Georgia Considers Vast Gun Law Changes

[Alex V]

Man... I can't keep reading this... It only makes me more and more sad.

Here you guys are complaining about not being able to carry on a bus, or in a store... I can't carry in the entire state lol

[Macx]

This is one area MN got 100% right. MN Carry Law Subd. 17 allows places to post up signs & the signs must be in compliance to have weight (right font, right size, right location & every point of entrance, right ammount of contrast) however a citizen can walk right past the sign while carrying & isn't tresspassing. If they are open carrying obviously they would be more likely to be spotted, but they aren't tresspassing if they walk past a sign and aren't asked to leave by someone with authority (a business's employee, manager, the home owner, etc) and then refuse to leave. If they refuse to leave after being asked, then they are tresspassing and may be fined $25 for the petty misdemeanor (rather than the general trespass statute that is a full misdemeanor). In MN it is perfectly legal to carry concealed or open right past a legal sign prohibiting firearms & do business until asked to leave. What seems to have happened here, is that the compliant signs gave off the vibe that a place might be dangerous to the sheeple & so they took their business elsewhere. The signs came down the business went back up and the message was recieved by the business owners. In 2005 (I moved to MN in the same year their carry law was reinstated) there seemed to be signs up everywhere . . . now they are pretty rare and the ones I do see aren't compliant. Of course non-compliant signs or lack of signs still mean an employee can make a lawful request for a carrier to leave. I have only once been asked to leave a business (no sign) & was open carrying at the time. Not a practice I do much BTW.


Navigating Collapse, that sign cracks me up. What do they have, a sniper doing overwatch? How exactly does a furniture store provide a safe environment? It does kind of remind me of the signs we have on county owned buildings hereabouts- "_______ county bans guns and dangerous weapons in these premises" with small print across the bottom of the sign saying "except as provided for under MN 624.714" Mind boggling really, they ban guns and dangerous weapons except those carried by law abidding citizens & expect that ban to mean something to the armed yet not lawabidding Of course the county posts these in incorrect font at incorrect locations just to add to the effect.

Okay, thats a wrap on this minirant. Yes, Georgia needs to get their carry law fixed.

[Outlander Systems]

Macx: Georgia's laws track the same way.

If I'm asked to leave, I must do so, or it is considered tresspassing; however, since these are private businesses, they could technically ask me to leave for having an untied shoelace.

I think, as a business, by ostracising any potential customer base on, let's be honest here, political grounds, that business is creating surefire way to lose business.

I have bought several pieces from ASHF in the past, but I promise you, they will NEVER receive another penny from me.

There's a notorious restaurant chain here in the metro area that is very much part of the Brady bunch. Some friends of mine were on leave, and visiting over the holidays, and wanted to go there for the beer.

Despite the insistence of my bros, I spent not a dime at the place. The more Gunbusters signs is see, the more I find myself wallet-voting.

[Outlander Systems]

Navigating Collapse, that sign cracks me up. What do they have, a sniper doing overwatch? How exactly does a furniture store provide a safe environment?

I'm trying to figure out how they'll keep me safe without any guns?

Considering, last I checked anyway, I'm still alive, I think I'm doing a fine job ensuring my own safety. I guess the store manager will take a bullet for me if an AS comes in to light the place up.

[NMBigfoot02]

Macx: Georgia's laws track the same way.

If I'm asked to leave, I must do so, or it is considered tresspassing; however, since these are private businesses, they could technically ask me to leave for having an untied shoelace.

I think, as a business, by ostracising any potential customer base on, let's be honest here, political grounds, that business is creating surefire way to lose business.

I have bought several pieces from ASHF in the past, but I promise you, they will NEVER receive another penny from me.

There's a notorious restaurant chain here in the metro area that is very much part of the Brady bunch. Some friends of mine were on leave, and visiting over the holidays, and wanted to go there for the beer.

Despite the insistence of my bros, I spent not a dime at the place. The more Gunbusters signs is see, the more I find myself wallet-voting.

Does this restaurant have "taco" in it's name?

[Outlander Systems]

Does this restaurant have "taco" in it's name?

As a matter of fact, it does. It was the one on Chastain in Kennesaw.

If it weren't for the 100+ beers available nobody'd touch that place with a 10 ft pole. There's plenty of mediocre food peddlers within a .22's radius of fire to that joint, which don't prominently display Gunbusters signs.

I have some "stories" from that place years ago...

[Heavy Metal]

Saw another "Gunbusters" sign at a furniture store over the weekend...

I'm guessing they're trying to say that they would prefer to not have my business?

Do you guys have these stupid things in other states? In GA, I know that they don't carry any legal weight.

ETA: Found a picture of one:

American Signature Home Furniture


Is it just me, or is the stated policy self-negating?

I wonder if they are opening themselves up to liability by stating in absolute terms that they are a safe environment.

[CryingWolf]

There fixed it for ya!!!

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[Outlander Systems]

There fixed it for ya!!!

Dude, you are heroic. Thank you!