Judge rejects Atlanta ban on guns in parks

It's all right to pack a firearm in Atlanta public parks now. Superior Court Judge Doris Downs Friday struck down an Atlanta law prohibiting carrying guns in public parks.

[GunShowOnTheNet]

BIG hat-tip to Superior Court Judge Doris Downs! Georgia is hopefully returning to their roots:

"The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.' The right of the whole people, old and young, men, women and boys, and not militia only, to keep and bear arms of every description, and not such merely as are used by the militia, shall not be infringed, curtailed, or broken in upon, in the smallest degree; and all this for the important end to be attained: the rearing up and qualifying a well-regulated militia, so vitally necessary to the security of a free State. Our opinion is that any law, State or Federal, is repugnant to the Constitution, and void, which contravenes this right.

- Nunn vs. State, State of Georgia Supreme Court, 1 Ga.(1 Kel.) 243, at 251 (1846).
http://gunshowonthenet.com/AfterTheFact/NunnV...

[MSO4]

This is great news.

[Highlander]

And, wouldn't you know? The AJ-C removed the news story!

[el politico]

I love that quote from the Nunn vs. State ruling. It is right to the point.

[GunShowOnTheNet]

el politico wrote:

I love that quote from the Nunn vs. State ruling. It is right to the point.

Agreed, most emphatically.

[GunShowOnTheNet]

Highlander wrote:

And, wouldn't you know? The AJ-C removed the news story!

How typical of treasonous sycophants, eh?

[GunShowOnTheNet]

Highlander wrote:

And, wouldn't you know? The AJ-C removed the news story!

It' back, and let's keep it that way, shall we?-

Judge rejects Atlanta ban on guns in parks

By Steve Visser
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 05/10/08

It's all right to pack a firearm in Atlanta public parks now.

Superior Court Judge Doris Downs Friday struck down an Atlanta law prohibiting carrying guns in public parks.

"She said the state law is clear," said John Monroe, the lawyer representing GeorgiaCarry.org , a Second Amendment advocacy group. "The city can't go out and arrest somebody for carrying a gun in a city park anymore, or, if it does, it is in contempt of court."

State law says only the Legislature can regulate where guns are permitted although cities and counties had enacted firearm regulations. Monroe noted the group sued seven Fulton County cities for banning firearms in parks after winning a victory at the Georgia Court of Appeals to overturn a Coweta County ban. All the cities, except Atlanta, modified their laws to conform with the appellate court's ruling, he said.

Atlanta City Attorney Beth Chandler defended the city's "valiant effort" in the face of the law. The city, noting the state prohibited guns in state parks, had hoped the Legislature would pass a law last session that allowed other governments to do the same.

Instead, the Legislature passed a bill allowing licensed gun owners to carry pistols in state parks and on MARTA. Gov. Sonny Perdue hasn't yet signed the bill into law.

"When we made the decision to fight, we had hoped the facts would be different at this point," Chandler said. "I don't regret our decision. We felt it was important to take strong measures to protect our citizens."

Monroe said it was unfair to pistol owners, who already have to be licensed by the state.
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[Highlander]

You know? It just amazes me that the antis can't be honest about things.

Nobody, and I mean =NOBODY= is forcing them to do ~anything~ against their will.

Yet here they are attempting to abuse EVERY power of government to FORCE others to be as they.

That's why I always refer to them as communists/socialists/fascists , because they embrace every characteristic associated with oppression.

[shirley falls flat]

The city of Atlanta should OK guns in city parks and ban crime there.

[Plant Lady]

Highlander wrote:

And, wouldn't you know? The AJ-C removed the news story!

But of course. ;0

[Highlander]

Plant Lady wrote:

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But of course. ;0

To their 'credit,' the story was reinstated. But one wonders about the first removal ...