WABE's Week In Review: Gwinnett and guns dominate the Capitol conversation

The bill that advanced in the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday would do away with the need for a license to carry a handgun in public — either openly or concealed on one’s body. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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…