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Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 11 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY
Article 4 - DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTALITIES AND PRACTICES
Part 2 - POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS WEAPONS
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O.C.G.A.§ 16-11-124
Exemptions from application of part
This part shall not apply to:
(1) A peace officer of any duly authorized police agency
of this state or of any political subdivision thereof, or a law enforcement
officer of any department or agency of the United States who is regularly
employed and paid by the United States, this state, or any such political
subdivision, or an employee of the Department of Corrections of this state who
is authorized in writing by the commissioner of corrections to transfer or
possess such firearms while in the official performance of his duties;
(2) A member of the National Guard or of the armed forces
of the United States to wit: the army, navy, marine corps, air force, or coast
guard who, while serving therein, possesses such firearm in the line of duty;
(3) Any sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle, machine gun,
dangerous weapon, or silencer which has been modified or changed to the extent
that it is inoperative. Examples of the requisite modification include weapons
with their barrel or barrels filled with lead, hand grenades filled with sand,
or other nonexplosive materials;
(4) Possession of a sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle,
machine gun, dangerous weapon, or silencer by a person who is authorized to
possess the same because he has registered the sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off
rifle, machine gun, dangerous weapon, or silencer in accordance with the
dictates of the National Firearms Act, 68A Stat. 725 (26 U.S.C. Sections
5841-5862); and
(5) A security officer employed by a federally licensed
nuclear power facility or a licensee of such facility, including a contract
security officer, who is trained and qualified under a security plan approved by
the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or other federal agency
authorized to regulate nuclear facility security; provided, however, that this
exemption shall apply only while such security officer is acting in connection
with his or her official duties on the premises of such nuclear power facility
or on properties outside the facility property pursuant to a written agreement
entered into with the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the
facility. The exemption under this paragraph does not include the possession of
silencers.
HISTORY:
Ga. L. 1968, p. 983, § 5; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 812, § 1/SB 532.