The Georgia Legislature recently passed a bill that permits carrying guns in restaurants, churches and school parking lots. The “Safe Carry Protection Act” allows individuals to carry firearms almost anywhere in Georgia. As long as the proprietor does not forbid it, firearms may be carried in restaurants, bars and churches. Firearms are prohibited within 150 feet of a polling place, on the premises of a nuclear power facility, inside state mental health facilities, and inside a school building.
Individuals may carry firearms into any government building unless barred. Although firearms may not be carried into school buildings, they may be left locked in a vehicle in a school parking lot. Teachers are allowed to carry firearms in their vehicles on school property. Even if a licensed individual is caught carrying a firearm inside of a school, he or she is guilty only of a misdemeanor.
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