GOP bill would coax Georgia property owners to allow guns

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GOP bill would coax Georgia property owners to allow guns

Postby jdege on Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:51 am

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GOP bill would coax Georgia property owners to allow guns
HB 1364 would add liability exposure for property owners who disallow legal firearms.
ATLANTA — A bill introduced in the Georgia House this week could expand the presence of guns on private property. The bill would make property owners legally liable if a gun owner gets hurt on property where they aren't allowed to carry a gun.

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State Rep. Martin Momtahan (R-Dallas) wants to give an incentive to those businesses to allow legal gun owners to carry on their property.

"All we want to make sure is, if you’re in the store or anywhere and it has a 'no gun' sign, then that store needs to understand they have absolute custodial care of that person" who wants to carry a legal firearm but isn't allowed, Momtahan said.

That means the store becomes legally liable for the safety of the gun owner whose gun has been banished from the property.
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Re: GOP bill would coax Georgia property owners to allow guns

Postby xd ED on Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:00 pm

As interesting as that might sound, the ultimate liability resides with the goblin perpetrating the assault.
I really don't see the legal theory - that of a business being forced to accept liability for an an act that is not of their doing.
Further, there's the argument that the victim might well still have been victimized were they armed.

Will this mean this gov't then accept responsibility for those they deem to be 'prohibited persons', and banned from carrying?
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