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House approves tax credit to encourage firearm safe handling training and storage; bill remains voluntary
Summary
House Bill 79 creates an optional tax credit for firearm-safe-handling courses and secure-storage devices and passed after extended debate over whether incentives should be paired with mandatory safe-storage laws.
The Georgia House passed House Bill 79, a measure that creates a voluntary tax credit to help pay for firearm safe-handling instruction and secure storage devices. The bill passed on the House floor by a roll-call vote of 165–8.
Sponsor Representative Bruce Williamson (presenting as Chairman Newton in debate) described the measure as an incentive program — not a mandate — that allows taxpayers to use part of a $300 credit to obtain safe-handling instruction or to purchase secure-storage devices such as bedside safes, vehicle…
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