Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has just signed the Safe Carry Protection Act, HB 60, the most liberal gun law in the nation.
The legislators who passed it by overwhelming margins (37-18 in the GA Senate, 112-58 in the GA House) in the last days of the session festooned their bill with so many amendments that it took days to figure the provisions out. The National Rifle Association called it “the most comprehensive pro-gun” bill in recent state history. The New York Times called it "a veritable gun-lobby shopping list." Detractors said it was the "Guns Everywhere" law.
It is the gun advocates' wet dream, combining provisions the NRA struggled to get passed in other states with varying degrees of success.
And if that ain't enough, as gun rights lawyers argue in case after case, the holes they insist on as bargaining chips to let a law go through are themselves powerful arguments they use later to undercut whatever statutory provisions remain.
But the biggest win of all ... at every turn, enforcement of the law is neutered by the law itself. To see how and where, you'll have to come below the surface, but not very far.
