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  • Legislation to be Introduced in Georgia to allow CCW Permit holders to Carry on Campus

    CANTON — A Cherokee County state legislator plans to introduce an amendment to a bill that would allow college students who are at least 21 years old to take firearms on campuses.

    Current law already permits those students to have concealed guns in their vehicles.

    State Rep. Sean Jerguson (R-Holly Springs) said his amendment would only apply to licensed concealed gun owners who are over the age of 21.

    The legislator said he was propelled to consider the amendment after recent incidents on two college campuses in Atlanta.

    “I think it’s an appropriate situation … so they can be able to protect themselves from the predators we are seeing,” he said, referring to the recent incidents in which Georgia Tech and Georgia State University students have been robbed at gunpoint.

    Jerguson said he hasn’t determined when he will introduce the amendment, or whether it would apply to Georgia’s public or private colleges, or both.

  • Nevada Passes Law Allowing Firearms in State Parks

    The legislative commission in Nevada has repealed a law that prohibited carrying firearms in State parks. The law still prohibits discharge of a firearm in state parks with obvious exceptions. Nevada state law still protects the rights of self defense of course.

    As you know Federal law in regards to National Parks echos that of State Parks where the National Park is located. That means that the carry of firearms inside of National Parks inside of Nevada are also allowed.

  • House Passes National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill

    Well, the house finally passed a bill that essentially would make all states who issue concealed carry permits, honor permits from any state. This would take a lot of the guess work out of the national travel problems that current concealed carry holders face.

    Currently only Illinois and DC do not honor any form of a concealed carry permit meaning that your current permit would be valid in the remaining 49 states if this bill were signed into law.

    This still has to go through the senate etc and in an election year like 2012 this bill could be a topic that comes out in some debates!