Georgia lawmakers may waive gun carry permit in 2022

Backers of expanded gun rights are hopeful an election-year legislature will eliminate the need for permits to carry a concealed weapon.

Eliminating the requirement for a permit to carry a concealed weapon has been floated repeatedly at the capitol over the years. 2022 could be the year Republican lawmakers actually get it done.

Brian Kemp got a roaring response in 2018 when he campaigned before a big crowd outside a gun store in Jasper. The store owner even gave Kemp a six-shooter. Kemp said in 2018 that he supported eliminating the requirement for state-issued gun carry permits.  

Yet at the capitol, those bills never advanced – including one introduced earlier this year by state Rep. Emory Dunahoo (R-Gillsville).