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Athens News Matters: Explainer- Gun Laws in Georgia

Photograph by Steve Labadessa // Zuma Press

The nonprofit Gun Violence Archive says that as of last week, there have been 160 mass shootings in America in 2021. Georgia has taken steps in recent years to loosen its gun laws. So what do the state’s gun laws actually say?