Wondering if someone who is more legally savvy than myself can point me to the actual GA Law regarding how and when you can or cannot carry in a “gun free” zone, such as dropping my kid(s) off at school?
I’m pretty sure that with a concealed permit, there are exemptions, but I’m just curious to read the actual law to be sure.
Thanks,
Kevin
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@Kckirwan Hope this helps. 
Georgia Concealed Carry Gun Laws: CCW & Reciprocity Map | USCCA 2022-04-12 (usconcealedcarry.com)
Georgia Location Restrictions
WHERE CAN’T I CARRY A CONCEALED FIREARM IN GEORGIA?
Places off-limits even with a permit/license * School buses;
- School functions;
- School safety zones – building or property leased or owned by any public or private elementary, secondary, technical or vocational school, college, university or other institute of post-secondary education (except firearms under the control of a weapons carry license holder in a locked compartment, container or firearms rack in or on a motor vehicle being used by a non-student adult over 21, are allowed);
- Specific areas of campuses of higher education, including:
- Buildings or property used for athletic sporting events or student housing, including but not limited to, fraternity and sorority houses;
- Preschools or child care spaces located on campus;
- Rooms or spaces being used for classes related to a college and career academy or other specialized schools,
- Rooms or spaces being used for classes in which high school students are enrolled through a dual enrollment program, and
- Faculty, staff or administrative offices or rooms where disciplinary proceedings are conducted;
- Secured area of an airport;
- In a courthouse;
- In government buildings that are not restricted or screened by security personnel;
- In a church or place of worship, unless allowed by the governing body or authority of the place of worship;
- In a jail or prison;
- In a state mental health facility;
- On the premises of a nuclear power facility;
- Within 150 feet of any polling place when elections are being conducted; and
- Any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal law or state law or regulation.
[Ga. Code Ann. §16-11-127(b)]
WHERE CAN I CARRY A CONCEALED FIREARM IN GEORGIA? * Carry in bars/restaurants that serve alcohol? Yes.
- Carry in my vehicle without a permit/license? Yes, in your own vehicle only.
- Carry in roadside rest areas? Yes.
- Carry on public transportation? Yes.
- Carry on a college campus? Yes, inside any building or on real property, owned by or leased to, any public technical school, vocational school, college, university or other public institution of post-secondary education. Guns are still prohibited in the areas of campuses noted below.
- Carry in state/national parks, state/national forests and WMAs? Yes.
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Example statute to reference
https://codes.findlaw.com/ga/title-16-crimes-and-offenses/ga-code-sect-16-11-127-1.html
(c) The provisions of this Code section shall not apply to:
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(7) A person who is licensed in accordance with Code Section 16-11-129 or issued a permit pursuant to Code Section 43-38-10, when such person carries or picks up a student within a school safety zone, at a school function, or on a bus or other transportation furnished by a school or a person who is licensed in accordance with Code Section 16-11-129 or issued a permit pursuant to Code Section 43-38-10 when he or she has any weapon legally kept within a vehicle when such vehicle is parked within a school safety zone or is in transit through a designated school safety zone;
(8) A weapon possessed by a license holder which is under the possessor’s control in a motor vehicle or which is in a locked compartment of a motor vehicle or one which is in a locked container in or a locked firearms rack which is on a motor vehicle which is being used by an adult over 21 years of age to bring to or pick up a student within a school safety zone, at a school function, or on a bus or other transportation furnished by a school, or when such vehicle is used to transport someone to an activity being conducted within a school safety zone which has been authorized by a duly authorized official or local board of education as provided by paragraph (6) of this subsection; provided, however, that this exception shall not apply to a student attending a public or private elementary or secondary school;
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Thank You Very much…
I knew I should have been a lawyer, maybe then I’d know how to navigate “around” and find stuff like this…
Kevin Kirwan
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