Ga is a Constitutional Carry state now. No permit needed. Been that way about 6 years, I think. Before that, you had to have a carry permit, but it didn't matter if you carried open or concealed. The permit allowed you to carry loaded hand guns and knives with over a 6 inch blade. You can still get a permit if you want to, and most of us that travel out of state do. We have reciprocity with 28 states, and some of those still require a permit, so that's why I renew mine. And because with a carry permit, you don't have to do the federal background checks when you make a purchase. And, even when we had a permit law, since the 90's you didn't have to have a permit to have a loaded handgun in your vehicle. Your house has always been your "castle" in Ga. Someone comes in your house, you could blow them away legally. Well, in Atlanta in the 80's and 90's, there were the "squeegie" people. They hung out at traffic lights downtown, and when you were waiting on a red light to change, they'd run out with a bucket and a squeegie, and try to wash your windows, then expect you to pay them. One day about 1990 or 92, one of them did this to a state legislator, on his way into a General Assembly session. He blew his horn, shook his head, and waived them off. Thug opened the door, jerked him out,. and beat him up., and robbed him. He got to the capitol and that very day they passed what is called the "squeegie" law. Basically it says, that a vehicle you occupy is considered the same as your house. Someone tries to open your car door, you can blow them away, and you didn't need a permit to have a loaded handgun in your vehicle. So that gal popo didn't know what she was talking about. Was she City of Augusta popo?
