(05-11-2020, 02:07 PM)B2hibry Wrote:

(05-11-2020, 01:44 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Odd, there's a movement in Georgia right now to make what you're saying is legal to actually be legal. Which means it's ummmm...currently not legal. So yeah, call it what you want but it doesn't pass the smell test. They went after him while carrying = crime.

AJC March 2020

As the GBI arrests indicate, the two are charged with committing Aggravated Assault and Homicide. I don't care if he has a permit, I don't care if he's carrying openly or concealed, I really don't care what he thought he was doing, the simple fact is that what he did resulted in a man dying in the dirt on a road in Georgia and they need to stand to account for it.

Except it was not aimed at anyone. Open carry is legal in the State of Georgia with a permit. And FYI, this bill came about, like the Florida bill, because folks were being arrested for brandishing/improper exhibition during concealed carry. It also removes the limitation imposed on an individual that brandishes a firearm to avoid deadly conflict.

Open carry laws are a red herring to this discussion.  By their own admission, the shooters were attempting a citizen's arrest, and they did not have enough knowledge of the man they were chasing.  Even if they had seen him trespassing on a construction site.  Unless they saw him take something valuable, that they knew he had no claim to, they did not witness a felony, so they could not legally attempt a citizen's arrest.

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