A bill to end the state requirement for gun carry licenses in Georgia is moving forward. On Tuesday, a Senate committee advanced the legislation, which supporters call “constitutional carry.”
Among the measure’s promoters are groups of out-of-state gun rights activists featured in the Pulitzer Prize-winning NPR investigative podcast “No Compromise.” These groups raise money across the country promoting absolutist gun laws and targeting Republican lawmakers who don’t support their efforts.
State lawmakers take over redrawing a key Gwinnett County voting map…
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