There was a lot of coverage about the Georgia General Assembly passing the “right to carry” bill that will do away with the need for a concealed weapon permit in the Peach State, but there were some gun laws that did not make it out of the legislative assembly this year. One of those has to do with allowing guns inside houses of worship.
Republicans failed to pass changes to Georgia gun laws that would have automatically permitted firearms in places of worship. Currently, weapons are only allowed in those places if the organization’s leadership gives the okday.
That same bill would have also prevented local governments from restricting firearm use on private property larger than 10 acres.
Critics of the bill were concerned with passing a law that regulated actions in churches and other houses of worship and also with property rights of private citizens.
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