or the lives of your family by repealing the statute relating to no duty to retreat prior to the use of force in self-defense. SB 49 weakens your ability for self-defense by taking away your right to stand your ground when facing an attack. Your NRA strongly opposes SB 49 because of these unnecessary changes to current Georgia self-defense laws."

Here's the Senator introducing the bill: http://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/en-US/Member.aspx?Member=12&Session=24

Write him. Write everyone. Stand up for your right to bear arms and your right to life!

Senator Fort is a well known anti-gun rights prohibitionist. Jessie Jackass and his Rainbow coalition are pushing for the repeal of "stand your ground laws". Why? Since 1986 the huge spike in "justified homicide" (a criminal deserving of a bullet got it) but the majority of the dead dirt bags were younger Afro-American men. So, the problem is stand your ground laws....... Not young Afro-American criminal males, who despite being a minority commit the majority of violent crime, mostly against other Afro-Americans....

When states began the slow process of restoring gun rights back to the people and public carry was allowed mostly through shall or may issue carry laws. Historically Blue Democrat states ( Communist/Socialist) states angry that citizens had gun rights restored attacked the gun owners and public carry folks. There were several avenues of approach but I'll stick with a few; If anyone actually exercised lawful self-defense in several cases an anti-gun biased PA attempted to persecute the individual. With a few states enacting "duty to retreat laws". These cases were often politically motivated, rather than serving honest justice. The PA would move to charge, adding insult to injury and cost the individual. This was a tactic that most states viewed as to prohibit self-defense and served the political agenda of the PA and current political leadership.

Further more the criminal's friends or family would sue the individual in an effort to punish the victim who just survived the attack using justified potentially lethal force. The CATO institute has an excellent resource video that I encourage all, especially the ass clowns supporting the repeal of SYG and or Castle laws.

Legislation purposed to force individuals to obtain insurance before exercising their 2A rights has been introduced at the state and federal level but so far has not been passed.

Contact these fools and express your displeasure, flood their phones, perhaps the fools will get a tiny clue that they are foolish in this bad legislation that hurts citizen's rights and is simply a tool use to dissuade the people from legally defending themselves.

This bill does not enact "Duty to Retreat" however a anti-gun PA can use the failure to retreat as support to prosecute. We do not want this to be tolerated.

The bill: http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145616.pdf


Shockingly each and every sponsor is an anti-self defense pro-communist/socialist Democrat! Who would of thought....

Sponsored By

cut/paste:
vincent.fort@senate.ga.gov
Phone: (404) 656-5091
Fax: (404) 651-7078

Senator Fort, Democratic Whip
District 39 Democrat






My senator....

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emanj@mindspring.com
his assistant;
Jocelyn.Thompson@senate.ga.gov
Senator Emanuel Jones District 10
Democrat
Phone: (404) 656-0502
Fax: (404) 657-9728

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stevehenson@mindspring.com
Senator Steve Henson
Democratic Leader District 41
Democrat
Phone: (404) 656-0085
Fax: (404) 463-2071
Tucker, GA 30084
Phone: (404) 243-5107
Fax: (678) 937-1672

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gail.davenport@senate.ga.gov
Senator Gail Davenport
District 44
Democrat
Phone: (404) 463-5260
Fax: (404) 656-6579
Legislative Assistant
Jacqueline Leathers
Jonesboro, GA 30237
Phone: (678) 215-9971




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horacena.tate@senate.ga.gov
Senator
Horacena Tate
Democratic Caucus Chair District 38
Democrat
Phone: (404) 463-8053
Fax: (404) 463-7783

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valencia.seay@senate.ga.gov
Senator Valencia Seay
Democratic Caucus Vice Chair District 34
Democrat
Phone: (404) 656-5095
Fax: (404) 657-9728
Riverdale, GA 30274
Phone: (770) 909-9912