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GA: Ga. lawmakers head home, leaving behind some controversy
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Supporters said House Bill 859 is a campus safety measure that gives students a means of self defense.
State Rep. Heath Clark, R-Warner Robins, called it a piece of common sense legislation.
The measure would not apply to most typical undergraduates. Concealed carry licenses are for people 21 and older or those in the military.
But detractors, including leaders of the state's university system, say they do not want guns on campus. During debate on the bill this year, state Rep. Patty James Bentley, D-Butler, said students with guns might not use them for self defense, but rather against other students.
Some lobby groups, such as Moms Demand Action, are asking Deal to veto the bill. |
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Sosalty
(3/26/2016)
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My kid can give their life fighting in the military for our Bill of Rights, but shouldn't have those rights if he/she walks onto a campus? Commonsense??? |
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No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He, who has nothing, and who himself belongs to another, must be defended by him, whose property he is, and needs no arms. But he, who thinks he is his own master, and has what he can call his own, ought to have arms to defend himself, and what he possesses; else he lives precariously, and at discretion. — James Burgh, Political Disquisitions: Or, an Enquiry into Public Errors, Defects, and Abuses [London, 1774-1775]. |
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