Bill Text: GA HB873 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Freedom of Choice and Security Act; enact
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-13 - House Second Readers [HB873 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HB873-Introduced.html
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LC 28 4858
House
Bill 873
By:
Representative Franklin of the
43rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to offenses against public order and safety, so as to provide a short title; to
provide for legislative intent; to repeal Article 4, relating to dangerous
instrumentalities and practices, in its entirety; to provide for related
matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
This
Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Freedom of Choice and Security
Act."
SECTION
2.
The
General Assembly makes the following findings of fact:
(1)
Our founding fathers, in the
unanimous Declaration
of the thirteen united States of America,
acknowledged that the purpose of civil government is to secure God-given
rights;
(2)
As such, civil governments are to punish the criminal acts that deprive their
citizens of their God-given rights to life, liberty, and property;
(3)
The mere potential to deprive someone of life, liberty, or property should never
be considered a crime in a free and just society;
(4)
Evil resides in the heart of the individual, not in material objects;
and
(5)
Since objects or "instrumentalities" in and of themselves are not dangerous or
evil, in a free and just society, the civil government should not ban or
restrict their possession or use.
SECTION
3.
Chapter
11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses
against public order and safety, is amended by repealing Article 4, relating to
dangerous instrumentalities and practices, in its entirety.
SECTION
4.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
5.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
