Good news, Georgia gun owners — your messages are making an impact.

After hearing from engaged gun owners, word from our allies at the Capitol is that HB 1454 is open to being amended.

That’s encouraging, because HB 1454 is a good bill overall.

HB 1454 strengthens Georgia’s protections for gun owners by reinforcing the state’s ban on firearm registries—prohibiting government entities from maintaining databases of carry license holders or gun owners—and by requiring law enforcement agencies to sell most unclaimed firearms rather than destroy them when they are safe and legal.

Plus, the legislation would establish state preemption protecting the discharge of firearms on private property — something that currently does not exist in Georgia at all.

In other words, the bill is a step forward for gun owners.

But it still needs improvement.

Time is short.

The Georgia House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee is scheduled to meet Monday, March 2, and the legislative crossover deadline is March 6.

Because of that tight timeline, our best strategy is to move HB 1454 through committee and into the Senate, where the bill can be properly amended and fixed.

And make no mistake — HB 1454 is a good bill.

But Section 2 contains an issue that must be corrected.

Remember, right now, there is no statewide preemption protecting firearm discharge on private property in Georgia.

HB 1454 attempts to address this problem, but the bill currently says local governments cannot prohibit the discharge of firearms only on parcels of land that are ten acres or larger.

That means if you own less than 10 acres, a city or county could still ban you from shooting on your own property.

For many Georgians — especially those living on smaller rural parcels — that is unacceptable.

That’s why Gun Owners of America is working to fix the bill in the Senate, where we will have more time to secure the amending language to be inserted into the bill.

The legislative session runs until April 4, giving us about a month to get this right.

GOA believes the law should be simple and clear:

No municipality, county, or consolidated government should be able to prohibit the discharge of firearms on private property.

The size of the property should not matter.

That’s why GOA is urging lawmakers to amend HB 1454 so the law reads:

“No municipality, county, or consolidated government shall prohibit the discharge of firearms on any parcel of land, provided that the owner or lawful occupants of such land consent to such discharging of firearms.”

This fix would ensure that:

• Private property rights are respected
• Law-abiding gun owners are protected
• Local governments cannot arbitrarily criminalize safe shooting on private land

TAKE ACTION NOW — CONTACT YOUR STATE SENATOR

Gun Owners of America needs every Georgia gun owner to contact their State Senator.

Tell them:

Support HB 1454 and amend it by removing the 10-acre requirement.

Georgia gun owners should be able to safely shoot on their own property — regardless of parcel size.

Remember: right now there is no statewide preemption protecting this right at all.

That means HB 1454 is an opportunity to secure these freedoms — so lets fix this bill and make it the best bill possible.

Georgia has long been a leader in protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.

Now we must ensure lawmakers don’t accidentally create a loophole that allows local governments to ban lawful firearm use on private property.

Your voice is making a difference.

Stand with Gun Owners of America and have Georgia lawmakers fix HB 1454.

So, let’s truly secure shooting rights on private property.

In Liberty,

Luis Valdes
Southeast Regional Director
Gun Owners of America