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Reply to "Open carry--legally--while speeding--with 4 kids in car--and under the influence"

budsfarm posted:

Your headlines says Children.

Your editorial says kids.

Exchange students were in the car with Taylor at the time of his arrest. They were at least 16 years old, meaning he won’t face child endangerment charges.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/l...s-wake-up-cal/nq8nP/

Just as a side note:  He was operating a vehicle under the influence, not a gun.

 

Why do you strain so hard in your apparent effort  to diminish the seriousness of his offense?  "Kids," as everyone--except maybe you?-- knows, is a synonym for "children. Your quibble on that score  has no argumentative merit within this issue. True, he did not endanger any kids/children under 16, but he most certainly DID endanger those exchange students 16 or over, plus his drunken self, plus other motorists he might well have harmed if he had not been stopped and prevented from continuing his reckless actions. Yes, he was indeed operating a vehicle while under the influence, and that is what he will have to answer to before the court, as well as the violation of the open container law.

The Georgia open carry  law could be improved with a provision adding a penalty for carrying a firearm while driving under the influence. Gun advocates would agree that a firearm user should exercise good judgment.   Judgment is imp;while drunk, and judgment-impaired drunks should not be going about armed. Wouldn't you agree?

 

Here is a link to the arrest report; scroll down to see the actual report form:

http://brookhavenpost.co/state...-arrested-dui/39518/

Last edited by Contendahh

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