WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:02:25.9710000" NOTE recognizability:0.889 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.86715823 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.331 If you may soon be able to carry a NOTE Confidence: 0.86715823 00:00:02.331 --> 00:00:04.378 handgun in public without a license, NOTE Confidence: 0.86715823 00:00:04.380 --> 00:00:06.158 Governor Brian Kemp tweeting just a few NOTE Confidence: 0.86715823 00:00:06.158 --> 00:00:07.891 hours ago that he's looking forward NOTE Confidence: 0.86715823 00:00:07.891 --> 00:00:09.421 to signing the constitutional carry NOTE Confidence: 0.86715823 00:00:09.421 --> 00:00:11.232 bill and that tweet posted moments NOTE Confidence: 0.86715823 00:00:11.232 --> 00:00:12.954 after the state Senate approved the NOTE Confidence: 0.86715823 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:15.248 bill and sent the measure to his desk. NOTE Confidence: 0.86715823 00:00:15.250 --> 00:00:17.538 11 lives Doug Richards is live at the NOTE Confidence: 0.86715823 00:00:17.540 --> 00:00:19.262 state Capitol, where a number of NOTE Confidence: 0.86715823 00:00:19.262 --> 00:00:21.018 bills are advancing ahead of the NOTE Confidence: 0.86715823 00:00:21.018 --> 00:00:22.398 end of that legislative session. NOTE Confidence: 0.86715823 00:00:22.400 --> 00:00:23.540 Coming up on Monday. NOTE Confidence: 0.9076545 00:00:25.460 --> 00:00:27.500 And this particular gun friendly NOTE Confidence: 0.9076545 00:00:27.500 --> 00:00:30.448 bill has been a priority for a NOTE Confidence: 0.9076545 00:00:30.448 --> 00:00:32.116 Republicans really for weeks, NOTE Confidence: 0.9076545 00:00:32.120 --> 00:00:34.195 and it has obviously plenty NOTE Confidence: 0.9076545 00:00:34.195 --> 00:00:35.440 of democratic detractors. NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:00:37.290 --> 00:00:38.634 This is constitutional carry. NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:00:38.634 --> 00:00:40.982 You know where you stand if you NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:00:40.982 --> 00:00:43.390 don't like it, the red. If you like NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:00:43.390 --> 00:00:44.673 it, the green Mr. NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:00:44.673 --> 00:00:46.600 President I yield the will. The NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:48.205 gun bill known as Constitutional NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:00:48.205 --> 00:00:50.130 Carry has been one of this NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:00:50.130 --> 00:00:51.654 year's most contentious measures. NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:00:51.654 --> 00:00:53.178 Constitutional carry would eliminate NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:00:53.178 --> 00:00:55.012 the need for a government permit NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:00:55.012 --> 00:00:56.542 to carry a firearm in public. NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:00:56.550 --> 00:00:58.422 It would still be illegal for NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:00:58.422 --> 00:01:00.060 convicted felons to carry weapons NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:02.010 as well as anyone adjudicated to NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:01:02.010 --> 00:01:03.936 have a mental illness. There's a NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:01:03.936 --> 00:01:05.540 narrative about crime, especially in NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:01:05.540 --> 00:01:07.240 Atlanta. Detractors insist the bill. NOTE Confidence: 0.88624316 00:01:07.240 --> 00:01:09.180 Will make cities more dangerous. Let's NOTE Confidence: 0.872451 00:01:09.180 --> 00:01:13.420 talk about the reasons why it's a problem. NOTE Confidence: 0.872451 00:01:13.420 --> 00:01:15.674 Part of the reason a not small NOTE Confidence: 0.872451 00:01:15.674 --> 00:01:18.048 part of the reason I contend NOTE Confidence: 0.872451 00:01:18.048 --> 00:01:20.253 is because everyone has guns. NOTE Confidence: 0.900924 00:01:20.260 --> 00:01:21.780 Currently, state law requires NOTE Confidence: 0.900924 00:01:21.780 --> 00:01:23.680 a license to carry firearms. NOTE Confidence: 0.900924 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:25.960 There's an application and probate court, NOTE Confidence: 0.900924 00:01:25.960 --> 00:01:29.760 a background check and a fee of up to $75. NOTE Confidence: 0.900924 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:31.780 Those permits would still be NOTE Confidence: 0.900924 00:01:31.780 --> 00:01:33.800 available and useful for gun NOTE Confidence: 0.900924 00:01:33.877 --> 00:01:36.215 owners who still want to carry in NOTE Confidence: 0.900924 00:01:36.220 --> 00:01:37.740 other states that recognize NOTE Confidence: 0.900924 00:01:37.740 --> 00:01:39.640 Georgia permits. Let's stop blaming NOTE Confidence: 0.900924 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:41.160 an inanimate object. Backers NOTE Confidence: 0.900924 00:01:41.160 --> 00:01:43.548 of constitutional carry said guns are. NOTE Confidence: 0.900924 00:01:43.550 --> 00:01:46.598 Only dangerous in the hands of NOTE Confidence: 0.9226098 00:01:46.600 --> 00:01:50.170 ill intentioned people. I will tell you NOTE Confidence: 0.9226098 00:01:50.170 --> 00:01:53.726 once again why violent crime is up. NOTE Confidence: 0.9226098 00:01:53.730 --> 00:01:56.788 It's up because mothers, fathers, churches, NOTE Confidence: 0.9226098 00:01:56.788 --> 00:01:58.820 educational institutions and others NOTE Confidence: 0.9226098 00:01:58.820 --> 00:02:00.852 have abandoned their responsibility NOTE Confidence: 0.9226098 00:02:00.852 --> 00:02:02.884 to raise responsible adults. NOTE Confidence: 0.8914196 00:02:05.430 --> 00:02:08.040 And the bill passed along a very NOTE Confidence: 0.8914196 00:02:08.040 --> 00:02:09.480 predictable party line vote NOTE Confidence: 0.8914196 00:02:09.551 --> 00:02:11.803 with Republican supporting constitutional NOTE Confidence: 0.8914196 00:02:11.803 --> 00:02:14.055 carry Democrats opposing it. NOTE Confidence: 0.8914196 00:02:14.060 --> 00:02:16.646 This has already become an election NOTE Confidence: 0.8914196 00:02:16.646 --> 00:02:19.990 year issue and all that will accelerate NOTE Confidence: 0.8914196 00:02:19.990 --> 00:02:23.056 as the election generates more heat NOTE Confidence: 0.8914196 00:02:23.056 --> 00:02:25.969 between now and November back to you.