[GPSL-Tradingpost] January 10 - Call to Arms - HB 915 "Second Amendment Protection Act of 2008"

[Paul Smith]

Fellow GPSL gun traders and Georgia gun owners:
 
Do you know:

*	Georgia has more places off limits to legally carrying a firearm
than California. In fact, 

*	 <http://www.georgiacarry.org/cms/about/prohibited-places/> Georgia
has more places off limits to legal carry than most other states in the
nation. 

Shocked, surprised, disgusted? 
 
Fed up? Finally ready to do something about it? 
 
If so, mark your calendar to show your support of the Second Amendment
Protection Act of 2008 (SAPA). This Bill (HB 915) has beeen introduced by
<http://www.timbearden.com/> Representative Timothy Bearden, District 68, in
the Georgia Legislature for this coming session. 
 
SAPA rewrites the firearms laws of Georgia. It removes conflicting,
confusing and overly restrictive laws. It permits open carry. It includes
the Car Carry Bill from the 2007 session.  It stops capers like Mayor
Bloomberg's straw purchasers. It repeals the Public Gathering law. It
requires timely issuance of firearms licenses. It includes the Katrina Bill.
 
The legwork has been done by a dedicated group of citizens and legislators.
HB 915 is pre-filed. Everything in it is similar to the law in at least one
other state. There is nothing in it that has not been adopted successfully
elsewhere.
 
Now it is your turn to stand up and support your rights. 
 
This Bill needs massive public support to overcome the "wild-west, blood in
the street" editorials that will surely follow its introduction. The
Legislature needs to know that this Bill has broad public support because
they won't find out from the media. A crowd of voters turning up in downtown
Atlanta mid-week to support this Bill will let them know just that.

January 10, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.  
before the steps of the state capitol building in Atlanta, Georgia

is the place and time for YOU to be there for the press conference and rally
in support of SAPA. Bring family and supportive friends. Make a vacation day
of it. Just come without your gun as this might be a "Public Gathering".
 
Forward this email to like-minded friends, gun-owners and your fellow
shooters in other clubs.
 
For further information, please visit:

*	http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/sum/hb915.htm-- HB 915 - "The
2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2008"  <http://www.georgiapacking.org/> 

*	 <http://www.timbearden.com/> http://www.timbearden.com/ --
Representative Timothy Bearden's blog and website 

*	 <http://www.georgiacarry.org/> http://www.georgiacarry.org/  -- a
citizens advocacy group working to reform Georgia's gun laws 

*	 <http://www.georgiapacking.org/> http://www.georgiapacking.org/  --
a reference site for Georgia's gun laws and a forum to discuss them

If you can't make the 10th, be prepared to write letters to your legislators
and the media. Follow the Bill's progress on the reference sites above. Be
prepared to show up at a hearing for the Bill. Just don't sit around
assuming you can't make a difference.
 
 
Regards,
Paul Smith
GPSL <http://www.gpsl.org/>  member
 
 
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