Georgia Code
Part 3 - Carrying and Possession of Firearms
§ 16-11-127. Carrying Weapons or Long Guns in Unauthorized Locations

History. Ga. L. 1870, p. 421, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 64, § 1; Code 1882, § 4528; Penal Code 1895, § 342; Ga. L. 1909, p. 90, § 1; Penal Code 1910, § 348; Code 1933, § 26-5102; Code 1933, § 26-2902, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1430, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 673, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 358, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1315, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 748, § 11; Ga. L. 1997, p. 514, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 423, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 1199, § 4/HB 89; Ga. L. 2010, p. 963, § 1-3/SB 308; Ga. L. 2014, p. 432, § 2-5/HB 826; Ga. L. 2014, p. 599, § 1-5/HB 60; Ga. L. 2015, p. 805, § 3/HB 492; Ga. L. 2022, p. 74, § 6/SB 319.
The 2022 amendment, effective April 12, 2022, substituted “without being a lawful weapons carrier” for “as a nonlicense holder” at the end of paragraph (b)(1); substituted “persons who are lawful weapons carriers” for “license holders” at the end of paragraph (b)(4); in subsection (c), substituted “Any lawful weapons carrier” for “A license holder or person recognized under subsection (e) of Code Section 16-11-126” at the beginning, and “his or her” for “their” near the end of the first sentence; inserted “that” in paragraph (d)(1); and substituted “lawful weapons carrier” for “license holder” in paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3), four times in paragraph (e)(1), and twice in paragraph (e)(2).
Cross references.
Exemption from section for private detectives and private security agents who hold firearms permits issued by Georgia Board of Private Detective and Security Agencies, § 43-38-10 .
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1992, p. 1315, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “All schools shall post in public view the provisions as contained in Code Section 16-11-127.1 (a) and (b).”
Ga. L. 2008, p. 1199, § 1/HB 89, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Business Security and Employee Privacy Act.’ ”
Ga. L. 2010, p. 963, § 3-1/SB 308, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment of this Code section shall apply to all offenses committed on and after June 4, 2010, and shall not affect any prosecutions for acts occurring before June 4, 2010, and shall not act as an abatement of any such prosecution.
Ga. L. 2014, p. 599, § 1-1/HB 60, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Safe Carry Protection Act.’ ”
Ga. L. 2022, p. 74, § 1/SB 319, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Chairman John Meadows Act.’”
Ga. L. 2022, p. 74, § 2/SB 319, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The General Assembly finds and determines that:
“(1) The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution recognizes the right of the people to keep and bear arms and that such right shall not be infringed; and
“(2) The people of this state, to perpetuate the principles of free government, insure justice to all, preserve peace, promote the interest and happiness of the citizen and of the family, and transmit to posterity the enjoyment of liberty, provided that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed but that the General Assembly shall have power to prescribe the manner in which arms may be borne.”
Law reviews.
For article surveying developments in Georgia constitutional law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 51 (1981).
For article, “Crimes and Offenses,” see 27 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 131 (2011).
For article on the 2014 amendment of this Code section, see 31 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 47 (2014).
For annual survey on real property law, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 209 (2018).
For note, “Education Under Fire?: An Analysis of Campus Carry and University Autonomy in Georgia,” see 54 Ga. L. Rev. 387 (2019).