Georgia carrying laws?

grnamin

grnamin

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The Blade Show is just two days away. I'm from New York and have no idea as to what the carrying laws for knives are in Georgia, especially Atlanta. Can anyone help?

-Greg
 
Greg

The show is "outside" the city limits of Atlanta and is pretty liberal in regards to carrying knives.

In addition, Georgia is reciprocal with many states as far as CCW permits.
My NH permit works there just fine, while my SC does not.


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Just remember, the New Hampshire is a "Concealed Pistol/Revolver" permit.

My Florida (weapons or firearms) and New Hampshire permits are good in Georgia, but my Utah (firearm) and Arizona (weapons) permits are not.

John Hollister
 
John,

How and why do you have so many permits to carry without living in the state of issue?

I would like to obtain a CW permit but I live in Michigan and they are almost imposible to obtain unless you are a retired cop or judge.

I do know that MI will honor other states permits so if I could get a permit from another state it would work.

you can e-mail me if you don't want to post your reply on the forum. phil@2thehilt.com

Thanks,

Phil

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[This message has been edited by 2thehilt (edited 05-31-2000).]
 
Hey folks, don't count on your out-of-state CCW permit to get you out of a hassle with the local police here in GA. Our permits are for firearms only and as far as I know don't apply to other weapons. In short, your OTF Mictrotech will get you in a world of hurt, permit or not.

If you really want to play it safe keep the blade length under 3" - I've heard rumors that Atlanta/Fulton County police use that as a guideline although I haven't seen any proof. What matters in the end isn't the law but what that particular cop is thinking - unfortunate but true.

For what it's worth, here's a direct quote from the card that came with my Georgia concealed carry (see my disclaimer at the bottom):

"16-11-26 (GCA @ 26-2901) Carrying a concealed weapon

(a) A person commits the offense of carrying a concealed weapon when such person knowingly has or carries about his or her person, unless in an open manner and fully exposed to view, any bludgeon, metal knuckles, firearm, knife designed for the purpose of offense and defense, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument of like character outside of his of her home or place of business, except as permitted under this Code section.
(b) Upon conviction of the offense of carrying a concealed weapond, a person shall be punished as follows:
(1) For the first offense, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
(2) For the second offense, and for any subsequent offense, he or she shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for not less that one year and not more than five years.
(c) This Code section shall not permit, outside of his of her home, motor vehicle, or place of business, the concealed carry of a pistol, revolver or concealable firearm by any person unless that person has on his or her person a valid license issued under Code Section 16-11-129 and the pistol, revolver, or firearm may only be carried in a shoulder holster, waist belt horster, any other holster, hipgrip, or any other similar device in which event the weapon may be concealed by the person's clothing, or handbag, purse, attache case, briefcase, or other closed container. Carrying on the person in a concealed manner other than as provided in this subsection shall not be permitted and shall be a violation of this Code section.
(d) This code section shall not forbid the transportation of any firearm by a person who is not among those enumerated as ineligible for a license under Code Section 16-11-129, provided the firearm is enclosed in a case, unloaded and separated from its ammunition. This Code section shall not forbid any person who is not among those enumerated as ineligible for a license under Code Section 16-11-129 from transporting a loaded firearm in any private passenger motor vehicle in an open manner and fully exposed to view or in the glove compartment of the vehicle; provided, however, that any person in possession of a valid permit issued pursuant to Code Section 16-11-129 may carry a handgun in any location in a motor vehicle."

Disclaimer: Do not take any of the above as law or fact. I copied from the card the state gave me when I received my permit a few years ago and I warn you now that I may not have copied it perfectly. Additionally, I may have unknowinly omitted other Codes relating to 16-11-26 and that ommission could get someone in a world of hurt if they haven't verified this and all related Codes themselves. Additionally, this is onlty state law and there may be county, city or other local ordinances that further restrict what and how you can carry concealed weapons with or without a permit.

Having said that, nowhere in there does it mention weapons (or tools that could be deemed weapons) other than firearms.

You mileage may vary (but hopefully not by much),

Jon
Suwannee, GA
 
Due to reciprocal agreements, different permits are good in additional states. These four permits cover 99% of the States I travel in.

I'll give you a couple of links to help you sort out the reciprocal agreements:

http://www.packing.org/
http://www.magicnet.net/~flynn/armory.html
http://licgweb.dos.state.fl.us/

Sorry for the brief post.

If I were you, my first nonresidential permit would Florida. Florida is a stand alone permit (does not rely on your home state CCW) and is good in Florida, where your New Hampshire would not be (unless New Hampshire is your home state).

Sorry about the quicky post. Any questions, email me and I'll reply when I get home.

Also, I always carry with me a letter from the Attorney Generals Office of every state I will travel through. I have a recurring nightmare of a Georgia State Trooper looking at me through mirrored sunglasses, going "This ain't New Hampshire Boy".

Take care

John
 
Oops! My bad! Upon rereading my question, I realized I had bungled what I wanted to ask. I meant knife-carrying laws, not firearms carrying laws.

-Greg
 
grnamin,

It looks like TheMartialWay picked up where I left off. I was just trying to point out that a GA CCW permits (and therefore reciprical(?) permits issued by other states) *only* covers handguns in the state of Georgia.

Jon

[This message has been edited by Ghecko (edited 06-01-2000).]
 
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