Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that prohibits localities in Georgia from regulating gun storage for legal gun owners.

Highlights:

• Prohibits counties and municipal corporations from zoning to regulate the storage of a firearm (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that employees of a local government may be regulated on storage of a firearm (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes an individual who is a lawful weapons carrier and who has been aggrieved by a regulation in violation of this Act to bring the following actions (Sec. 1):

• An action in mandamus or other legal proceeding against a public entity or official to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief; or

• A civil action to recover damages of $25,000 or more when such individual suffers personal, property, or economic damage.

• Requires any legal action to be brought within one year of the enforcement of a regulation that violates this Act (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that prohibits localities in Georgia from regulating gun storage for legal gun owners.

Highlights:

• Prohibits counties and municipal corporations from zoning to regulate the storage of a firearm (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that employees of a local government may be regulated on storage of a firearm (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes an individual who is a lawful weapons carrier and who has been aggrieved by a regulation in violation of this Act to bring the following actions (Sec. 1):

• An action in mandamus or other legal proceeding against a public entity or official to obtain declaratory or injunctive relief; or

• A civil action to recover damages of $25,000 or more when such individual suffers personal, property, or economic damage.

• Requires any legal action to be brought within one year of the enforcement of a regulation that violates this Act (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text