Comments on: Guns in the airport: A lawyer’s perspective

By: DaleC

DaleC — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:14:10 +0000

…but, but, but the Constitution is a living breathing document!!!

Only in the sense that people like Mayor Franklin try to strangle it to death.

By: Thomas Beckham

Thomas Beckham — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:02:00 +0000

The 2nd Amendment makes no exceptions for elitists like Mayor Franklin. An elected official must obey the law, just the same as any citizen. Elitists think there are two sets of laws, one for the “Great Unwashed (regular citizens) and another for the “Special People” like herself. Shirley, leadership doesn’t equal dictatorship, except in your tiny little mind. By the way Shirley, how does your son-in-law like prision? Great example of your leadership, don’t you think?

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:48:04 +0000

Mayor Franklin says the city needs to raise taxes to stay afloat, yet she seems to have the funds to fight a second hopeless lawsuit just to make a point and impress her anti-gun mayor buddies, like Bloomberg. The last case over city parks had just gone to the Georgia Supreme Court with another locality, so Franklin had to know they’d lose. It seems obvious there is still a lot of fat in the city budget that can be trimmed before a tax increase is necessary.

By: Andisheh Nouraee

Andisheh Nouraee — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:29:36 +0000

Thank you.

Though just to clarify, neither I nor Creative Loafing has a connection to the AJC.

Unless you count my subscription.

By: Len

Len — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:26:13 +0000

Thanks Andisheh. I must say that I am surprised, albeit pleasantly, to see good unbiased reporting from anyone remotely connected to the AJC. Your focus on the law is refreshing. Please keep up the good work!

By: Ben G.

Ben G. — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:55:15 +0000

Andi, it was nice to speak with you at the airport yesterday (I was the guy with the beard and two orange buttons on).

I’m glad that “The Loaf” is covering this, and covering it well.

Everyone in Georgia needs to see what Mayor Franklin is up to. She clearly thinks she can ignore the laws she doesn’t like.

By: latter_day_hippie

latter_day_hippie — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:19:15 +0000

Thank you, Andisheh, for focusing your reporting on the legal issues surrounding this case rather than the emotions surrounding the “guns” issue.

I continue to be amazed at the stark difference in the strategies and stances taken by individuals on the opposite sides of this controversy. Those who are “pro-gun” root their arguments and actions in the law and make tremendous efforts to obey the law. Conversely, those who are “anti-gun” seem intent on disregarding the law or misrepresenting the law to suit their own purposes.

I hope that, following an almost certain second defeat at the hands of GeorgiaCarry.Org’s attorneys, Mayor Franklin will realize that she is neither above the law, or empowered to create or change it to suit her own political agenda.

Yes, second defeat. Mayor Franklin used the same arguments regarding a “public gathering place” to support her illegal preemption of state law regarding carry of firearms in state parks. She lost in court using that argument, as she will again.