1. Why not tell others about it? If there is something in the law that makes it easier for a person to have the means to defend themselves, and I know about, I would not want to withhold that information from them. By the states' requiring us to pay them for a license to carry a gun, especially in Georgia, where you have to be licensed to carry at all, open or concealed, the state has taken the RIGHT to self defense away from us and turned it into a state privilidge that one must pay for.
2. There is no debate about whether that statute applied to Military only in the line of duty. The state Attorney General has published an opinion that says that the statute is clearly worded that it applies any and all times a member of the US Military is present in Georgia, whether or not actually on duty.
there are 2 reasons that i haven't told people about it, and i think they are very valid reasons.
1) i am not a lawyer, barracks type or any other, and i personally didn't understand the statute. I was told one thing by a guy that took the Utah ccw permit class, the class was taught by a Lawyer from Atlanta, and he said that the statue applies to us no matter on duty or off as you understand it, so basically that was a he said she said thing, and that wasn't good enough for me to pass on to others. and on the other hand, a good friend and my training partner said that it was only if on duty, performing your job. so basically i was getting conflicting intel, and none of it concrete enough, to be able to pass on to others. and i would not want to be the guy to tell my men, and fellow troops wrong intel, especially something that can be a potential weapons crime.
I brought up the "opinion" that was published by the GA State AG, to my training partner, and he stated that it was exactly that an opinion and not a statute or law. again i am not a lawyer and i didn't understand the statute.
2) as in my earlier post there are many people in the Military that are not the caliber of people that should be carrying in the first place. that would take advantage of the statue and get themselves in trouble. they can't drive without getting in trouble, they can't go to river street without getting into a fight. if they can't do the basic things without being chaptered, receiving article 15's etc, they would not do well carrying.
also the majority of the folks in my unit couldn't care less about ccw, or what goes with it. the ones that do, go out and get their ccw and are normally of the higher caliber of gun owner/ shooter and they are ethical, responsible adults, that add to society instead of retract from it.
i am all about the 2ND amendment, and ccw, also with that i like to do things that put and keep gun owners and ccw holders in a good light. there are many just in my unit alone that would bring dishonor and discredit to ccw holders, gun owners etc, and do the kinds of things that give the anti's fuel for the fire.
