

GA2A
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Formerly https://t.co/AcLCy4kV3t, GA2A is the Grassroots leader in the fight to reclaim & expand our right to keep & bear arms in GA. https://t.co/BviNfaic3W #GA2A





Gun ranges, once lost, rarely come back. It is an often overlooked front in the fight to protect gun rights. Across the country, people are running out of places to shoot. This is a deeply local fight, driven by constant expansions of county laws and zoning regulations that slowly push shooting spaces out of existence. There is also another idea. Kansas recently passed the Motorsports Venue Protection Act, shielding racetracks from nuisance and noise lawsuits, especially from new developments built nearby. Situations just like this have led to the closure of many ranges. Maybe we should be exploring similar legislation for gun ranges? Give us your thoughts.




Thanks. We hate it.


Though we killed the House version of the gun silencer bill (#HB1324), the Senate version (#SB499) is still progressing, with a new amendment that its supporters pretend addresses the issue of community safety. It does not. Here's why. The amendment enhances the penalty for people who knowingly possess a silencer if they also know they cannot legally own a gun. However, Georgia passed Governor Kemp's permitless carry law in 2022. What this means is that I can be openly carrying a loaded gun, with a silencer, strolling on the street next to a school, and I cannot be stopped, asked if I am a legal gun owner, nor can I be subject to that enhanced penalty until the moment that I am pulling the trigger to commit a crime. A silencer in this setting means it will take longer for people to react, it will make it more difficult for bystanders to respond or flee, and complicate the ability for law enforcement to locate and apprehend the shooter. You need to be committing a crime for the enhanced penalty to be triggered (as it were), and silencers expand the scope and damage of those crimes. The House cannot in good conscience allow this bill to pass.







