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SYFROYH's Journal'Constitutional carry' is set for Georgia - but what exactly does that mean?
So what does “constitutional carry” actually mean, or not mean? The answer varies according to various states’ legislation on the topic. But in Georgia, in actual practice not much is likely to change — largely because gun rights here have already been expanded so much.
Every place you can’t carry a handgun today in Georgia will remain a place you can’t carry one after constitutional carry is signed into law. So airports, schools, government buildings, and private businesses which post signs saying guns aren’t allowed inside will remain off-limits. People who can’t legally carry firearms today in Georgia still won’t be able to legally carry firearms.
So those with felony or drug convictions, those under 21 (18 for active duty military), and those who’ve undergone comprehensive treatment for substance abuse or mental health issues within the last five years still won’t be able to carry after the new bill is signed into law.
Constitutional carry has no relevance to how one acquires a gun. Those purchases — whether at a gun shop, gun show or online — will still have to go through the standard federal background check which has been required since passage of the Brady Bill in the 1990s (By the way, purchasing a gun online isn’t like buying something on Amazon. The firearm you order has to first be delivered to a Federal Firearms License holder, often a gun store, who is legally responsible for making sure the buyer has passed a background check before handing the firearm over to them.)
Georgia will become a 'green' unrestricted state. Amazing amount of change in gun laws concerning public carry over the last 37 years.
Go Dawgs!
I know its trivial to be concerned about college football, but still I’ll be watching and rooting for the Dawgs.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-predictions-odds-expert-picks-for-alabama-vs-georgia-national-championship/amp/
On Monday night, the 2021 college football season will reach its conclusion in Indianapolis. When the dust settles inside Lucas Oil Stadium, either No. 1 Alabama will have won a second consecutive national title or No. 3 Georgia will have claimed its first crown in more than four decades. Either way, an SEC team will be hoisting a the College Football Playoff National Championship trophy with confetti falling all around them for the fifth time in the eight-year history of the event.
And it's not even the first time Alabama and Georgia have met in the CFP National Championship. In fact, it's not even the first time they've met this season. A little over a month ago, the Crimson Tide beat the Bulldogs 41-24 in the SEC Championship Game.
Still, while this isn't the first time these two have played for a title, it is the first time we've seen a championship game featuring two teams that faced off earlier in the same season. So, will Alabama take down Georgia a second time and pick up its seventh national title under Nick Saban, or will UGA finally break through to win its first crown since 1980?
I don't know! Nobody does, but that's not going to stop us from trying to figure it out, is it? So here are my thoughts on what we're most likely to see on Monday during the CFP National Championship along with plenty of picks from my fellow scribes. Odds via Caesars Sportsbook
National championship: (1) Alabama vs. (3) Georgia
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Spread: The thing about rematches is that it's incredibly difficult to beat a good team once, and it's much harder to do it twice. While Alabama knows what it has to do to beat Georgia (because it just did so last month), now the Dawgs know how the Tide plan to attack and can counter or at least work on the problems exposed in the first matchup. If you're Alabama, you're not sure what to change because you don't know what Georgia will do to switch things up. That said, if it were as simple as just betting the opposite of the first game, gambling would be a lot simpler.
Still, it's important to note that even though Alabama won the first meeting by 17 points, Georgia opened as the favorite in the rematch, and the line hasn't moved much, if at all. So the question we have to ask ourselves is simple: Are the power ratings way off, or did Alabama play a great game and catch Georgia having a bad day in Atlanta? I lean more toward the latter.
While my confidence level is more of a six on a scale of 10, I'm leaning toward the Bulldogs. I expect Georgia will look for ways to get more pressure on Alabama quarterback Bryce Young -- the first meeting was the only time all season the Dawgs defense didn't record a sack -- by mixing up coverages and bringing blitzes. I also think Georgia might show a bit more vanilla zone coverages in hopes of keeping wide receiver Jameson Williams in front of them and limiting big plays. It could look to invite Bama to run more of its RPO stuff and take away the passing option, forcing the defending champions to run the ball right into the strength of the defense.
On the flip side, Alabama's defense did a tremendous job of confusing Georgia QB Stetson Bennett in the first game, baiting him into two interceptions. (The Tide should've had more picks, honestly.) I expect Georgia to put a little less on Bennett's plate in this game because while Bennett doesn't get nearly the credit he deserves from fans, he's still not a guy you want throwing 40 times per game.
If Georgia can take care of the ball and limit Alabama's big plays, it will win this game. But, again, that's hard to do because Bama is really good! So as I said, my confidence level here isn't high, but I believe Georgia covers more often than not. Pick: Georgia -2.5
Total: This pick is somewhat contradictory. The way I see the game playing out, the lower-scoring it is, the better for Georgia. The higher scoring, the better for Bama. So here I am picking Georgia to cover and the over! It's not that complicated. This total is based on how Georgia's defense has played all season, and it doesn't give enough consideration to the offenses Georgia faced as compared to this Alabama offense.
Furthermore, have you seen the history between these two? There have been four meetings between Saban and Smart, and only one of those four featured fewer than 52 points -- Alabama's 26-23 overtime win in the first title game. The three meetings since have featured an average of 64.3 points per game. I don't think we get that high again -- barring another overtime game -- but we should get past this number. Pick: Over 52
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I just made the largest political donation I have ever made - to Stacey Abrams
For a long time, my donations were small because I had to support my family and there was always more medical, school, or credit card debt that needed payments.
Yesterday, I donated $1000 to Stacey Abrams. For most of us, that's a lot of money and it still is for me, but things are better financially and ousting Brian Kemp from the governor's office is essential.
It's going to be difficult. The Republican-dominated legislature and Kemp have made it more difficult to vote by mail.
Please give if you can.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/afg22-web
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The spirit of GG Allin lives in Vocalist Sophia Urista of Brass Against.
Brass Against are somewhat renowned for their unique covers of bands like Rage Against The Machine, Tool, and other notable acts. However, it’s more than likely the talented band will forever be infamous for an incident at Welcome To Rockville a couple days ago, which you’ve no doubt seen by now.
The tl;dr version? Vocalist Sophia Urista took livestreaming to a new level entirely when the Brass Against frontwoman peed on a fan during their set at the festival. If you really want to, you can watch video of the incident below. This VIPee livestream package wasn’t advertised beforehand, so it was definitely a surprise.
https://thenewfury.com/brass-against-vocalist-delivers-a-livestream-vipee-package-at-welcome-to-rockville-by-urinating-on-a-fan/?fbclid=IwAR197JACft9FIhGjA4NtttU4MdluxlfP-FYK4hmQszTbHBC-z5qwWqqVyX0
This is what Brass Against does. (no peeing involved).
Rittenhouse: what happened to the gun charge?
As the judge was reading jury instructions he corrected himself by saying there were only 5 charges because the jury wouldn’t be considering the firearm charge.
What happened?
ETA: short answer is that a full length rifle is legal for 17 year old to possess in Wisconsin. I presume to allow for hunting.
ETA: kpete provided
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216053143
AJC: Path to Republican U.S. House majority boosted by Georgia redistricting
ouch.
If successful, Republican redistricting efforts this fall could help reverse recent gains by Democrats who flipped the seats in north metro Atlanta through the election of Lucy McBath in 2018 and Carolyn Bourdeaux in 2020.
The GOP sees redistricting as an opportunity to regain an advantage after Democrats won over an electorate that became more diverse with Black, Asian and Latino voters over the past 10 years. Georgia Republicans have control over redistricting in the General Assembly, where their majority gives them the power to create maps that add more conservative voters and shrink the number of liberals.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/path-to-republican-us-house-majority-boosted-by-georgia-redistricting/ELVWVNOXMZEOFO5AZ34ACGATRE/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_2866222
Judge: Ahmaud Arbery's past troubles irrelevant to trial
https://www.wtoc.com/2021/09/01/judge-ahmaud-arberys-past-troubles-irrelevant-trial/?fbclid=IwAR2Q17hD1tBcAXJ4jE7ng7zK-lMCITIQrhPtO3AyZJ8T7U3ZAi0-u7RzN2s
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Defense attorneys for the men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery won’t be allowed to present evidence of the slain Black man’s past legal problems when their clients stand trial for murder, a Georgia judge ruled.
Gregory and Travis McMichael, a father and son, and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. are awaiting trial this fall for chasing and killing 25-year-old Arbery last year as he ran in their neighborhood outside coastal Brunswick. Jury selection is scheduled to start Oct. 18.
Attorneys for the McMichaels wanted the jury to hear about Arbery’s past run-ins with law enforcement, including two arrests, to cast doubt on prosecutors’ contention that he was merely an innocent jogger. Defense attorneys say the white men reasonably suspected Arbery had committed a crime when they began the pursuit that ended in his death.
Prosecutors argued that defense lawyers were seeking to put Arbery on trial by making his criminal record and other prior problems part of the case. None of the three defendants knew Arbery, or anything about his past, prior to the shooting. Prosecutors said his past was irrelevant to their decision to arm themselves and ultimately shoot a man who was trying to run away
Chatham County (SAV area) COVID daily cases and hospitalizations
These graphs really hit home. We're almost double where we were in the past.
eta: This is where I live. 
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CNN: CA Assault Weapons Ban Overturned
A federal judge, who compares an AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, overturns California's ban on assault weapons
In a ruling that compared the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, a federal judge overturned California's longtime ban on assault weapons on Friday, ruling it violates the Second Amendment's right to bear arms.
Assault weapons have been banned in California since 1989, according to the ruling. The law has been updated several times since it was originally passed.
According to the ruling by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego, the assault weapons ban deprives Californians from owning assault-style weapons commonly allowed in other states. Benitez issued a permanent injunction Friday so the law cannot be enforced.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/05/us/california-gun-ban-overturned/index.html
Anyone use Bublup to share photos?
I do. I copied the shareable link, but the image doesn't show up in a DU post.
https://mystuff.bublup.com/ui/landing_page?item_id=001-i-595a14d5-0fe9-45ac-89c3-2e3fef90621e
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