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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: santahog on December 24, 2012, 04:33:12 PM
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I've got to ride over to Atlanta Airport in a few hours.
What's the law on Concealed Carry at the airport, please???
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Basically, DON'T.
There was a case a couple years ago when a guy brought his pistol to theairport and was arrested. Airport property is a gun free zone.
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S.B. 308 changed where you can carry in GA.
Areas outside TSA control have been legal since 2010.
http://www.georgiacarry.org/cms/?s=airport
Page 13
Airport Carry: Parking Lot and Terminal OK 16-12-127
http://www.handgunlaw.us/states/georgia.pdf
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I'm scratching away at it now.. It says "non sterile areas".. So where can't I carry..
Imagine you're picking up your wife at the airport.. Where do you stay away from...
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Meet her in the baggage area! You can't go wrong there! Getting to the gate would be problematic with a handgun! ;)
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You can't get to a gate anywhere.. In B'ham, everything is pretty normal.. Atlanta Airport has been a battleground for Georgia Carry for years.. I think I'll be okay..
(If I don't turn up in a few days, come visit me at the jail..)
Locking up Santa for Christmas would just be wrong... :P
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Meet her in the baggage area! You can't go wrong there! Getting to the gate would be problematic with a handgun! ;)
Yep.
Basically outside federal areas controlled by TSA.
State lawmakers approved a bill that would allow gun owners to carry licensed firearms in parts of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
USA Today and AOLTravel.com reported the airport strongly opposes the bill, which would permit the carrying of firearms in areas not controlled by the federal government, such as terminals, drop off and pick up areas, baggage areas, and parking lots.
http://www.examiner.com/article/2nd-amendment-ammo-new-georgia-state-law-allows-firearms-inside-atlanta-airport
If you are not comfortable, leave it in the car. That is unquestionably legal in GA. ;) :D
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I watched the comments by the mayor at the time.
http://www.11alive.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=704841054001
He's not happy about it, and that was Dec 2010. I didn't find anything that would counteract that one.. I'm reading signs and chancing it..
I just don't like being unarmed.. It makes me uncomfortable..
That probably says something bad about me, but it's just how I "feel" about it..
Thanks guys!!!
Merry Christmas and God bless!!!
"On the road again.."
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I watched the comments by the mayor at the time.
http://www.11alive.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=704841054001
He's not happy about it, and that was Dec 2010. I didn't find anything that would counteract that one.. I'm reading signs and chancing it..
I just don't like being unarmed.. It makes me uncomfortable..
That probably says something bad about me, but it's just how I "feel" about it..
Thanks guys!!!
Merry Christmas and God bless!!!
"On the road again.."
The mayor and city were never behind it and voiced their opinions highly.... but the city legal department told them that under the new law it wasn't illegal....so they went along with it, reluctantly.
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Foggy trip.. Forgot the time change so I was a few minutes late. Other than that, it went off without a hitch..
Thanks guys..
I'm going to bed now..