A federal judge in Rome has dismissed a challenge to firearm regulations in effect on public lands controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saying that Corps regulations are not unreasonable and that the plaintiff gun owners “can freely exercise their right to bear arms” elsewhere.
U.S. District Judge Harold Murphy on Monday threw out a suit filed in 2014 by GeorgiaCarry.org on behalf of David James, an organization member who frequently camps and boats at Lake Allatoona, which is under the Corps’ jurisdiction. James wanted to carry a firearm “in case of confrontation,” according to his suit.
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