Thursday, January 31, 2008
News In Georgia, we love our guns
Posted by Scott Freeman on Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:25 PM
It should come to no one's surprise that Georgia picked up an abysmal report card from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. In fact, out of a possible 100 score, Georgia came in at nine points.
The organization was founded by Jim Brady after he and President Reagan were shot by John Hinckley Jr. in 1981. Brady was Reagan's press secretary.
“Georgia is doing virtually nothing to protect its citizens against gun violence, does not have a plan to encourage greater gun owner responsibility, and is allowing dangerous people to have easy access to guns,†Alice Johnson of Georgians for Gun Safety said. The state has yet to pass some key gun trafficking laws, such as mandatory background checks on all gun purchases and limits on bulk purchases of handguns.
That group's next battleground is legislation pending in Georgia that would force employers to allow employees to have loaded guns on their private property.
We feel safer already.
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and Washington loves their bombs http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27350-john-mccain-is-dr-strangelove?utm_source=rgemail
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My problem with this bill is that it does not go far enough. We need more guns in our schools, playgrounds, courtrooms and city council, county commission and state legislature assemblies. Those liberals in the GA State Legislature want to take away my right and the rights of my children and grandchildren to defend ourselves in these lairs of mayhem, violence and carnage.
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