Georgia
Georgia has some of the weakest gun laws in the country. The legislature continues to introduce harmful legislation, including bills to allow the carry of guns in sensitive places and recently passing permitless carry legislation.
The Legislature also fulfilled its ”guns everywhere” agenda, by allowing guns to be carried nearly anywhere in the state—from the busy Atlanta airport to college campuses. To become a safer state, Georgia should enact legislation to repeal its dangerous Shoot First (so-called “Stand Your Ground”) law, keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers, and repeal Guns on Campus.
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The IVYY Project at Grady Awarded $100,000 Grant from the Everytown Community Safety Fund to Sustain Critical Gun Violence Prevention Work in Atlanta
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An open letter to all Americans, Like too many Black mothers in America, we know the pain Ahmaud Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, is feeling. We are part of a community we didn’t choose—a community of mothers whose children have been taken by gun violence and then blamed for their own… Continue
