First Slice 3-24-13: Guns, guns, and more guns

Plus, Atlanta Police would like to speak with Gucci Mane

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Legislation that would allow concealed weapons permit holders to carry firearms in churches and most areas of college campuses passed the Georgia House of Representatives on Friday. It now heads to the state Senate. Think lawmakers will approve the measure before New York Mayor Michael Bloomber’s gun-control advertising blitz?

Atlanta Police have issued an arrest warrant for Gucci Mane over an alleged assault - officers say he hit a soldier over the head with a champagne bottle - in a nightclub off Courtland Street.

Georgia lawmakers could continue accepting travel funds, to the tune of “tens of thousands of dollars,” despite a new ethics bill currently being debated in the Gold Dome.

People started forming a line outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to hear arguments about gay marriage scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed two new members to Georgia’s juvenile justice board. One of the board members is - you guessed it - CL’s favorite Marietta Daily Journal columnist.






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