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The US state that?s decided it's alright to bring your gun to church - Americas - World - The Independent
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On Thursday night, Georgia’s state House of Representatives passed a pro-gun bill by a landslide 112-58 vote, allowing people to carry firearms in bars, restaurants, churches, airports and primary school classrooms.
Georgia’s Republican Governor, Nathan Deal, is expected to sign the law, which will offer religious leaders the choice to allow guns into their places of worship. The bill permits gun owners to carry loaded firearms in bars, as long as they don’t consume any alcohol. Bar owners who would prefer their patrons not to carry weapons must display a sign to that effect on the door.
Under the new law, any local school district that deems firearms a suitable deterrent against attack can appoint staff members to carry guns in schools.
Georgia citizens will be allowed to tote their weapons in libraries, sports grounds and youth centres. Those with a firearms permit will even go unpenalised if they’re found with a gun at a security checkpoint in an airport.
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Happily, this only applies within the State of Georgia ...
Now, I am not one of those who thinks that the politicians mania for banning things has made us safer but, looking at the history of guns in the USA, this does not bode well.