{"id":1190260,"date":"2022-01-05T10:34:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T15:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1190260"},"modified":"2022-01-05T10:35:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T15:35:01","slug":"brian-kemp-plans-to-ease-gun-laws-in-georgia-carry-permit-should-be-the-founding-document-of-our-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brian-kemp-plans-to-ease-gun-laws-in-georgia-carry-permit-should-be-the-founding-document-of-our-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Kemp Plans to Ease Gun Laws in Georgia: \u2018Carry Permit\u2019 Should Be the \u2018Founding Document of Our Nation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrian-kemp-plans-to-ease-gun-laws-in-georgia-carry-permit-should-be-the-founding-document-of-our-nation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1190260&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1232223914-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is announcing on Wednesday his plans to pass constitutional carry legislation in Georgia by this spring, telling Breitbart News in an interview ahead of his announcement that \u201cthe timing is right now to get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kemp is joining several gun rights groups and members of the Georgia Assembly at Adventure Outdoors gun store in Smyrna on Wednesday morning to voice his intentions to sign a constitutional carry bill this legislative session, which begins next week and goes through the end of March.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe criminals are gonna get guns regardless. We all know that despite what the left says,\u201d Kemp said in a phone interview Tuesday. \u201cWe need to give our citizens the constitutional authority, which they have, to protect themselves, and that that allows them to carry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kemp, who has served as governor since 2019, campaigned heavily on the Second Amendment in 2018, when he ran against Democrat activist Stacey Abrams in a highly contentious gubernatorial race.<\/p>\n<p>The then-candidate Kemp was met with a barrage of attacks from Democrats during the campaign after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uoE61o6Dvik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> one ad in which he acted out the role of a protective father pointing a gun at a young man looking to date his daughter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Asked why constitutional carry \u2014 which is legal in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/19\/report-florida-track-become-22nd-constitutional-carry-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">21 states<\/a>&nbsp;and counting \u2014 is not law in Georgia, Kemp said, \u201cWe\u2019ve only had three sessions so far, and you know, almost two years of that was dealing with the global pandemic. So, we had a very disruptive legislative process suspended for a long time, and when we came back, it was a very short session.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that was a lot of it,\u201d Kemp said, adding that in addition to a derailed schedule, certain Republican legislators had \u201canxiety\u201d over loosened gun restrictions but that skyrocketing violent crime \u2014 particularly in Atlanta \u2014 has pushed said legislators to become more open to the idea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think their mindset has changed now just with the crime issues that you\u2019re seeing in places like Atlanta and cities around the country, where you know, quite honestly, local leaders haven\u2019t been stepping up to do something about it,\u201d Kemp said. \u201cAnd so I just think the timing is right now to get it done. The last thing you want to do would be to try to get something like this done and have it fail. That will set you back years and years and years. And I think we\u2019re gonna get it done this year. I\u2019m excited about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill, if indeed it aligns with constitutional carry, would broadly permit Georgians to carry a firearm without a permit.<\/p>\n<p>In a draft copy of his remarks for Wednesday obtained by Breitbart News, Kemp notes, \u201cFor law-abiding Georgians, their carry permit is the founding document of our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to working with members of the House and Senate and groups like the NRA [National Rifle Association] and Georgia Carry on legislation \u2013 some of which has already been filed \u2013 to get Constitutional Carry across the finish line this legislative session,\u201d Kemp adds in the remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Kemp and the NRA are also revealing Wednesday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NRA Annual Meeting<\/a> is returning to Georgia in 2025, which Kemp says will bring in an estimated $60 million in revenue to the Peach State. The NRA also held the event in Georgia in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Jeff Mullis (R- Chickamauga), the head of the Rules Committee who is one of the lawmakers introducing constitutional carry legislation next week, indicated Georgia Democrats are unified in opposing the Second Amendment effort, telling Breitbart News that \u201cunfortunately\u201d he expects it to be a \u201cpartisan vote\u201d in the Republican-controlled assembly.<br \/>Mullis also praised Kemp over the proposed plans, saying, \u201cA successful bill will be the leadership under Gov. Kemp,\u201d Mullis said. \u201cHe\u2019s a pro-gun, pro-Second Amendment, pro-Constitution governor, and his leadership and being pro-gun since he\u2019s been elected will help carry this through the goal line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kemp is facing former Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) in what is anticipated to be a heated Republican gubernatorial contest this year, and the former senator took a jab at Kemp on Monday upon learning of his new legislative plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad Brian Kemp is answering my call for constitutional carry in Georgia. But real leaders lead from the start,\u201d Perdue <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidPerdueGA\/status\/1478124194646867973?s=20\">stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever wins the primary will face Abrams, who is running for governor again this year. Kemp said Abrams is a \u201cscary prospect for Georgia, which is one of the reasons I\u2019m working so hard to get reelected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. 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