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GA Code § 16-11-121 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 2 - Possession of Dangerous Weapons|§ 16-11-121. Definitions

 As used in this part, the term:    "Dangerous weapon" means any weapon commonly known as a "rocket launcher," "bazooka," or "recoilless rifle" which fires explosive or nonexplosive rockets designed to injure or kill personnel or destroy heavy armor, or similar weapon used for such purpose. The term shall also mean a weapon commonly known as a "mortar" which fires high explosive from a metallic cylinder and which is commonly used by the armed forces as an antipersonnel weapon or similar weapon used for such purpose. The term shall also mean a weapon commonly known as a "hand grenade" or other similar weapon which is designed to explode and injure personnel or similar weapon used for such purpose.   "Machine gun" means any weapon which shoots or is designed to shoot, automatically, more than six shots, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.   "Person" means any individual, partnership, company, association, or corporation.   "Sawed-off rifle" means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder; and designed or redesigned, made or remade, to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifle bore for each single pull of the trigger; and which has a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length or has an overall length of less than 26 inches.   "Sawed-off shotgun" means a shotgun or any weapon made from a shotgun whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length or if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches.   "Shotgun" means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder; and designed or redesigned, and made or remade, to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shot or a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger.   "Silencer" means any device for silencing or diminishing the report of any portable weapon such as a rifle, carbine, pistol, revolver, machine gun, shotgun, fowling piece, or other device from which a shot, bullet, or projectile may be discharged by an explosive.    (Ga. L. 1968, p. 983, § 4; Ga. L. 1974, p. 449, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Gun firing under six bullets by single function of trigger not machine gun.   - Since a machine gun that fires less than six bullets by a single function of the trigger is not, under Georgia law, a machine gun, federal registration of such a weapon has no significance under Georgia law. 1974 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U74-91.
GA Code § 16-11-122 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 2 - Possession of Dangerous Weapons|§ 16-11-122. Possession of Sawed-Off Shotgun or Rifle, Machine Gun, Silencer, or Dangerous Weapon Prohibited

 No person shall have in his possession any sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle, machine gun, dangerous weapon, or silencer except as provided in Code Section 16-11-124.   (Ga. L. 1968, p. 983, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Weapons and Firearms, §§ 1, 2.   C.J.S.   - 94 C.J.S., Weapons, § 24 et seq.   ALR.   - Validity and construction of regulations governing carrying, possession, or use of tear gas or similar chemical weapons, 30 A.L.R.3d 1416.   Scope and effect of exception, in statute forbidding carrying of weapons, as to persons on own premises or at place of business, 57 A.L.R.3d 938.   Application of statute or regulation dealing with registration or carrying of weapons to transient nonresident, 68 A.L.R.3d 1253.   Fact that gun was broken, dismantled, or inoperable as affecting criminal responsibility under weapons statute, 81 A.L.R.4th 745.
GA Code § 16-11-124 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 2 - Possession of Dangerous Weapons|§ 16-11-124. Exemptions From Application of Part

 This part shall not apply to:    A peace officer of any duly authorized police agency of this state or of any political subdivision thereof, or a law enforcement officer of any department or agency of the United States who is regularly employed and paid by the United States, this state, or any such political subdivision, or an employee of the Department of Corrections of this state who is authorized in writing by the commissioner of corrections to transfer or possess such firearms while in the official performance of his duties;   A member of the National Guard or of the armed forces of the United States to wit: the army, navy, marine corps, air force, or coast guard who, while serving therein, possesses such firearm in the line of duty;   Any sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle, machine gun, dangerous weapon, or silencer which has been modified or changed to the extent that it is inoperative. Examples of the requisite modification include weapons with their barrel or barrels filled with lead, hand grenades filled with sand, or other nonexplosive materials;   Possession of a sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle, machine gun, dangerous weapon, or silencer by a person who is authorized to possess the same because he has registered the sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle, machine gun, dangerous weapon, or silencer in accordance with the dictates of the National Firearms Act, 68A Stat. 725 (26 U.S.C. Sections 5841-5862); and   A security officer employed by a federally licensed nuclear power facility or a licensee of such facility, including a contract security officer, who is trained and qualified under a security plan approved by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or other federal agency authorized to regulate nuclear facility security; provided, however, that this exemption shall apply only while such security officer is acting in connection with his or her official duties on the premises of such nuclear power facility or on properties outside the facility property pursuant to a written agreement entered into with the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the facility. The exemption under this paragraph does not include the possession of silencers.    (Ga. L. 1968, p. 983, § 5; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 812, § 1/SB 532.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Weapons and Firearms, § 22.   C.J.S.   - 94 C.J.S., Weapons, § 56.   ALR.   - Scope and effect of exception, in statute forbidding carrying of weapons, as to persons on own premises or at place of business, 57 A.L.R.3d 938.   Validity, construction, and application of provisions of National Firearms Act (26 USCS § 5845(f) and Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (18 USCS § 921(A)(4)) defining "destructive device", 126 A.L.R. Fed. 597.
GA Code § 16-11-125 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 2 - Possession of Dangerous Weapons|§ 16-11-125. Burden of Proof as to Exemptions

 In any complaint, accusation, or indictment and in any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of this part it shall not be necessary to negative any exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption contained in this part, and the burden of proof of any such exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption shall be upon the defendant.   (Ga. L. 1968, p. 983, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Instruction applying rule of reasonable doubt specifically to particular matter or defense as curing instruction placing burden of proof upon defendant in that regard, 120 A.L.R. 591.    Burden of averment and proof as to exception in criminal statute on which the prosecution is based, 153 A.L.R. 1218.
GA Code § 16-11-127.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 3 - Carrying and Possession of Firearms|§ 16-11-127.2. Weapons on Premises of Nuclear Power Facility

  Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any person to carry, possess, or have under such person's control while on the premises of a nuclear power facility a weapon or long gun. Any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section with the intent to do bodily harm on the premises of a nuclear power facility shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00, by imprisonment for not less than two nor more than 20 years, or both.   This Code section shall not apply to a security officer authorized to carry dangerous weapons pursuant to Code Section 16-11-124 who is acting in connection with his or her official duties on the premises of a federally licensed nuclear power facility; nor shall this Code section apply to persons designated in paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (8) of subsection (c) of Code Section 16-11-127.1.   Nothing in this Code section shall in any way operate or be construed to affect, repeal, or limit the exemptions provided for under Code Section 16-11-130.     (Code 1981, §16-11-127.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 812, § 2/SB 532; Ga. L. 2007, p. 47, § 16/SB 103; Ga. L. 2010, p. 963, § 1-5/SB 308; Ga. L. 2014, p. 432, § 2-6/HB 826; Ga. L. 2015, p. 805, § 5/HB 492.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2010, p. 963, § 3-1/SB 308, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment of this Code section shall apply to all offenses committed on and after June 4, 2010, and shall not affect any prosecutions for acts occurring before June 4, 2010, and shall not act as an abatement of any such prosecution.   Law reviews.   - For article, "Crimes and Offenses," see 27 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 131 (2011).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Johnson v. State, 308 Ga. 141, 839 S.E.2d 521 (2020).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Fingerprinting required for violators.    - Those charged with offenses under O.C.G.A. § 16-11-127.2 are to be fingerprinted. 2007 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 2007-1.
GA Code § 16-11-128 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 3 - Carrying and Possession of Firearms|§ 16-11-128. Carrying Pistol Without License

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 963, § 1-6/SB 308, effective June 4, 2010.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1910, p. 134, §§ 1, 4; Code 1933, § 26-5103; Code 1933, § 26-2903, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1430, § 3; Ga. L. 1996, p. 108, § 2; Ga. L. 2007, p. 47, § 16/SB 103.   Ga. L. 2010, p. 963, § 3-1/SB 308, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the repeal of this Code section shall apply to all offenses committed on and after June 4, 2010, and shall not affect any prosecutions for acts occurring before June 4, 2010, and shall not act as an abatement of any such prosecution.
GA Code § 16-11-136 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 3 - Carrying and Possession of Firearms|§ 16-11-136. Restrictions on Possession, Manufacture, Sale, or Transfer of Knives

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Courthouse" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 16-11-127.   "Government building" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 16-11-127.   "Knife" means any cutting instrument with a blade and shall include, without limitation, a knife as such term is defined in Code Section 16-11-125.1.     Except for restrictions in courthouses and government buildings, no county, municipality, or consolidated government shall, by rule or ordinance, constrain the possession, manufacture, sale, or transfer of a knife more restrictively than the provisions of this part.     (Code 1981, §16-11-136, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1141, § 1/SB 432.)
GA Code § 16-11-137 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 3 - Carrying and Possession of Firearms|§ 16-11-137. Required Possession of Weapons Carry License or Proof of Exemption When Carrying a Weapon; Detention for Investigation of Carrying Permit

  Every license holder shall have his or her valid weapons carry license in his or her immediate possession at all times when carrying a weapon, or if such person is exempt from having a weapons carry license pursuant to Code Section 16-11-130 or subsection (c) of Code Section 16-11-127.1, he or she shall have proof of his or her exemption in his or her immediate possession at all times when carrying a weapon, and his or her failure to do so shall be prima-facie evidence of a violation of the applicable provision of Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2.   A person carrying a weapon shall not be subject to detention for the sole purpose of investigating whether such person has a weapons carry license.   A person convicted of a violation of this Code section shall be fined not more than $10.00 if he or she produces in court his or her weapons carry license, provided that it was valid at the time of his or her arrest, or produces proof of his or her exemption.     (Code 1981, §16-11-137, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 432, § 1-2/HB 826; Code 1981, §16-11-137, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 599, § 1-10/HB 60.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2014, the enactment of this Code section by Ga. L. 2014, p. 432, § 1-2/HB 826, was treated as impliedly repealed and superseded by Ga. L. 2014, p. 599, § 1-10/HB 60, due to irreconcilable conflict.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2014, p. 599, § 1-1/HB 60, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Safe Carry Protection Act.'"   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2014 amendment of this Code section, see 31 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 47 (2014).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Johnson v. State, 308 Ga. 141, 839 S.E.2d 521 (2020).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Weapons and Firearms, § 10 et seq.
GA Code § 16-11-138 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 3 - Carrying and Possession of Firearms|§ 16-11-138. Defense of Self or Others as Absolute Defense

 Defense of self or others, as contemplated by and provided for under Article 2 of Chapter 3 of this title, shall be an absolute defense to any violation under this part.    (Code 1981, §16-11-138, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 599, § 1-10/HB 60; Ga. L. 2015, p. 5, § 16/HB 90.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2014, p. 599, § 1-1/HB 60, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Safe Carry Protection Act.'"   Law reviews.   - For article on the 2014 enactment of this Code section, see 31 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 47 (2014).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Possession of firearm by felon in self-defense.    - Evidence supported the defendant's contention that the defendant shot the victim in self-defense; therefore, if the defendant's possession of a firearm at the shooting was justified under the rule created under O.C.G.A. §§ 16-3-21 and16-11-138, then it could not be said that the defendant was committing a felony when the defendant shot the victim, and the preclusive bar of § 16-3-21(b)(2) would not apply. However, the trial court needed to consider whether possession of the firearm before or after the shooting could be prosecuted. State v. Remy, 308 Ga. 296, 840 S.E.2d 385 (2020).    Because the defendant shot the first victim in February 2014, and the Safe Carry Protection Act of 2014, Ga. L. 2014, p. 599 et seq., did not become law until July 2014, the Safe Carry Protection Act did not apply, and the defendant was not entitled to any instruction about whether the defendant, a convicted felon, might have been justified in possessing a firearm in February 2014. Brown v. State, 309 Ga. 511, 847 S.E.2d 152 (2020).   Defense of self may be asserted in case of unlawful possession of weapon.    - O.C.G.A. §§ 16-3-21(a) and16-11-138 in combination effectively provide this rule of law: A person is justified in threatening or using force against another, or in possessing a weapon in circumstances otherwise prohibited under the Code, when and to the extent that he or she reasonably believes that such threat or force or conduct otherwise prohibited is necessary to defend himself or herself or a third person against such other's imminent use of unlawful force. Johnson v. State, 308 Ga. 141, 839 S.E.2d 521 (2020).
GA Code § 16-11-150 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 4 - Antiterroristic Training|§ 16-11-150. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Antiterroristic Training Act."    (Code 1981, §16-11-150, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 866, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Georgia Emergency Management Act of 1981, § 38-3-1 et seq.
GA Code § 16-11-151 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 4 - Antiterroristic Training|§ 16-11-151. Prohibited Training

  As used in this Code section, the term "dangerous weapon" has the same meaning as found in paragraph (1) of Code Section 16-11-121.   It shall be unlawful for any person to:   Teach, train, or demonstrate to any other person the use, application, or making of any illegal firearm, dangerous weapon, explosive, or incendiary device capable of causing injury or death to persons either directly or through a writing or over or through a computer or computer network if the person teaching, training, or demonstrating knows, has reason to know, or intends that such teaching, training, or demonstrating will be unlawfully employed for use in or in furtherance of a civil disorder, riot, or insurrection; or   Assemble with one or more persons for the purpose of being taught, trained, or instructed in the use of any illegal firearm, dangerous weapon, explosive, or incendiary device capable of causing injury or death to persons if such person so assembling knows, has reason to know, or intends that such teaching, training, or instruction will be unlawfully employed for use in or in furtherance of a civil disorder, riot, or insurrection.     Any person who violates any provision of subsection (b) of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both.     (Code 1981, §16-11-151, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 866, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 16; Ga. L. 1995, p. 574, § 4.)   Law reviews.   - For note on the 1995 amendment of this Code section, see 12 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 130 (1995).
GA Code § 16-11-152 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 4 - Antiterroristic Training|§ 16-11-152. Authorized Training

 This part shall not apply to:    Any act of any peace officer which is performed in the lawful performance of official duties;   Any training for law enforcement officers conducted by or for any police agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof or any agency of the United States;   Any activities of the National Guard or of the armed forces of the United States; or   Any hunter education classes taught under the auspices of the Department of Natural Resources, or other classes intended to teach the safe handling of firearms for hunting, recreation, competition, or self-defense.     (Code 1981, §16-11-152, enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 866, § 1.)
GA Code § 16-11-161 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 4A - Enhanced Criminal Penalties|§ 16-11-161. Consistent Local Laws or Ordinances Authorized

 Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit a local governing authority from adopting and enforcing laws consistent with this part relating to gangs and gang violence. Where local laws or ordinances duplicate or supplement this part, this part shall be construed as providing alternative remedies and not as preempting the field.    (Code 1981, §16-11-161, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 354, § 1.)
GA Code § 16-11-162 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 4A - Enhanced Criminal Penalties|§ 16-11-162. Exemption for Use of Force in Defense of Others

 This part shall not apply to persons who use force in defense of others as provided by Code Section 16-3-21. This part is intended to supplement not to supplant Code Section 16-11-106.    (Code 1981, §16-11-162, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 354, § 1.)
GA Code § 16-11-170 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 5 - Brady Law Regulations|§ 16-11-170. Intent to Provide State Background Check Law; Construction of Part

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2005, p. 613, § 1/SB 175, effective July 1, 2005.   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.
GA Code § 16-11-171 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 11 - Offenses Against Public Order and Safety|Article 4 - Dangerous Instrumentalities and Practices|Part 5 - Brady Law Regulations|§ 16-11-171. Definitions

 As used in this part, the term:    "Center" means the Georgia Crime Information Center within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.   "Dealer" means any person licensed as a dealer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 921, et seq.   "Firearm" means any weapon that is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any firearm muffler or firearm silencer, or any destructive device as defined in 18 U.S.C. Section 921(a)(3).   "Involuntarily hospitalized" means hospitalized as an inpatient in any mental health facility pursuant to Code Section 37-3-81 or hospitalized as an inpatient in any mental health facility as a result of being adjudicated mentally incompetent to stand trial or being adjudicated not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the crime pursuant to Part 2 of Article 6 of Title 17.   "NICS" means the National Instant Criminal Background Check System created by the federal "Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act" (P. L. No. 103-159).     (Code 1981, §16-11-171, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 139, § 2; Ga. L. 2005, p. 613, § 1/SB 175; Ga. L. 2015, p. 5, § 16/HB 90; Ga. L. 2015, p. 805, § 8/HB 492.)