Observers say the issue of allowing guns on college campuses is likely to resurface. What do you think of the idea?
Georgia Senator Frank Ginn (R-Danielsville) introduced Senate Bill 101 this past legislative session, which would have allowed guns on university campuses. On Tuesday, during an Athens-area legislative delegation meeting with the ACC Commission and mayor of Athens, Ginn asked them if they had an opinion about the bill that failed to pass. How did they feel about having guns on campus? "For me, it's a volatile issue," Ginn said. "Between now and the next session, y'all maybe put that on the agenda for discussion." Commissioner Jerry NeSmith said that he supports the Second Amendment and that he himself has owned guns. He said he would prefer that Ginn work on the issues the Commission told the delegation are important for Athens. "Gun …
The daughter of Martin Luther King speaks to Cascade Patch about guns, violence, and how to stop it.
On Tuesday, January 15th, the actual day of what would be Dr. Martin Luther King's 84th birthday, Cascade Patch visited the King Center to speak with its CEO and Dr. King's daughter, Elder Bernice A. King. In this portion of a larger interview, which dealt mostly with the upcoming MLK Day celebrations in Atlanta, Bernice King took time to share her thoughts on the current gun debate happening across the country. Elder King said she, "felt embarrassed," that in America young children can be shot and killed at a school. She said that somehow, we as citizens need to, "find a way to discipline our emotions." It is exactly her Father's movement that Elder Bernice King believes this country needs to help solve this issue. "We were blessed to …
Celebratory gunfire is against the law. If you are caught firing a gun into the air, you could be charged with a misdemeanor and fined up to $1000.00.
EJ
9:59 am on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Ah yes, the evil gun show, where according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (1) , a whopping .7% of convicts purchased their weapons. The awful gun show that an overwhelming 5% of metropolitan police departments (2) consider a problem. Those insidious gun shows that the FBI concluded (3) were the source of an insanely high 0% of firearms used to kill law enforcement officers. You know, the … more ›