Georgia Gov. Kemp signs bill easing gun laws amid primary

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Kemp signs bill easing gun laws amid primary

By JEFF AMY
April 12, 2022

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp rose to national notice in 2018 in part through a television ad that showed him brandishing a shotgun at an actor playing a suitor of one of his daughters.

The Republican, then running as conservative insurgent, pushed his support for gun rights, proposing to do away with the requirement that Georgians obtain a permit to carry a concealed handgun in public.

Tuesday, facing a Republican primary challenge from former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, Kemp completed his return to those roots, signing Senate Bill 319. It immediately allows permitless carry in Georgia, making it the 25th state with such a law, and the 10th added in the past two years.

“SB 319 makes sure that law-abiding Georgians, including our daughters, and your family too, can protect themselves without having to have permission from your state government,” Kemp said outside Gable Sporting Goods in Douglasville, where he said he had previously purchased a handgun for one of his daughters. “The Constitution of the United States gives us that right, not the government.”

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/congress-david-perdue-douglasville-georgia-state-governments-dcf1f1a2a936dcea8ff42d646527b2cb

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Anything that assures more children being massacred will be A OK with the GOP

[kelly1mm]

2. That makes 25 states with Constitutional (permitless) Carry. NT

[Tetrachloride]

3. "easing" isn't the verb that i would use

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

4. Kemp shouldn't be in government at all.

I am an RKBA proponent but this guy has issues.

...brandishing a shotgun...

Sorry, no. This provides a bad example and is simply bad leadership.

"The Constitution of the United States gives us that right, not the government."

Incorrect. The Constitution protects rights but does not confer them. How is this critter qualified for the office he seeks?

"SB 319 makes sure that law-abiding Georgians..." Kemp said outside Gable Sporting Goods in Douglasville, where he said he had previously purchased a handgun for one of his daughters.

Is Gable Sporting Goods or any principals there a campaign contributor?

Also, FWIW, I'm not a fan of permitless carry.