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Georgia citizen detained for open carry
Another one. GeorgiaCarry.org filed suit and reports on the case. (A bit of background: the plaintiff is enlisted military, and was openly carrying in a store. He was stopped and the firearm confiscated. When he asked for its return, he was told it couldn't be returned, because they had forwarded it to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Within hours of word that he had retained counsel, they were asking him to come down so they could return it to him. Investigation showed it had never been forwarded to GBI.)
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ParatrooperJJ: Not only that but he also had a valid Firearms carry license.
It’s nearly unbelievable that the officer just walked up to him, grabbed his pistol out of his holster and never gave it back. Dep. Townsend is no better than a common thief, a pickpocket with a badge. Truth is clearly stranger than fiction.
I hope Townsend loses his job and his POST certification (at least).
Good for GCO for going to bat on this. I am more proud to be a member every day.
While Deputy Townsend is surely at fault, the real problem is the Sheriff himself. A deputy can make a mistake and be honestly wrong, but the Sheriff knows better! I am a proud member of GeorgiaCarry.org and I've seen what happens when the leaders go after whomever is denying a member their 2A rights; his nickname is "Sledge Hammer"!
This is plainly just a case of government-sanctioned thievery.
If an out of court compensation is not met, I still feel that georgiacarry.org should sue [on behalf of the plaintiff] for damages and civil rights infractions. Just because they gave back the pistol AFTER they heard he sought legal counsel with GCO doesn't mean they corrcted their ways; only admitting that they were wrong in the frst place.
Anyone (or any agency) who will steal from you will also lie to you.
This matter opens up a whole sack of questions; 2nd Amendment, 4th Amendment, theft charges, GA property laws, abuse of office, and official misconduct, just to name a few.
GIMME A G!
GIMME A C!
GIMME AN O!
What's that spell?
GEORGIA'S NO COMPROMISE VOICE FOR GUN OWNERS!
I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
I freaking' LOVE this organization.
I completely agree with W.W.Woodward. This does open a huge bag full of questions; armed harassment, armed intimidation, threats of (false) arrest... the list goes on. The badge abuse has gotta stop.
MKH: I completely agree with you as well. Just because they gave it back doesn't change what happened. What are they going to do, just keeping taking peoples stuff and then give it back weeks later when they ask for it, with a little mention of lawyers? What if they person was too intimidated to ask for it back?
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The Deputy made a mistake. The Sheriff didn't provide proper training and lied. Something basically wrong in the Sheriff's office.
After all of the media hoopla this year about changes in Georgia's gun laws, the deputy has ZERO EXCUSE for not knowing the law. That his department then tried to refuse to return the victim's handgun and lied about having sent it to the GBI for testing is just despicable.
It's also attempted theft, James.
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Please nail their a**es to the wall! Pursue the Sheriff's department, Sheriff and Deputy with avarice, please. That's the only way we'll ever be able to get their (Law Enforcements) attention. Beat them up in the Courts for civil rights violations. They don't have immunity if it's apparent that they knew they were violating the complainants rights! If we can put several LEO departments into bankruptcy across the country via justified lawsuits, others will start paying attention.
where exactly can i find in writing where it states an active duty military member may open carry?
The funny thing is that active duty military do not need permits to carry on or off duty under GA law.