Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Politics Deal keen on bill allowing trained school administrators to carry guns
Posted by Jordan Friedman on Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 7:01 PM
- Joeff Davis/CL File
- Deal predicts General Assembly will OK measure
He also expressed support for improving the state's system for reviewing mental-health records of gun-permit applicants.
Deal addressed gun legislation at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce's annual Eggs and Issues breakfast, where he answered reporters' questions on the topic.
The gun-control debate has made its way back into the national spotlight following the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Conn. President Obama unveiled proposals for stricter laws on gun control legislation at the White House at noon Wednesday.
Deal said at the event that most new gun-control measures would come from the federal government, Athens Banner-Herald reported.
The governor's spokesman Brian Robinson told CL that the governor does not have any legislation regarding gun control on his agenda.
Regardless, Deal said, he supports plans to "tighten up ... the checking of mental-health records of permitting purposes," ABH reported. He said that Georgia needs to become "more vigilant" in reviewing these records, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
On the issue of armed administrators, which has been proposed by state Rep. Paul Battles, R-Cartersville, Deal told the ABH: "If someone is going to be in an environment around children, they certainly need to be trained... I think it's one that may receive favorable consideration by the General Assembly."
Other proposed bills in the Georgia legislature aim to eliminate restrictions on carrying guns in Georgia in places such as college campuses and churches, and to prevent the governor from suspending gun sales in emergency situations.
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