GA2A’s agenda includes a totally unsexy and downright obscure item about restoring the common-law definition of assault, which is winning praises from criminal defense attorneys.
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Home Depot Backyard firearms ban may be lifted after advocate’s latest complaint
A firearms ban at the Home Depot Backyard park at Mercedes-Benz Stadium may be removed after the latest agitation by a guns rights advocate.
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Music Midtown weapons ban is challenged by gun rights advocate
The Music Midtown concert festival’s weapons ban is being challenged by the man who just lost a legal battle for the right to carry guns at the neighboring Atlanta Botanical Garden.
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Atlanta Botanical Garden wins right to ban guns from its property
The Atlanta Botanical Garden has won the right to ban guns from its property after an eight-year court battle with the advocacy group GA2A.
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Court decision on guns in leased parkland could be bigger than ‘constitutional carry’
The notion of “Constitutional carry” — the license-free toting of firearms in public — is sucking up all the Second Amendment oxygen in the Gold Dome and governor’s race these days. But a pending decision in a quietly simmering lawsuit could be more consequential in determining where those guns can be carried — specifically if it includes the Atlanta Botanical Garden at Piedmont Park.
