Gov. Brian Kemp recently announced his support of the Second Amendment and support for legislation that would allow Georgians to carry handguns in public without a permit.
This all comes as data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that Georgia has the 14th highest rate of firearm fatalities in the country.
On Monday’s special edition of “Closer Look,” program host Rose Scott talked with state Sen. Sally Harrell and Mark L. Rosenberg, a physician, a public health researcher and the former president and CEO of the Task Force for Global Health, about gun violence and gun safety.
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