Thursday, April 24, 2014

GE in GA ("Guns Everywhere" in Georgia)

Photograph by Steve LaBadessa//ZUMA Press


Governor Nathan Deal of Georgia just signed a bill into law (that had the support of both Democratic and Republican legislators) called the "Guns Everywhere" law.  Essentially, it broadens the right of citizens to carry guns into more places.  For business, schools, and places of worship the owner, school district, and congregation have to 'opt-in'.  The law also affirms the "Stand Your Ground" laws even when the person standing their ground is doing so with an illegal weapon.

I don't find any pleasure in guns and I don't understand why other people do.
I don't ever want to choose to kill someone.
People are so afraid these days - well, always.
They just want to control everything they're afraid of so much that they don't think there's any other way.

I don't respect that line of thinking - it's very short sighted.
If a gun is the way you control things you're afraid of, what happens when the criminals have bigger guns?

If the value of your life is measured only by the fact that you're breathing, maybe this is fine for you.
You will kill those who attempt to kill you and you will continue breathing.

There are better ways.

Some articles about the new gun law in Georgia:
BusinessWeek
Washington Post
The Blaze (libertarian/conservative)
NPR
FOXNews

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