Georgia
After Midtown shooting, group of Dem. lawmakers wants Kemp to call special session
Ga. lawmakers demand particular session on weapons
Some Georgia lawmakers are calling on Gov. Brian Kemp to toughen gun legal guidelines. They level to 2 mass shootings simply final week — one in Midtown, one other in Moultrie the next day — to make their case. FOX 5 discovered what their plan is and what they need the governor to do about it.
ATLANTA – 4 Democratic state lawmakers despatched a letter to Gov. Brian Kemp Monday demanding he name a particular legislative session.
The demand was made citing two mass capturing in Georgia in as many days—one in Midtown Atlanta on Wednesday, and one other in Moultrie the day after.
“These shootings are a transparent demonstration of how Georgia’s firearm-related legal guidelines are inadequate to guard our residents, and our constituents are demanding motion,” the lawmakers wrote. “For a few years, the Georgia Common Meeting has handed laws that has made it simpler for harmful people and people experiencing psychological well being crises to amass and possess firearms.”
State Sen. Nabilah Islam and State Reps. Pedro Marin, Gregg Kennard, and Ruwa Romman signed the letter, later calling for the legislative session to tighten Georgia’s gun legal guidelines.
Rep. Kennard advised FOX 5 that he believes “pink flag” legal guidelines may have prevented 24-year-old Deion Patterson from getting the gun police say he used to kill CDC worker Amy St. Pierre.
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“The gentleman in Atlanta final week was clearly troubled. He was in a psychological well being disaster,” Kennard stated. “He was within the hospital, he was carrying a firearm. A pink flag regulation would have deterred that complete factor, and gotten that gun out of his hand with a courtroom order, and will’ve prevented this horrific act.”
A spokesperson for the governor’s workplace didn’t instantly have a response to the letter Monday afternoon.
“This should cease. We owe it to hard-working Georgia households who need to go to work or go to high school with out concern that they or certainly one of their family members is not going to come house,” the letter reads. “This can be a public security disaster, and it’s our obligation as elected officers to handle public security. We perceive that, among the many elected members of the Georgia Common Meeting, there are variations of opinion on tips on how to handle this disaster, however we consider that this disaster can now not be ignored.”
Final 12 months, Kemp signed a invoice that now not required folks to have a license to hide carry handguns.
Critics declare it made the gun violence epidemic worse within the state.
That measure handed the state Senate by a margin of 34-22.