Savannah City Council today unanimously passed a resolution urging the local delegation to the Georgia legislature to take action to reform gun laws, including banning assault weapons, limiting magazine capacity, expanding background checks, and instituting so-called “red flag” laws.
Alderman Van Johnson reiterated that “The City has no standing” to institute gun control on its own, but that “we’re going to ask the state to do that and define what that means.”
Johnson commended citizens in attendance who pushed for the measure, saying “Any significant social movement, you have to have people who are committed to keeping the issue relevant… and mobilizing supporters to keep their foot on the gas…. this hasn’t been about restricting the legal gun rights of gun owners. But I think gun laws should make sense, and make common sense.”
Alderman Tony Thomas, who voted in favor, cautioned that such measures were unlikely to have an impact on criminals and how they acquire firearms.
In other business, City Council discussed Friday’s groundbreaking for the new Arena — the final design of which hasn’t been agreed on.
City Manager Pat Monahan told Council that the new Arena design is “about 70 percent done.”
Alderman Julian Miller replied “that’s the problem — the groundbreaking is tomorrow and the design is only 70 percent done…. it’s been 70 percent done for the past two years.”
This article appears in Sep 11-17, 2019.
Savannah, The City that has gone to crap, because of the Elected idiots who don’t have a clue what it is they are suppose to be doing.
They like the rest of the Democratic Party wants to disarm us, so when we are Robbed in Savannah, or even killed in Savannah, we will not be able to defend our Self’s.
I have a Solution for that, I will not Visit Savannah or Spend any of my Money in Savannah.
Boycott Savannah, the life you save may be your own.
In stead of addressing the real Crime Problems of Savannah, and doing things to stop the Criminals. they rather disarm Law abiding American’s so we will be waiting Victim’s for Savannah Criminal’s.
AMEN Tony,,,
these liberal fools think that disarming honest law-abiding citizens will somehow make psychos and criminals safer ? ? ?
First of all, Red Flag laws are Unconstitutional as they rob people of their Due Process re their 2nd Amendment rights,, especially if a neighbor calls in a psycho complaint to the cops cuz he’s pi55ed my dog is shiiting in his yard…
2nd of all, there no such thing as an “Assault Rifle” ! ! !
Assault Rifle refers to a FULL Automatic rifle like the military has,, which the public doesn’t have (oh, the AR in AR-15 stands for the maker: Armalite Rifle) DOH ! !
And who are YOU to tell me I can only use 10 rounds I can use to defend my family when FOUR thugs Home Invade me ? ? ? ? ?
Thank God we have REAL decision makers in ATL that are smarter than our own liberal idiots who think CRIMINALS and Psychos care anything about your silly guns laws….
These half-witted bozos swear to uphold the US Constitution, then set about destroying it. They ought to be brought to trial for treason.
Wanna clean up the city? Vote every Demnut out of office. Solved.