If You Carry Know Your Laws! (FAQ)

[CherryCola]

Would this fall under any kind of preemption since the school is a public state school and not a private establishment?

This is the type of thing only a lawyer can really help you with.

 

[thesammythecurse]

So did I recently hear carrying in a place of worship/church is now legal in GA?

 

[inkdaddy]

So did I recently hear carrying in a place of worship/church is now legal in GA?

No not yet. Current legislation is in the state house and Senate now to change the law. As of now it is still NOT legal.

 

[inkdaddy]

Would this fall under any kind of preemption since the school is a public state school and not a private establishment?

Why complicate things. Just don't tell anyone and stay within The legal guidelines!

 

[sjenks91]

So I just want to get something clarified. If I go to a friend's farm to go plinking, is that considered sport shooting or are they talking about events such as competitions/matches? I currently do not have a GWL and was wondering if I could carry on the farm or not.

 

[beaker]

So I just want to get something clarified. If I go to a friend's farm to go plinking, is that considered sport shooting or are they talking about events such as competitions/matches? I currently do not have a GWL and was wondering if I could carry on the farm or not.

As long as you have permission from the property owner, you are on private property and it's perfectly legal to carry.

 

[sjenks91]

As long as you have permission from the property owner, you are on private property and it's perfectly legal to carry.

Thanks a lot. That's what I got out of reading the FAQ but I just wanted to make sure. I wasn't there when it happened but they've gotten the cops called even though they're outside city limits (cops ended up shooting with them). I just wanted to clarify in case a situation like that were to arise.

 

[beaker]

Would this fall under any kind of preemption since the school is a public state school and not a private establishment?

This may clarify for you. Pay particular attention to the last sentence I have quoted.

From Ga Packing:

School Safety Zone Georgia Code 16-11-127.1
"School safety zone" means in or on any real property owned by or leased to any public or private elementary school, secondary school, or school board and used for elementary or secondary education and in or on the campus of any public or private technical school, vocational school, college, university, or institution of postsecondary education.
A person who is licensed in accordance with Code Section 16-11-129 or issued a permit pursuant to Code Section 43-38-10, when such person carries or picks up a student at a school building, school function, or school property or on a bus or other transportation furnished by the school or a person who is licensed in accordance with Code Section 16-11-129 or issued a permit pursuant to Code Section 43-38-10 when he or she has any weapon legally kept within a vehicle when such vehicle is parked at such school property or is in transit through a designated school zone;
A weapon possessed by a license holder which is under the possessor's control in a motor vehicle or which is in a locked compartment of a motor vehicle or one which is in a locked container in or a locked firearms rack which is on a motor vehicle which is being used by an adult over 21 years of age to bring to or pick up a student at a school building, school function, or school property or on a bus or other transportation furnished by the school, or when such vehicle is used to transport someone to an activity being conducted on school property which has been authorized by a duly authorized official of the school; provided, however, that this exception shall not apply to a student attending such school;

http://www.georgiapacking.org/gflpol.php

 

[beaker]

Thanks a lot. That's what I got out of reading the FAQ but I just wanted to make sure. I wasn't there when it happened but they've gotten the cops called even though they're outside city limits (cops ended up shooting with them). I just wanted to clarify in case a situation like that were to arise.

With the expansion of population around the metro area, the biggest concern with shooting is to make sure you are obeying local ordinances pertaining to discharging a firearm. There are no across the board laws regulating it, so each local government can determine their own, as long as they don't preempt state law.

 

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