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Saw this on Big Blue and thought I’d share it. Rummaging thru his grandmother’s possessions, a guy discovered she carried. He wasn’t able to locate the actual revolver.

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"shall not carry concealed"? I'm happy granny was a toter but why the card... for open carry?
 
Sandman_NC said:
"shall not carry concealed"? I'm happy granny was a toter but why the card... for open carry?
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Consider that was 50 years ago. Perhaps open carry required a license in GA.
 
Would be cool if the guy found a photo of granny in her toting (open carry) rig.
 
interesting, needed a “good and sufficient bond” to carry?
Maybe bond meant something else for a toter license.
 
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Actually, it seems it could have been 1921 or 71. Apparently Georgia began issuing these permits early in the century and was still doing so in the 70s.
 
I'm ashamed because I feel like I'm supposed to know what "Big Blue" is. :(

Is that a Dillon forum?
 
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There are a lot of pistol packing grandma's out there that are not going through a CHP class. I would suffice to say that any grandma that shoots is self defense would be found not guilty if they went to trial. I wouldn't vote guilty if I was on the jury.

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I'm pretty sure it's 1921 based on the penmanship and that it appears to be written in fountain pen.

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interesting, needed a “good and sufficient bond” to carry?
Maybe bond meant something else for a toter license.
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Nope, it meant money bond, $100 (equivalent to $1500 today) payable to the Governor of GA. It's defined and explained in the linked article below.
BTW, it was one license per each specific listed gun.

In researching this, I found it had racial roots as an exclusionary process for gun ownership. The bond and other requirements acted as barriers and issued a the descretion of the "Ordinary", who was the Probate Judge. I have been saying for some time that playing the race card would be an interesting tactic in getting gun laws repealed. This article lays the history out. A point of political interest is the discussion of the Camilla Massacre where blacks and Republicans marched to Camilla.

I found this is an interesting read from GeorgiaCarry.org...

 
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The first CWPs in S.C. required a bond of $10,000...this was in 1975...then you had to have a physical....then you had to shoot and pass a qualification test that was from 5 yards to 50 yards..50 rounds total....then the Chief of S.L.E.D. had to sign off on your CWP....IF you jumped through all those hoops, you then had a State wide permit to carry any handgun and it gave the bearer more Carry Authority than any Municipal officer in the state................................I did all this silly stuff and have been carrying ever since..now 45 years.

When the State became a Shall Issue in 1998 they gutted the existing CWP to the position it is in today. This last Limited Open Carry is a great step forward for those that DO carry every day...no more fear of being "sighted" by a good citizen.

In S.C. your CWP can be revoked for ANY reason that the State deems necessary. I have personal knowledge of an LE in line at a big box store that saw a woman with a CWP [exposed during a purchase] arguing with the check out person. The LE got the CWP holders info from the checkout and within 24 hours her permit was Revoked. Revoked as in picked up by a State Agent.

They giveth.......they can taketh away.........so what did folks do before 1975????? They carried Illegally.....make that Constitutionally....
 
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