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Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc
Time for a stupid question ��. Governor Kemp here in Georgia announced last week he is going to introduce legislation to allow Georgia residents to open carry without a CCW . If that legislation gets passed does that have any affect on reciprocal states ?
Asked another way if I am pulled over by a police officer in a reciprocal state and asked if I have a firearm and answer yes . Then I am asked do I have a CCW and answer no . But I then say Georgia no longer requires a CCW . Then what happens ?
I assume that the non CCW requirement is just good in Georgia in this example but I don't know that for sure . Thoughts ?
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I would assume the 'constitutional carry' is only good in Georgia. Texas just passed 'constitutional carry, and it went into effect back in September.
Frankly, it is a mess for enforcement. Since the effective date, I have had half dozen cases of unlawful carry. Mainly because the rules are so convoluted.
On a recent case I was able to overhear the telephone conversations from body cam footage between the on scene officer and a detective and then a DA. He was calling in to get a read on whether to arrest the subject. Both the DA and detective were unclear about the limits of the new law and really offered no solution. The DA actually said something like, "I really don't know how to apply the new law".
Here is one thing about the Texas new law: if you don't have a CCW then you may carry concealed, but if any part however slight of the weapon is visible, then it must be in a holster. Further, it is a violation to display it in a public area. It is a gray area on whether you violate by display in private property that is not your own.