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Mike wrote:
dogear6 wrote:
Does Georgia have a non-residents license for CWP/CHP?
No - contact Georgiacarry.org and ask to be a Plaintiff to sue
Mike, technically in Georgia carrying in the car is considered concealed carry (as it is in a lot of states) and requires a license. Georgia recognizes many out of state licenses. There are some exceptions in the statute, including now ANY carry in an automobile, but the exceptions, if you read closely, are all for people not enumerated as ineligible for a license.
http://www.georgiapacking.org/GaCode/?title=16&chapter=11§ion=126
(e)This Code section shall not forbid any person who is not among those enumerated as ineligible for a license under Code Section 16-11-129 from transporting a loaded firearm in any private passenger motor vehicle.
I do not know whether being ineligible due to being a nonresident is the same thing as being enumerated as ineligible, since the enumeration all seems to appear down in subsection b of 16-11-129, and nonresidency is not enumerated, but a nonresident is not eligible.
I am not aware of a nonresident being arrested for glovebox carry in Georgia, and there is no case law addressing this issue.
GeorgiaCarry.Org has a lawsuit pending, which we lost and is now under a motion for reconsideration, seeking to force a probate judge to issue a license to a Wisconsin resident who is ineligible to carry in Georgia (he drives a relative's car when here, and case law is clear that the exception for cars applies only to your own car).