Publication Date
12-19-2025
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This Article provides a survey of the right to keep and bear arms in Georgia as it has developed from colonial times to the present. While this Article is not about the Second Amendment, references to that amendment cannot be avoided because the two are intertwined.
The Article follows Georgia’s right to keep and bear arms in roughly chronological order, where discreet periods in history can be seen to have heavy influence on laws impacting the right to keep and bear arms. These periods include Colonial, Antebellum, Civil War years, Reconstruction and late nineteenth century, early twentieth century, and finally late twentieth century to the twenty-first century. A recurring theme, at least through the mid-twentieth century, is a profound influence of racism on gun laws in Georgia.
Recommended Citation
Monroe, John R.
(2025)
"The Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Georgia,"
Mercer Law Review: Vol. 77:
No.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.mercer.edu/jour_mlr/vol77/iss1/7