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Campus Carry

Debunking the “good guy with a gun” myth

It’s difficult to say if a mass shooting has ever been stopped by an armed civilian. For every source that lists an occasion when a civilian was able to stop an active shooter, there are three sources ready to point out that the “civilian” involved was really off duty or retired military or that the shooter was out of rounds anyway. Frankly, it’s difficult to evaluate the intentions of a shooter, so it appears that that

Campus Carry

Demand that Deal veto campus carry

Nationally, 95 percent of college presidents, 94 percent of college faculty, 89 percent of campus police chiefs, and 74 percent of college students oppose concealed weapons on campus. An informal poll by The Red & Black indicated that about 62 percent of the UGA student body opposed the bill outright, while a poll at Georgia Tech indicated that about 70 percent of its student body opposed the bill. In 2014 an AJC poll indicated that

2017 Legislative Session

Wrapping up the 2017 legislative session

Georgia’s Legislature adjourned for good last week, just in time for the Masters Tournament (as always). While the at-times tumultuous session was set to end on Thursday, the gavels didn’t come down officially until early Friday morning, capping off 40 days of the most intriguing political theater in recent memory. Here’s what happened: Rigged Maps: House Bill 515, sponsored by disgraced former judge Johnnie Caldwell (WATCH Samantha Bee’s piece on Caldwell here), went down in

Campus Carry

Two Ga. bills would make college campuses more dangerous

Two bills that would make campuses more dangerous passed House committees on Monday and are going to the House Floor for a vote. “Campus rape cover-up” The first bill would make it more difficult for rape victims to decide how and when they report their rapes. Schools would not be allowed to initiate their own investigation or pursue disciplinary action against a student unless he or she was convicted of sexual assault. Under Rep. Earl

2017 Legislative Session

Georgia is burning

Holy smokes! Things at the State Capitol are really heating up — but not in a good way. In the next two weeks, it’s going to be a mad scramble to get legislation through committees, then past the gatekeepers in the Rules committee, and then to the floor for a vote before the critical “crossover day” on Friday, March 3. Before March 3, bills must pass out of at least one chamber — meaning that either the

2017 Legislative Session

“Campus Carry” to attempt a come-back

Last year, Deal vetoed the controversial “campus carry” legislation, which would have allowed guns on college campuses. Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) is planning on the bill making a comeback during the 2017 Georgia Legislative Session. In an interview last month, Deal said if it comes back, he hasn’t completely decided against the measure, “I’m not going to prejudge anything because I want to see what legislation they present,” he said. “We’ll just have to