{"id":77110,"date":"2022-02-08T22:36:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T04:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=77110"},"modified":"2022-02-08T22:36:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T04:36:18","slug":"77110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=77110","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Georgia looking at enhanced weapons permits<\/a><\/p>\n

In the state of Georgia, you\u2019re required to have a permit to carry a firearm in any way. We\u2019ve written a bunch about how constitutional carry is up for consideration, which is a good thing.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s far from the only pro-gun bill in the General Assembly, either.<\/p>\n

One would basically recognize concealed carry bills from every other state. Frankly, if constitutional carry passes, that wouldn\u2019t be overly useful.<\/p>\n

Yet another bill would create\u00a0enhanced permits here in the state<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The State General Assembly is working through multiple bills that could spell more relaxed gun control for Georgians and an even deeper partisan divide.<\/p>\n

With the Governor\u2019s support, State Republicans are pushing five different bills that make it easier for citizens to carry weapons.\u2026<\/p>\n

Then, there\u2019s\u00a0HB 903<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Though similar to the other constitutional carry bills, HB 903 takes it up a notch with the concept of an \u201cenhanced carry permit.\u201d Qualified adults wouldn\u2019t need a concealed permit, but those who take a training course could take their weapons into even more places with this special license.<\/p>\n

Representative Joseph Gullett, from Dallas, is behind it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say the constitution allows us to carry weapons and to have weapons. And I think the more accustomed you are, the more training you have, the more comfortable you are, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a bad idea. I think it\u2019s what the constitution is allowing us,\u201d said Gullett.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, anti-Second Amendment lawmakers in the state oppose this and all the other pro-gun measures.
\nShocking, I know.
\nWhat I like about the bill is that it doesn\u2019t undermine constitutional carry, but instead works with it and provides an avenue for carrying in more places.<\/p>\n

Look, what I\u2019d like to see is what anti-gun types would call \u201cThe Wild West.\u201d Namely, everyone carrying whatever they want, wherever they want.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not going to happen, though. Georgians may generally lean pro-gun, but they\u2019ve grown up and comfortable with a certain level of restrictions on those rights. I\u2019m not justifying it, just explaining it.\u00a0As such, we\u2019re never going to get there.<\/p>\n

What does that have to do with enhanced permits? Simple. These permits help normalize the idea of guns in certain places they\u2019re currently not allowed. That\u2019ll be a huge benefit for a lot of people who regularly find themselves needing to go into such places but who would prefer not to have to disarm.<\/p>\n

Over time, then maybe we can look at loosening the requirements for these permits until one day we can eliminate them entirely.\u00a0But you have to start somewhere. We didn\u2019t lose our rights overnight. We\u2019re not getting them back overnight either.<\/p>\n

So, we take what we can get, and I think the enhanced permits are a big step forward toward making that happen. As such, and as a Georgian, I fully support this measure and hope to see it pass. I\u2019ll actually look forward to taking a training class in order to get a permit.<\/p>\n

Never in a million years thought I\u2019d say that, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Georgia looking at enhanced weapons permits In the state of Georgia, you\u2019re required to have a permit to carry a firearm in any way. We\u2019ve written a bunch about how constitutional carry is up for consideration, which is a good thing. However, it\u2019s far from the only pro-gun bill in the General Assembly, either. One … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-rkba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77111,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77110\/revisions\/77111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}