Georgia Goes Gun-Crazy: Guns In Bars, Schools, Restaurants, Churches And Airports
March 25, 2014

Georgia has officially gone mad. Mad, I tell you. In all my life I never thought a political party would be so crazy as to put their own constituents in so much jeopardy, but that's what conservatives have done. Every single politician that voted for the "guns everywhere," law will have blood on their hands for every person that falls victim to this new law if it is indeed signed by Gov. Nathan Deal.

Georgia legislation passes "Guns Everywhere" law.

Pro- and anti-gun forces do not agree on much, but they do agree on the breathtaking sweep of the Georgia legislation allowing guns in bars, schools, restaurants, churches and airports that is now awaiting the signature of Gov. Nathan Deal.

Americans for Responsible Solutions, founded by Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who was critically wounded in a mass shooting in 2011, calls it “the most extreme gun bill in America” and the “guns everywhere” legislation. The National Rifle Association, which lobbied for the bill, calls it “the most comprehensive pro-gun” bill in recent state history, and described the vote at the Capitol on Thursday as “a historic victory for the Second Amendment.”

The Sandy Hook massacre has indeed had a dramatic effect on conservatives, but in a demented way.

The bill allows people with a weapons permit to carry loaded guns into bars, as long as they do not consume alcohol — although the bill does not say how that caveat would be enforced.

It allows guns in public areas of airports and eliminates criminal charges for permit holders caught with guns at airport security. It authorizes school districts to appoint staff members to carry guns at schools, ostensibly to defend students in case of an attack.

It allows felons to claim the Stand Your Ground defense — in which someone who “reasonably believes” his life is in danger has no duty to walk away and may instead shoot to kill. And that is just the beginning.

And these nuts passed it without much support from anyone:

The bill was opposed not only by gun-control groups, but also by the state’s police chiefs association and restaurant association, Episcopal and Catholic churches, and the federal Transportation Security Administration. A majority of Georgians also opposed it, according to several polls.

Their own voters were against it. Right now there is no political fallout for these cretins, but wait until someone of wealth or religious influence gets negatively affected by this new bill.

Do you think bar owners want guns in their establishments?

An Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll in January found that more than 70 percent of voters opposed both measures. The poll did not ask about guns in bars, but polls in other states have found 70 percent or more of the public opposed the idea.Many bar owners said they were taken by surprise.

I don’t have any problems with people owning guns, but I do have a problem with guns and alcohol,” said Melissa Swanson, owner of the Rail Pub in downtown Savannah. “Everybody could be in here having a good time, but all you need is one bad drunk with a gun and it could be a bad situation.

”Backers of the bill say the aim is not to flood bars with guns.

These bozos don't actually believe people armed in bars will not drink? My heart cries out for the ones that haven't yet, but will be felled by bullets because of this foolish and dangerous pro-gun bill.

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