State of Georgia Archives: on Gun Control
Allen Buckley:
Uphold the Second Amendment with background checks
I believe the law should be: Persons determined by a state-certified physician to possess a significant likelihood of causing physical harm or death to any person, mentally institutionalized persons, persons under investigation with respect to terrorist
activities, illegal aliens and persons convicted of a federal or state law felony in which deadly force was possessed should not be permitted to access guns. Every other adult should have access. (Background checks should apply to purchases.)
Source: 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate campaign BuckleyForSenate.org
May 2, 2020
Amanda Swafford:
Opposes more gun restrictions
Question topic: More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Swafford: Strongly Disagree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Sep 30, 2014
Amanda Swafford:
Sacrificing liberty for safety has never worked
Sacrificing liberty for safety and security has never worked in our history. Our right to defend ourselves from random acts of violence, some uncontrolled mental illness, and crimes against our property is guaranteed in the 2nd Amendment of the
US Constitution. Allowing adult gun owners to possess and carry firearms in the largest variety of circumstances possible is the strongest deterrent available to protecting our open and free society.
Source: 2014 Georgia Senate campaign website, AmandaSwafford.net
Sep 30, 2014
Brian Kemp:
Respect the 2nd Amendment if you want to date my daughter
TV campaign ad: "I'm Brian Kemp, this is Jake, a young man interested in one of my daughters," Kemp, the candidate and Georgia's current secretary of state, says while polishing a double-barrel shotgun on his lap in the middle of a room
decked out with handguns, hunting rifles, and at least two AR-15-style weapons."Yes, sir," Jake, a young man in khakis, responds.
"Jake asked why I was running for governor," Kemp says. He prompts Jake to list off: to "cap government spending,"
to "take a chainsaw to regulations," and to "make Georgia number one for small business."
"And two things if you're going to date one of my daughters?" Kemp then asks.
"Respect," Jake answers. "And a healthy respect for the Second Amendment, sir."
Kemp then cocks the gun up, apparently toward Jake, and then says, "We're going to get along just fine."
[Ad fades to a scene showing framed family photos including teenage girls, with caption, "Brian Kemp, Conservative Businessman for Governor."]
Source: Slate.com Ad-Watch on 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race
May 2, 2018
Brian Kemp:
Constitutional carry without permit
Gun Control: Support more restrictive gun control legislation?Abrams: Yes. Supports requiring universal background checks; banning assault weapons; & repealing campus carry.
Kemp: No. Opposes new gun control restrictions, supports campus carry,
arming K-12 teachers, & "constitutional carry" without permit or application. In humorous ad, pointed a shotgun at teenage boy sitting next to him, saying dating his daughters required appreciating the Second Amendment.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Georgia Governor race
Nov 1, 2018
Casey Cagle:
Expand citizens' ability to protect themselves & families
Our right to keep and bear arms is enshrined in both the federal and state Constitutions, and it is a bedrock of the liberty we enjoy as Americans. Since Lt. Governor Cagle's election, the Republican majority has comprehensively re-written
Georgia's firearms laws to expand the ability of law abiding citizens to protect themselves and their families. Additionally, his continued support of access to outdoor recreation opportunities has helped ensured future generations of
Georgians will enjoy hunting, shooting, fishing and other outdoor activities their parents and grandparents cherish. He has also been a vocal supporter of relocating gun manufacturers to Georgia and away from liberal states, creating jobs for our
citizens here.Our state will continue to be eyed carefully by liberal national groups who want to limit our ability to exercise our freedoms. For this reason, we must never stop being vigilant against attempts to restrict our liberties.
Source: 2018 Georgia gubernatorial campaign website CaseyCagle.com
May 2, 2017
David Perdue:
Opposes more gun restrictions
Question topic: More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Perdue: Strongly Disagree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Sep 30, 2014
David Perdue:
Ample guns laws on the books; supports background checks
Q: Your opinion on gun control?Perdue: "We have ample gun laws on the books;" should enforce them. Supports some more stringent background checks.
Ossoff: Supports universal background checks, red-flag laws, closing gun-show loophole, as well as a ban on assault weapons.
Source: CampusElect on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Derrick Grayson:
National background check, and Constitutional Carry
Q: What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?A: Potential buyers must be of age, complete a national background check,
have no felonious convictions or current mental challenges on their records and Constitutional Carry must be implemented in all states.
Source: AFA iVoterGuide on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate
Nov 3, 2020
Doug Collins:
Allow concealed firearm carry across state lines
Q: Enact more restrictive legislation on guns?Doug Collins: No. Co-sponsored bill to allow concealed firearm carry across state lines.
Kelly Loeffler: No. "Strong Second Amendment supporter." Sponsored bill barring national firearm database.
Raphael Warnock: Yes. "The answer to America's gun violence isn't to encourage masses of people to carry guns."
Source: CampusElect on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Drew Ferguson:
Concealed carry makes everyone safer except for criminals
Defending Your Second Amendment Right: I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. What makes America different from every other country in the world is a belief at our very core in the freedom of our citizens.
We trust our freedoms to the people--not to the government. And we trust our citizens with the responsibilities to make their lives and families and communities stronger, more prosperous and safer.
We do not rely on the government to do it for us and that is a good philosophy, because government is generally terrible at all of those things--at least domestically.
Concealed carry by law-abiding citizens makes everyone safer except for criminals.
Where do our freedoms stop? On a college campus? A public street? A restaurant? Americans should be free to protect themselves and their liberties wherever they go.
Source: 2016 Georgia House campaign website FergusonForGeorgia.com
Nov 8, 2016
Ed Tarver:
Ban assault weapons & high velocity ammo
Q: What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?A: I support the following restrictions on gun ownership:
- Prohibit the use of high capacity magazines and clips
- Ban military-style assault weapons,
machine guns, and machine pistols
- Restrict the use of high velocity armour piercing ammunition
- Adoption of red flag laws
- Uniform federal background checks
Source: AFA iVoterGuide on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate
Nov 3, 2020
Herschel Walker:
Confirm judges who will protect our right to bear arms
Too often, politicians make promises on the campaign trail and then abandon them once in office. Herschel is not a politician, and you can count on him to stand up for our rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
Herschel will vote to confirm Constitutional judges to our courts who will protect our right to bear arms, to ask questions, and to make our own decisions for our families.
Source: 2022 Georgia Senate campaign website TeamHerschel.com
Apr 20, 2022
Hunter Hill:
State should enact reasonable restrictions on guns
[After a series of shootings in July 2016] "Georgia must have a thoughtful conversation about the national epidemic of gun violence and racially discriminatory policing," said Abrams. Georgians "face the failure of our state to implement reasonable
restrictions to keep guns out of the wrong hands." The House Democratic Caucus, she said, will explore a package of proposals that will include gun restrictions and wider access to mental health care via expansion of Medicaid.
Source: Macon Telegraph on 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race
Aug 16, 2017
Hunter Hill:
Voted NO on "campus carry;" it won't make students safer
Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed legislation that would allow college students to carry concealed guns onto campuses after lawmakers defied his personal request for changes that would make exceptions to the gun rights expansion.House Bill 859 would legalize
firearms at all public colleges in Georgia. "If the intent of HB 859 is to increase safety of students on college campuses, it is highly questionable that such would be the result," Deal wrote in his veto message.
The gun measure, known as the "campus carry" bill, was long sought by conservatives and Second Amendment activists who cast it as a crucial safety measure for students, faculty and administrators to protect themselves.
Deal [had requested the legislature] to exempt on-campus child care facilities & office space in a separate measure, but they declined to make changes.
Sen. Hill voted NO; passed Senate 34-17-5 Mar.11; passed House 113-59-8 Feb.16
Source: AJC on Georgia legislative voting records: HB 859
Mar 11, 2016
Jason Carter:
Rated 92% by National Rifle Association
2012 rating by National Rifle Association for Candidate Positions on Gun Rights: 92%NRA website's self-description: While widely recognized today as a major political force and as America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights, the NRA has,
since its inception, been the premier firearms education organization in the world. Our nearly three million members have given to champion Second Amendment rights and support NRA programs.
Source: NRA Ratings on 2014 Georgia gubernatorial race
Dec 31, 2012
Jason Carter:
Let local communities decide if teachers can be armed
Q: Do you think teachers should be armed in schools? CARTER: What we've done is allowed communities to make those decisions for themselves.
There are some communities in my state that will feel safer if their school districts are allowed to make those decisions. And there's other communities where they won't. And those communities will get to decide for themselves.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Const. on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Apr 21, 2014
Jim Barksdale:
Stop suspected terrorists from being able to buy guns
Jim Barksdale issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate failed to pass any firearm legislation, even in the wake the deadliest shooting in U.S. history in Orlando at a gay nightclub on June 12th:"When partisans on both sides of
the aisle cannot come together and pass legislation to stop suspected terrorists from being able to buy guns to kill Americans, we can safely say that Washington is broken. Common sense has left the Capitol."
Source: 2016 Georgia Senate campaign website Press Release
Jun 21, 2016
Jon Ossoff:
Background checks; red flag laws; assault weapon ban
I support the Second Amendment and I respect the overwhelming majority of gun owners who recognize that guns aren't toys; they are lethal and dangerous tools. I support universal criminal history checks for gun purchases, red flag laws to protect
family members and domestic partners concerned about the mental health of their loved ones, and closing the gun show loophole. I support a ban on the sale of semi-automatic rifles ("assault weapons") and high-capacity magazines to the general public.
Source: 2020 Georgia Senate campaign website ElectJon.com
Jul 2, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
Supports background checks, assault weapon ban
Q: Your opinion on gun control?Ossoff: Supports universal background checks, red-flag laws, closing gun-show loophole, as well as a ban on assault weapons.
Perdue: "We have ample gun laws on the books;" should enforce them.
Supports some more stringent background checks.
Source: CampusElect on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
Endorsed by Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, announced their support for Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in the run-off elections for the
Senate. "Everytown is proud to reaffirm our support for Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock, who are running against two gun extremists," said the president of Everytown for Gun Safety.
Source: OCG News on 2020 Georgia Senate endorsements
Nov 8, 2020
Kelly Loeffler:
Defend the Second Amendment
In her introductory news conference, Loeffler pledged allegiance to Trump and decried Democrats' efforts to impeach the president as a "circus." She said she would defend the Second Amendment, support Trump's border wall and conservative judges and
will be a fierce opponent of abortion. "Contrary to what you might see in the media, not every strong American woman is a liberal," she said. "Many of us are conservative and proud of it."
Source: Atlanta Journal-Const.on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Dec 6, 2019
Kelly Loeffler:
Sponsored bill barring national firearm database
Q: Enact more restrictive legislation on guns?Kelly Loeffler: No. "Strong Second Amendment supporter." Sponsored bill barring national firearm database.
Raphael Warnock: Yes. "The answer to America's gun violence isn't to encourage masses of people to carry guns."
Source: CampusElect on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Latham Saddler:
Threats to 2d amendment are a threat to our way of life
The right to bear arms is explicit in our Constitution. Threats to that right are a threat to our way of life. We have a right to protect our families, to pass down the tradition of outdoorsmanship to our children, and to
defend ourselves when necessary. Latham will fight for our right to bear arms in Georgia and across America.
Source: 2022 Georgia Senate campaign website LathamSaddler.com
Dec 27, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene:
Confronted Parkland shooting survivor on radical gun control
Video of Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg went viral amid an uproar over newly reported comments she made in 2018 and 2019. "He's a coward," Greene says at the end of the video as Hogg walks away, claiming his activism was
funded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros. Greene said in a written statement that the video was taken while she was in Washington, "going from office to office in the Senate to oppose the radical gun control agenda that David Hogg was pushing."
Source: CNN coverage of 2021 Georgia House incumbent
Jan 27, 2021
Matt Lieberman:
For assault rifle ban & background checks
I'm strongly in favor of gun control, including a
ban on assault rifles and universal background checks.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Const. on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Oct 3, 2019
Matt Lieberman:
In campaign announcement, came out as pro-gun control
Matt Lieberman's views are largely unknown so far. In a video declaring his candidacy, he called for a ban on assault-style weapons,
proclaimed himself pro-choice, and endorsed a "Voting Rights Act for the 21st Century" to protect voters who rights might be endangered by state and local laws.
Source: Newsmax.com on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Oct 8, 2019
Nathan Deal:
Veto "campus carry;" it won't make students safer
Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed legislation that would allow college students to carry concealed guns onto campuses after lawmakers defied his personal request for changes that would make exceptions to the gun rights expansion.House Bill 859 would legalize
firearms at all public colleges in Georgia. "If the intent of HB 859 is to increase safety of students on college campuses, it is highly questionable that such would be the result," Deal wrote in his veto message.
The gun measure, known as the "campus carry" bill, was long sought by conservatives and Second Amendment activists who cast it as a crucial safety measure for students, faculty and administrators to protect themselves.
Deal [had requested the legislature] to exempt on-campus child care facilities, faculty or administrative office space and disciplinary meetings in a separate measure, but they declined to make changes.
Source: AJC on Georgia legislative voting records: HB 859
May 3, 2016
Paul Broun:
FactCheck: Guns cause more deaths than bats & hammers
State Sen. Bill Jackson said, "There's more murders with hammers last year than shotguns and pistols and AK-47s." Two days later, US Rep. Paul Broun said: "There are more people killed with baseball bats and hammers than are killed with guns." Is it true
In January, some pro-gun rights Facebook posts began to circulate: "According to the FBI, in 2011, 1,694 were murdered with knives, 726 with hands or feet, 496 with clubs or hammers, 323 with rifles of any type," it read. PolitiFact reviewed 2011 FBI
data on the types of weapons used to commit murders; the Facebook numbers nearly matched. So, using selective data, Sen. Jackson's claim is true: more people were killed with hammers than specific types of guns.
Broun's statement is not as specific as
Jackson's. FBI data shows that 6,220 Americans were murdered by handguns in 2011. That's more than 12 times the number of people killed with clubs or hammers. Broun's general use of "guns" by its nature includes handguns. That makes his statement way off
Source: PolitiFact FactCheck on 2014 Georgia Senate debate
Feb 13, 2013
Paul Broun:
Opposes more gun restrictions
Question topic: More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Broun: Strongly Disagree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Jul 2, 2014
Rand Knight:
Allow individuals to carry concealed guns
Knight supports the following principles regarding Gun Issues:- Allow individuals to carry concealed guns.
- Maintain Status on enforcement of existing restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
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Maintain Status on restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
Source: Georgia Congressional Election 2008 Political Courage Test
Jul 2, 2008
Raphael Warnock:
Guns not allowed in Capitol, but allowed in our schools?
The reverend declares with conviction, "Guns are not allowed in the state Capitol. But they want them in our churches and our schools. Have you lost your mind." Minutes later, a photo of Emmett Till fills the frame, captioned "Hoodie Sunday,"
transitioning to footage of the congregation. "We've been here before--Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin"--he cries, enunciating each syllable of the names of the deceased--"profiled, hunted down, and killed for crossing some cultural arbitrary line."
Source: Mother Jones on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Oct 21, 2020
Raphael Warnock:
Answer to gun violence isn't masses of people carrying guns
Q: Enact more restrictive legislation on guns?Raphael Warnock: Yes. "The answer to America's gun violence isn't to encourage masses of people to carry guns."
Kelly Loeffler: No. "Strong Second Amendment supporter." Sponsored bill barring national firearm database.
Source: CampusElect on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Raphael Warnock:
Endorsed by Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots networks, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, announced their support for Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in the run-off elections for the
Senate. "Everytown is proud to reaffirm our support for Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock, who are running against two gun extremists," said the president of Everytown for Gun Safety.
Source: OCG News on 2019-2020 Georgia Senate endorsements
Nov 8, 2020
Rick Allen:
Disagree with more restrictive gun control laws
Q: More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety?
Allen: Strongly Disagree
Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Georgia Senate race
Sep 30, 2014
Rick Allen:
Right to bear arms needs to be protected
The 'Right to Bear Arms' is one of the most fundamental and important rights in the Constitution and needs to be protected. As a lifelong member of the NRA,
I cherish this right and will fight each and every day to protect and uphold the 2nd Amendment.
Source: 2014 Georgia House campaign website, RickWAllen.com
Nov 4, 2014
Shane Hazel:
Repeal all gun laws; strictly interpret 2nd Amendment
Hazel believes all federal gun laws should be repealed, and the Second Amendment of the Constitution should be strictly interpreted.
I will expose all those that fight to deprive you the 1st natural right of self-preservation.
Source: Atlanta Magazine on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Oct 27, 2020
Stacey Abrams:
Voted NO on "campus carry;" it won't make students safer
Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed legislation that would allow college students to carry concealed guns onto campuses after lawmakers defied his personal request for changes that would make exceptions to the gun rights expansion.House Bill 859 would legalize
firearms at all public colleges in Georgia. "If the intent of HB 859 is to increase safety of students on college campuses, it is highly questionable that such would be the result," Deal wrote in his veto message.
The gun measure, known as the "campus carry" bill, was long sought by conservatives and Second Amendment activists who cast it as a crucial safety measure for students, faculty and administrators to protect themselves.
Deal [had requested the legislature] to exempt on-campus child care facilities & office space in a separate measure, but they declined to make changes.
Rep. Abrams voted NO; passed Senate 34-17-5 Mar.11; passed House 113-59-8 Feb.16
Source: AJC on Georgia legislative voting records: HB 859
Mar 11, 2016
Stacey Abrams:
Gun-carry license doesn't apply to "campus carry"
HB 280: Current version of "campus carry." HB 280 would allow for any weapons carry license holder to concealed carry a firearm on public university campuses. Athletic areas, student housing,
and fraternity and sorority houses are not covered under the proposed exception. Carrying is also prohibited on up to three on-campus pre-school spaces. MY VOTE: NO
Source: 2018 campaign website on Georgia voting record HB 280
Mar 30, 2017
Stacey Abrams:
State should enact reasonable restrictions on guns
[After series of shootings in July 2016] "Georgia must have a thoughtful conversation about the national epidemic of gun violence and racially discriminatory policing," said Abrams. Georgians "face the failure of our state to implement reasonable
restrictions to keep guns out of the wrong hands." The House Democratic Caucus, she said, will explore a package of proposals that will include gun restrictions and wider access to mental health care via expansion of Medicaid.
Source: Macon Telegraph on 2018 Georgia Gubernatorial race
Jul 18, 2016
Stacey Abrams:
AR-15s are not necessary on our streets
Q: When you were a state lawmaker in 2016, you co-sponsored House Bill 731 that would have allowed state authorities to take away so-called assault weapons from current gun owners. Most similar bans would grandfather in existing semiautomatic rifles.
ABRAMS: In Georgia, you introduce legislation to start conversations. I am happy to work with the legislature to figure out how we make an assault weapons ban work. But what I fundamentally believe is that we have to have commonsense gun safety
legislation. I am someone who supports the Second Amendment, who knows how to shoot, who knows how to hunt, but I believe that our responsibility is to make certain that the most vulnerable in our society do not face those who are irresponsible with
their weapons. AR-15s are not necessary on our streets. Semiautomatic weapons have to be put under a certain level of responsible control. And I believe that I can work with Democrats and Republicans to come up with commonsense gun safety legislation.
Source: CNN interviews 2018 on Georgia 2016 voting records HB731
Nov 4, 2018
Ted Terry:
2nd Amendment doesn't mean unfettered access to guns
There are some issues out there that 90% of Americans want to see, like universal background checks, gun licensing, and red flag laws. It's weird there are things we think are traditions but they're not. For a hundred fucking years the
Second Amendment was interpreted as: we should have a militia and people can have rifles and shit, but it doesn't mean unfettered access to guns, like George Washington himself would lay his life down to keep his AR-15.
Source: Under the Radar Mag on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Dec 19, 2019
Teresa Tomlinson:
Universal background checks; assault weapon ban
As the next United States Senator from Georgia, I will:- Establish universal background checks requiring purchasers to pass a background check before acquiring a firearm from any seller.
- Permanently ban the sale or transfer of assault weapons
and large-capacity ammunition magazines.
- Block suspected terrorists who are on federal "no fly" lists from purchasing guns. Known terrorists have no right to access such weapons. Impose federal restrictions on gun ownership by individuals who
suffer from serious mental health conditions and who pose a threat to themselves or others.
- The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and other law enforcement agencies should be allowed to collect and organize searchable data regarding guns
sales, offenders and other such information.
- Provide funding for the study of gun violence as a public safety issue and provide funding for evidence-based gun violence intervention programs.
Source: 2020 Georgia Senate campaign website, TeresaTomlinson.com
Jan 12, 2020
Tom Price:
Gun ownership protects those at scene of crime
Price asserted that when violence has taken place, gun ownership has protected--not harmed--those at the scene of the crime. "In fact, guns are used more often to protect lives, not take lives.
Steps to remove firearms from the hands of law-abiding citizens endanger those very citizens," he said.
Source: CNN coverage of 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Jan 10, 2017
Valencia Stovall:
Right to own guns, but not high powered weapons
Q: Do you generally support gun-control legislation?A: Yes. I support the right of people to have guns, but don't support the high powered weapons that are used in military
combat nor allowing someone with mental health history of violence to be permitted to have a gun.
Source: 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate PVS Political Courage Test
Oct 10, 2020
Valencia Stovall:
Voted NO on "campus carry;" it won't make students safer
Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed legislation that would allow college students to carry concealed guns onto campuses after lawmakers defied his personal request for changes that would make exceptions to the gun rights expansion.
House Bill 859 would legalize firearms at all public colleges in Georgia. "If the intent of HB 859 is to increase safety of students on college campuses, it is highly questionable that such would be the result," Deal wrote in his veto message.
The gun measure, known as the "campus carry" bill, was long sought by conservatives and Second Amendment activists who cast it as a crucial safety measure for students, faculty and administrators to protect themselves.
Deal [had requested the legislature] to exempt on-campus child care facilities & office space in a separate measure, but they declined to make changes.
Rep. Stovall voted NO; passed Senate 34-17-5 Mar.11; passed House 113-59-8 Feb.22
Source: AJC on Georgia legislative voting records: HB 859
Feb 22, 2016
Vernon Jones:
Allow individuals to carry concealed guns
Jones supports the following principles regarding Gun Issues:- Allow individuals to carry concealed guns.
- Slightly Increase enforcement of existing restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
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Eliminate restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
Source: Georgia Congressional Election 2008 Political Courage Test
Jul 2, 2008
Vernon Jones:
Gun-carry license should apply to "campus carry"
HB 280: Current version of "campus carry." HB 280 would allow for any weapons carry license holder to concealed carry a firearm on public university campuses. Athletic areas, student housing, and fraternity and sorority houses are not covered
under the proposed exception. Carrying is also prohibited on up to three on-campus pre-school spaces. Legislative Outcome: Passed House 96-70-14 on Mar/30/17; Speaker Stacey Abrams voted NO; State Rep. Vernon Jones voted YES
Source: Speaker Stacey Abrams website on Georgia voting record HB280
Mar 30, 2017
Vernon Jones:
Supports the NRA; received campaign donation in 2016
Jones supports the
National Rifle Association and received a campaign donation from the gun rights group in 2016.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution on 2022 Georgia Governor race
Aug 23, 2020
Stacey Abrams:
Opposes constitutional carry; supports background checks
[GOP Gov. Brian] Kemp signed "constitutional carry" earlier this year allowing Georgians to carry a gun without a license to carry permit. He campaigned on the measure in 2018 and his former primary election opponent
David Perdue said the move was a political ploy.Abrams and opponents of the new law say they believe it will lead to increased gun violence and she plans to repeal the law.
She also plans to push for a new law that requires background checks for gun sales through private purchases and gun shows,
as background checks are currently only required if purchased from a licensed dealer.
Source: The Hill on 2022 Georgia Gubernatorial race
Oct 8, 2022
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