Georgia has many gun laws, which help protect the state and the people in the state. The laws range from having a permit to carry a hand gun, where you cannot carry a handgun, what kind of guns you can carry without having a firearm permit, what age someone can buy a gun. The second amendment gives us the right to bear arms not just in the state of Georgia but it gives us the right everywhere. Georgia also has a law about the possession of people with guns who was involved in a crime, minors with the possession of handguns, and possession of dangerous weapons and the possession of a firearm under the influence in the state. Gun laws are not something to play around with. Georgia takes the laws very seriously and if caught breaking the gun laws you could get in major trouble or get a ticket. Without the gun laws that Georgia has set there could be people the wrong people handling a gun that shouldn’t be. Also I believe that Georgia should enforce the laws more than they do. Retailers that sell guns should have to run more background information before they sell the gun to a person that looks like they have a behavior issues or someone who acts like they could hurt someone with a gun.
To carry a handgun in the state of Georgia you must have a permit which is known as Georgia Weapons Carry License or the Georgia Firearms License. There are two different kind of licenses issued in the state of Georgia. One kind of license that is issued is under the code 43-38-10 which is a special
license that is given to security guards employed by a security agency. The license gives the authority to carry everywhere a LEO can carry, but only while on duty and only if it is in performance of the bearer's duties (James 2010). This lic...
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...combination of both to the extent, that it is unsafe for the person who is discharging the firearm. Georgia’s law also states the discharge of any firearm while engaged in any shooting activity while under the influence of alcohol or any kind drug or the combination of both. It is no defense to violation of this law even if you are legally entitled to use such a drug that is a prescription (James 2010).
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Why do people feel the need to own a handgun? One reason is heritage. For as long as this country has been around, there have been gun owners, defending themselves and hunting for food. Buying, owning, or carrying a handgun doesn't hurt anyone. Until a person commits a crime, he/she is free to choose what he/she wants to do.
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Some people think that states that allow citizens to carry guns only raises the crime rate in that state. Studies have actually shown that states that allow citizens to carry guns actually have a lower crime rate. States that allow citizens to carry guns have actually shown to lower murder rates from 5.6 killings per 100,000 people to 4.2.
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“A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” The right of all Americans to bear arms is a right the Founding Fathers held to equal importance as the Constitution itself. Gun control laws directly violate this right and therefore should not even be under consideration. Even if that issue is overlooked, gun control advocates state that in order to reduce firearm related violence, gun control laws must be implemented to remove the violence caused by firearms. Although this may seem reasonable, the consequences of such laws are ironically counterproductive; they exacerbate the problem instead of fixing it. Besides the fact that the American Constitution guarantees its citizens the right to bear arms, the idea of restricting gun ownership in order to reduce firearm-related violence would ultimately fail given the previous experiments of gun control in England and in numerous states.
Did you know the second amendment states that you have a right to own and use arms for protection? Kentucky passed a law in 1813 that prohibits the carrying of concealed weapons. In May 1987, Florida passed a “shall-issue” law that became a model for other states. There were 11 states that have the “may-issue” law which allowed permits. On July 8, 2011, Wisconsin became the 49th state to allow concealed carry. (ProCon.org) Adults who go through training and obtain a permit should be able to carry a concealed handgun.
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