Panel Upholds Airport Gun Ban

A federal appeals court has upheld a judge's decision to toss a lawsuit seeking to allow licensed gun owners to carry weapons in parts of the world's busiest airport. That judge had dismissed the lawsuit last year on grounds that the gun rights organization GeorgiaCarry.org failed to prove that a new Georgia law would allow weapons into unsecured areas of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. A three-judge panel found an appeal of that ruling was "meritless." The legal feud erupted when a new state law took effect in July that allows people with gun permits to carry guns into restaurants and state parks and on public transportation. Atlanta officials quickly declared the airport a "gun-free zone" and warned that anyone carrying a gun there would be arrested. GeorgiaCarry.org sued the city and the airport, claiming the airport qualifies as public transportation under the new state law.


(Associated Press)

City allows guns in parks

A Georgia pro-gun organization has won a legal battle in Kennesaw. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that under pressure from GeorgiaCarry.org, the city north of Atlanta has legalized carrying a gun in a public park. GeorgiaCarry.org filed suit last week against Kennesaw and six other Fulton County cities. The suit says those cities are violating state law by having ordinances banning guns in parks. Kennesaw Mayor Leonard Church says Kennesaw was forced to allow guns in parks because only the state can regulate where firearms may be carried.