KingFish:
Thankyou for accepting my apology.
Georgia Code 16-11-173, The Preemption Statue, does cover .17 Caliber Rifles and .17 Caliber Pistols.
Therefore..., Open Carry of a Loaded .17 Caliber Rifle or .17 Caliber Pistol is Legal throughout Georgia.
Local Governments can not restrict this practice, because; 16-11-173(a)(1) through 16-11-173(b)(1) Preempts ALL Firearm-related matters solely to The Georgia General Assembly!
Now..., .17 Caliber Rifles and .17 Caliber Pistols are not LongGuns, or Handguns, per Georgia Code 16-11-125.1, respectively. This is Interesting, indeed! The reason is because..., 16-11-127 does not apply to these two aforementioned Firearms!
Remember, as in my last two subsequent Posts in this Thread..., ALL Weapons and LongGuns ARE Firearms..., but, not all Firearms are Weapons and LongGuns.
A .17 Caliber Rifle, like the one that I had, is a Firearm, per 16-11-171(3), therefore; it recieves the State-wide Uniform Protection of Georgia Firearms Preemption Law 16-11-173, named above. However, since because it Discharges a shot of less than .46 Centimeters in Diameter, it is not a LongGun, under Statute, and therefore, it can be Carried Openly or Concealed, Loaded or Unloaded, with a GWCL or without a GWCL, inside or outside a Motor Vehicle, by anyone-anywhere in Georgia (except while at: 1. The State Capitol, 2. Schools, and 3. Jails/Prisons)..., so as long as they are not a Convicted Felon or on Felony First Offender Probation.
A similiar situtation exsists currently with Hand-held Weapons. Knives with a Blade greator than 5'' in length are Weapons, per 16-11-125.1(2), therefore; they require a GWCL, and they are subject to the provisions of 16-11-127. However, ALL other Knives with Blades shorter than this designation are NOT Weapons, NOR are: 1. Batons, 2. BlackJacks, 3. Stilettos, 4. Knucks/Metal Knuckles, 5. Martal Arts Weapons, 6.Pepper Spray, 7. Sticks, 8. Clubs, 9. Slingshots, 10. ...etc., therefore they may also be Carried Openly or Concealed, with or without a GWCL, in or out of a Motor Vehicle by ANYONE (including Felons), Anywhere in Georgia except: 1. The State Capitol, 2. Schools, and 3. Jails/Prisons.
The Georgia General Assembly specifacally designed Georgia Law to be this way!
In short..., as Georgia is a Common Law Jurisdiction, that which is not Prohibited..., is, in essence, not Illegal. To put it another way..., there is no more a Law that says that I can not walk around with a .17 Caliber Rifle (so as long as I am not a Felon, which I am not) then there is a Law that says you have to wear a Green T-Shirt on Thursdays.
Make no mistake though..., if I were to have been Carrying a .22 Rifle, then, it would have to be both Loaded and in an Open Manner and Fully Exposed to View, ...which is how I Carry ALL of my Firearms and Weapons anyways.
Thankyou for accepting my apology.
Georgia Code 16-11-173, The Preemption Statue, does cover .17 Caliber Rifles and .17 Caliber Pistols.
Therefore..., Open Carry of a Loaded .17 Caliber Rifle or .17 Caliber Pistol is Legal throughout Georgia.
Local Governments can not restrict this practice, because; 16-11-173(a)(1) through 16-11-173(b)(1) Preempts ALL Firearm-related matters solely to The Georgia General Assembly!
Now..., .17 Caliber Rifles and .17 Caliber Pistols are not LongGuns, or Handguns, per Georgia Code 16-11-125.1, respectively. This is Interesting, indeed! The reason is because..., 16-11-127 does not apply to these two aforementioned Firearms!
Remember, as in my last two subsequent Posts in this Thread..., ALL Weapons and LongGuns ARE Firearms..., but, not all Firearms are Weapons and LongGuns.
A .17 Caliber Rifle, like the one that I had, is a Firearm, per 16-11-171(3), therefore; it recieves the State-wide Uniform Protection of Georgia Firearms Preemption Law 16-11-173, named above. However, since because it Discharges a shot of less than .46 Centimeters in Diameter, it is not a LongGun, under Statute, and therefore, it can be Carried Openly or Concealed, Loaded or Unloaded, with a GWCL or without a GWCL, inside or outside a Motor Vehicle, by anyone-anywhere in Georgia (except while at: 1. The State Capitol, 2. Schools, and 3. Jails/Prisons)..., so as long as they are not a Convicted Felon or on Felony First Offender Probation.
A similiar situtation exsists currently with Hand-held Weapons. Knives with a Blade greator than 5'' in length are Weapons, per 16-11-125.1(2), therefore; they require a GWCL, and they are subject to the provisions of 16-11-127. However, ALL other Knives with Blades shorter than this designation are NOT Weapons, NOR are: 1. Batons, 2. BlackJacks, 3. Stilettos, 4. Knucks/Metal Knuckles, 5. Martal Arts Weapons, 6.Pepper Spray, 7. Sticks, 8. Clubs, 9. Slingshots, 10. ...etc., therefore they may also be Carried Openly or Concealed, with or without a GWCL, in or out of a Motor Vehicle by ANYONE (including Felons), Anywhere in Georgia except: 1. The State Capitol, 2. Schools, and 3. Jails/Prisons.
The Georgia General Assembly specifacally designed Georgia Law to be this way!
In short..., as Georgia is a Common Law Jurisdiction, that which is not Prohibited..., is, in essence, not Illegal. To put it another way..., there is no more a Law that says that I can not walk around with a .17 Caliber Rifle (so as long as I am not a Felon, which I am not) then there is a Law that says you have to wear a Green T-Shirt on Thursdays.
Make no mistake though..., if I were to have been Carrying a .22 Rifle, then, it would have to be both Loaded and in an Open Manner and Fully Exposed to View, ...which is how I Carry ALL of my Firearms and Weapons anyways.
