Georgians can now take guns into restaurants and on buses

If properly licensed, Georgians can now carry their guns on public transportation and in restaurants and state parks. Gov. Sonny Perdue signed the legislation today, though he said he expected the issue to wind up in court .

Currently, about 300,000 Georgians have concealed-carry permits. Under the new law, House Bill 89, they can bring their weapons into a restaurant but cannot drink alcohol. Bars are still off-limits. The law defines restaurants as businesses that "derive less than 50 percent of their total annual gross food and beverage sales from the sale of prepared meals or food."

We're seeing a slow but steady expansion of right to carry. (Or, rather, a slow but stead decline in restrictions against the right to carry...)

This trend, of course, could come to a screeching halt when the new tenant of the Oval Office enters the building.

Via Uncle. Image: 'Appley-Peach' by Matt.