O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 16-11-170 (2019)
Intent to provide state background check law; construction of part
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 613, § 1/SB 175, effective July 1, 2005.
Annotations
Editor’s notes. - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 16-11-170, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 139, § 2; Ga. L.
1999, p. 81, § 16; Ga. L. 2000, p. 136, § 16.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2002–2002 · leading case: Sturm, Ruger & Co. v. City of Atlanta, 560 S.E.2d 525 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002).
Sturm, Ruger & Co. v. City of Atlanta, 560 S.E.2d 525 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002). “In this case, preemption can be inferred from the comprehensive nature of the statutes regulating firearms in Georgia, among which are the Georgia Firearms and Weapons Act, codified at OCGA § 16-11-125, and OCGA §§ 16-11-126 through 16-11-134, the Brady Handgun Violence…”
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