Legislation to do away with the permit requirement to carry a gun for self-defense passed in the Georgia Senate on Monday and is headed to the House.
The Associated Press reports that the legislation, Senate Bill 319, passed “along party lines.”
State Sen. Jason Anavitarte (R), sponsor of SB 319, praised the bill’s passage, saying, “Today, we empower good people, law-abiding people.”
State Sens. Elena Parent (D) and Nan Orrock (D) spoke out against the bill, with Orrock suggesting the legislation would perpetuate “the bloody trail of people injured and killed with gun violence here in our state.”
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