Apologies [ September 8, 2010 – 6:14 pm] by Jeff Posted in General

We’ll get back to a semi-regular posting schedule in a couple of weeks, but for now I am tied up with my own election and am honestly too busy campaigning to keep up to date here. The election will be on Sept 21, and we’ll get back to posting at least a few times a week after that point.

In the mean time, enjoy Chuck Donovan’s latest youtube/TV commercial – and if you really enjoy it, feel free to drop over to his campaign site and drop some coin to help put it on every TV in Georgia!

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A ‘Comprehensive Revision of Georgia’s Gun Laws’ a good thing?[ January 3, 2010 – 7:08 pm]by Jeff Posted in » Commentary, Legislation

HB 615 is being heralded as a “comprehensive revision of Georgia’s gun laws”, but it has recently come under fire from some even within the liberty movement.

I needed to look at this bill for a few reasons, and so today I did. What I found was rather interesting, and has changed my views on the bill as it exists at this moment.

First, I think that this bill will pass any Constitutionality challenge based on the requirement of a single subject, as the subject here is gun rights, and the various areas HB 615 changes are all specific instances of laws regarding gun rights.

As far as the various changes made in HB 615, the first is that the phrase “pistol, revolver, or concealable firearm” is replaced with “weapon”, allowing a greater range of weaponry to be legally carried. One problem I have with this is that “weapon” is never clearly defined, and thus a restrictive definition could be added at a later time. Other than that though, this seems like a good move.
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A Belated Christmas Gift to Doug Macginnitie and Brian Kemp[ January 3, 2010 – 8:13 am]by Jeff Posted in » 2010 Campaigns

One issue I haven’t discussed yet has been the speculation and subsequent actual selection of who the new Secretary of State would be, to fulfill the remainder of the term Karen Handel abandoned.

Earlier this week, Governor Perdue gave a belated Christmas gift to Doug Macginnitie and Brian Kemp when he announced that he had selected his former Floor Leader State Rep Jim Cole (R-Forsyth) as the interim Secretary of State, and Cole announced that he would seek election to the full term of the post this November.

I honestly know nothing about Cole, so I went to the source I always go to for information about a current member of the General Assembly – LEGIS.

There, I looked at the bills he sponsored so far this term, with particular emphasis on the bills he authored himself. It is these bills, the ones he authored himself (or at least takes official credit for doing so), that I want to point out to you:
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