Demorest, GA City Council Restores Employees’ Right to Bear Arms

By Dean Weingarten

Earlier this month, the Demorest, Georgia city council voted to restore the right to bear arms to city employees. “Demorest officials say they have passed a groundbreaking personnel policy amendment believed to be the first of its kind in Georgia,” accesswdun.com reports. “The city council voted unanimously to amend the city’s personnel policy to allow city employees with a valid concealed carry permit to carry their weapons during the workday.” The restoration of gun rights to public employees may be a first for a Georgia city, but it’s a growing trend in the United States. As wsls.com reported, on January 26th, Bedford County in Virginia enacted a very similar policy. As the right to keep and bear arms is being restored across the United States . . .

more governments below the federal level are restoring those rights to employees. Some government officials see it as an issue of Second Amendment rights. Some see it as a way of increasing safety in the workplace. Others see it as a simple issue of fairness. From WSLS:

“It really brings the employees of the county to the public,” said Skelley. “The public has no prohibition and …Read the Rest

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