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Senate
Bill 259
By: Senator Johnson of the 1st
By: Senator Johnson of the 1st
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to crimes involving dangerous instrumentalities and
practices, so as to repeal provisions relating to the crime of discharging a
firearm on Sunday; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
4 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to crimes involving dangerous instrumentalities and practices, is amended by
striking Code Section 16_11_105, relating to the crime of discharging a firearm
on Sunday, and inserting in its place the following:
"16_11_105.
Reserved.
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person willfully or wantonly to fire or discharge a
firearm on Sunday.
(b)
This Code section shall not apply to:
(1)
Persons who fire or discharge a firearm in defense of person or
property;
(2)
Law enforcement officers;
(3)
Persons who fire or discharge a firearm at a firing range approved and
supervised by representatives of a local, state, or national gun
club;
(4)
Any landowner on his own land nor to any member of the immediate family, guest,
invitee, or lessee of the property owner; or
(5)
Any person hunting on publicly owned land when the administering agency has
opened such land to public hunting.
(c)
Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section is guilty of a
misdemeanor."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.