Imagine government regulation on our rights to exercise free speech. We could have our right to free speech – once we pass background checks, pay the fees for licensing, and wait the applicable waiting period. There’s no way we would tolerate this limitation of freedom, yet our Second Amendment rights are often regulated in this way.
My Weekend Reading post from Friday had a link to a bill that has been pre-filed in the Georgia General Assembly. That bill, The Georgia Constitutional Carry Act of 2012, seeks to eliminate intrusive background checks and fees for licensing, among other things.
I said in that post on Friday that I hadn’t yet had a chance to read the bill, but this weekend I found some time to read it. You can (and should) read the bill for yourself.
I’ve already emailed my representative in the Georgia House to ask that she support this bill. If you live in Georgia, I ask that you contact your representative as well. If needed, you can find your legislator here. If you already know who your representative in the Georgia House is, you can get his/her contact information here.
“[The laws that forbid the carrying of arms] disarm those only who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.” – Cesare Beccaria
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