Kennesaw Agrees to Consider Repealing Gun Ban

From Matt Knighten:

Yes, that Kennesaw, Gun Town USA has an ordinance that bans the carry of firearms in city parks (even those legally carried by license individuals). Though the state has a law preempting it, they have agreed to "consider" repealing the ban. Actually, that is what the AJC says. The letter from the city attorney to GCO says they have agreed period.

The AJC has most of the story. http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2007/08/09/guns_0810.html

Letter from the City attorneys is found on this page: http://www.georgiacarry.org/cms/2007/08/07/kennesaw-agrees-to-repeal-parks-ban/

Also, to put it in perspective, here is a link to GA's preemption law 16-11-173 http://www.georgiapacking.org/GaCode/?title=16&chapter=11&section=173

In light of all that, notice that in the AJC article that the county of Coweta (which has a similar ordinance) is fighting GeorgiaCarry over it. They have even one the first court case. GCO is who is appealing to the GA Appeals Court. If you want to read more about that, you can read our updates about it http://www.georgiacarry.org/cms/category/action-items/coweta-county-preemption/

and/or if you feel like reading the court/lawsuit related documents http://www.georgiacarry.com/county/coweta_parks

Matt Knighten
Owner GeorgiaPacking.org
Secretary and Member of the Board GeorgiaCarry.org