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Campus Carry

Warning: ‘Campus Carry’ now in effect

‘Campus Carry’ went into effect on July 1, and the chill on college campuses around the state is palpable. Students, professors and staff must now face the new reality that guns are allowed on their campuses, and the restrictions placed on gun owners are few and hard to enforce. The law allows anyone with a weapons license — which a person can get in Georgia starting at age 21 — to conceal carry their gun

2017 Legislative Session

Three new reasons Gov. Deal needs to veto campus carry

Gov. Deal has yet to sign or veto campus carry. However, in the past two weeks, since the bill was approved during the 2017 Legislative Session, a few details have surface that may make Deal less likely to sign. Some of the changes the governor wanted to see in this year’s version of the campus carry bill included the blocking guns on certain areas of campus. Deal wanted to see administrative offices, areas used by students

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

Campus Carry Vetoed!

In the final moments of the 2016 legislative session, Gov. Deal vetoed the disastrous ‘Campus Carry’ bill, which would have legalized guns in classrooms, libraries, daycares and just about everywhere else on Georgia’s college campuses. AJC: “Nathan Deal vetoes Georgia’s ‘campus carry’ legislation” Today, Georgia progressives can celebrate another huge victory. The Campus Carry bill was almost universally unpopular with Georgia students, parents, professors, university presidents and campus police, but conservatives, in their ongoing quest

Campus Carry

Opposition mounts as Campus Carry deadline nears

Gov. Deal has until May 3 to sign a bill that would allow guns on college campuses in Georgia, and the opposition growing louder. After ignoring the protests of Georgia students, parents, teachers and law enforcement officials, conservative legislators sent the bill to the governor’s desk, even after he asked for changes he didn’t get. Now opponents of the legislation are focusing their efforts on Deal, taking to social media to urge the governor to