Georgia lawmakers expand gun rights as medical marijuana bill dies

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Georgia lawmakers expand gun rights as medical marijuana bill dies

BY STEVE NORDER
ATLANTA Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:48pm EDT

(Reuters) - Georgia lawmakers approved a watered-down expansion of gun carry rights, but an effort aimed at legalizing medical marijuana for children with severe seizure disorders failed on Thursday, the final day of the state's legislative session.

"We did nothing for kids, but we passed a gun bill," said Republican state Senator Fran Millar.

The gun measure passed by large margins in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and Senate after a compromise was reached to save it in the session's waning hours.

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The mother of a 5-year-old girl with epilepsy and cerebral palsy blamed "silly political games" for the legislature's failure to pass a measure that would have given kids who suffer seizures some medical relief through a marijuana extract.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/21/us-usa-georgia-legislature-idUSBREA2K1MB20140321

[upaloopa]

1. Makes sense, you wouldn't want some bad guy to

go un shot while little kids are getting high on rope.