GA man stalks little league game at public park with a gun, because he can

[Adam Griffin]

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Forsyth is, depending on how you measure it, roughly 80% Republican - it's one of the most Republican counties in the state - and turnout is massively high there, meaning that the political opinions at the ballot box more or less accurately reflect the entire population. I only bring this up to illustrate the likelihood that the audience was overwhelmingly in favor of the expansive pro-gun legislation (HB 60) as it was being debated several weeks ago in the General Assembly, which in part will further sanction this type of behavior by opening carry up to more places, among other things. Primarily, I say this not to be a dick, but because it was this proverbial cut of cloth that pushed so heavily for fewer restrictions on concealed carry during the last session.

Must the cognitive dissonance be astounding in parts of Forsyth right about now? After all, in a comfortable cookie-cut portion of the northern metro, only more freedoms are gained by such legislative grandstanding. Gun violence and public intimidation are problems that only exist in "that place" where "those people" live, and not in beautiful Forsyth County, where anything before the 1980s apparently happened so long ago that nobody there seems to remember them.

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[Indy Texas]

Perhaps I should begin carrying a gun myself. And whenever I see someone openly carrying a gun, I will shoot them and tell the police that I was justified in doing so because I "felt threatened" by the open presence of a gun on their person.

As George Zimmerman taught us, there's nothing wrong with shooting people if you feel threatened by them.

[Mordecai]

He's obviously compensating for… something.

[Antonio the Sixth]

He's obviously compensating for… something.

Haha, my thoughts exactly. "Look at my gun", seriously...

[Potatoe]

Wow, what the actual living  Georgia? Really? I've read the bill, you are allowed to go into a bar with a gun, why? Why does this bill exist?

[Zioneer]

Insert conservative conspiracy theories about how this guy is a LIBERAL FALSE FLAG TO UNDERMINE THE SECOND AMENDMENT. Or something like that.

[Indy Texas]

The gun control lobby really ought to find some private business owner to file a test case stating that gun laws like Georgia's violate their property rights by forcing them to accommodate guns on their premises.

If it's framed as infringing on the property rights of small business owners, it becomes harder for conservatives to defend this kind of absolutist Second Amendment stance.

[King]

This will definitely be an interesting experiment to watch unfold in Georgia.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Wow, what the actual living  Georgia? Really? I've read the bill, you are allowed to go into a bar with a gun, why? Why does this bill exist?

I thought it was bad enough that South Carolina recently adopted the right to carry a gun into a bar unless the management explicitly prohibited it, but Georgia previously had it and now will prohibit altogether bar owners from banning guns.

What idiot thinks mixing guns and alcohol is a good thing?

[Antonio the Sixth]

What idiot thinks mixing guns and alcohol is a good thing?

Answer: A Republican.

[King]

What idiot thinks mixing guns and alcohol is a good thing?

Answer: A Republican.

But no weed.

[Lief 🗽]

Wow, what the actual living  Georgia? Really? I've read the bill, you are allowed to go into a bar with a gun, why? Why does this bill exist?

I thought it was bad enough that South Carolina recently adopted the right to carry a gun into a bar unless the management explicitly prohibited it, but Georgia previously had it and now will prohibit altogether bar owners from banning guns.

What idiot thinks mixing guns and alcohol is a good thing?

Wait, private businesses aren't allowed to tell people to not bring guns on to their property in Georgia now?

[DrScholl]

Lots of people love these sort of laws, until someone actually uses them to be threatening and/or intimidating.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Wow, what the actual living  Georgia? Really? I've read the bill, you are allowed to go into a bar with a gun, why? Why does this bill exist?

I thought it was bad enough that South Carolina recently adopted the right to carry a gun into a bar unless the management explicitly prohibited it, but Georgia previously had it and now will prohibit altogether bar owners from banning guns.

What idiot thinks mixing guns and alcohol is a good thing?

Wait, private businesses aren't allowed to tell people to not bring guns on to their property in Georgia now?

Most are, but bars and and I think restaurants (tho I would need to check whether restaurants are in that category) are not, probably because they are "public accommodations" when any law abiding gun owner should be free to go in public places without having their second amendment rights prejudiced.

[Smash255]

Wow, what the actual living  Georgia? Really? I've read the bill, you are allowed to go into a bar with a gun, why? Why does this bill exist?

I thought it was bad enough that South Carolina recently adopted the right to carry a gun into a bar unless the management explicitly prohibited it, but Georgia previously had it and now will prohibit altogether bar owners from banning guns.

What idiot thinks mixing guns and alcohol is a good thing?