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Are there actually any free states anymore?
Are there actually any free states anymore?
(APN) ATLANTA — The Assault Weapons Ban Bill, HB 731, has been introduced in the State House, and is co-sponsored by State Reps. Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur), Rep. Stacey Abrams (D-Atlanta), Rep. Carolyn Hugley (D-Columbus), Rep. Pat Gardner (D-Atlanta), Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick (D-Lithonia), and Rep. Dee Dawkins-Haigler (D-Lithonia).
http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154275.pdf
The bill prohibits the sale, distribution, transport possession, and use of assault weapons, large capacity magazines, and armor-piercing bullets in Georgia.
“As a Christian, I think gun violence is an issue Georgians want to discuss in a fair and rational way,” Rep. Oliver said at a press conference announcing the bill on Thursday, January 14, 2016.
The U.S. Federal Assault Weapon Ban of 1994 expired in 2004 and has not been renewed. Now some U.S. states are passing legislation to ban assault weapons on the state level.
HB 731 is based on a State of Connecticut statute upheld by a federal Court of Appeals.
In October 2015, a three judge panel of the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously upheld laws in both Connecticut and the State of New York, which ban possession of assault weapons. The court ruled the laws did not infringe on rights of citizens in those states under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S..
Assault weapons are defined, in this bill, as fully automatic, semiautomatic, or burst fire guns that fire multiple high-velocity rounds quickly. With burst fire guns, one pulls the trigger only once; and the weapons will continue to shot multiple rounds even if the person loses control of the gun.
Vermont is pretty much the best as far as I can tell.
I wouldn't bet my retirement on Vermont remaining "free" much longer.Vermont is pretty much the best as far as I can tell.
Yes.
I traded firearms last night with another Georgia resident.
He had a Sig P232 that my wife wanted; I had a Glock 42 that I didn't need.
(Flat up trade because we're friends, it really wasn't a $ for $ comparison based trade)
Because it's Georgia, and we're both residents - No paperwork, no "approvals", no registration, just traded.
It's 100% legal.
My wife and I are currently carrying on our Florida permits while we wait for our Georgia permits to be processed, (total time is typically 10 days). But "carry permits" have NOTHING to do with purchasing/trading/selling firearms in the state of Georgia, permits are for CONCEALED CARRY. I can buy/sell/trade guns right now. If I buy from an FFL, I'll have to go through the NICS background check. Once I have my Georgia permit, I won't have to do that, as it's presumed that I've passed it.
And those 80% lowers that were only good for paperweights in CT? I can finish them here in Georgia - quite legally. At least I can as soon as I straighten out my garage. We unloaded the 16'x8'x8' POD into the garage this weekend, and everything that was stacked up vertically is now spread out horizontally... I can barely walk into the garage right now.
Yeah, there are free states - we just moved to one. It cost us a fair bit of money to do so, but in our case, I think it's money well spent - for a lot of reasons not just firearms.
Vermont is pretty much the best as far as I can tell.
There are states more free than that lol
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