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PAGE 12B PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. MARCH 3. 2022
Jasper Fire hosts natural gas training
Submitted by Jasper Fire
Department
On Friday, Feb. 22, 23, 24
the Jasper Fire Department
hosted training for all city
and county emergency re
sponders (Fire, EMS, Law
Enforcement) and the public
works department.
The training was held at
the new training room at the
Jasper Police Department.
The training was instructed
by Tommy Sipsy with At
lanta Gas Light.
This training is put on an
nually by Atlanta Gas Light
to help teach and bring
awareness to the dangers of
Natural Gas if an emergency
occurs, and what could hap
pen if it is not handle prop
erly. This class helped
educate our emergency re
sponders and helped incorpo
rate good safety practices and
procedures when faced with
a natural gas leak or a natural
gas line rupture.
We would like to give
Emergency responders and public works personnel from the city and county during a special natural gas training session.
thanks to Assistant Chief Von
Hedrick (Jasper Fire Depart-
ment)for putting this training
together. We would like to
thank Tommy Sipsy with At
lanta Gas Light for taking the
time to help spread aware
ness and educate how to han
dle a scene involving Natural
Gas.
Georgia Senate passes permit-less gun carry bill
By Dave Williams
Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA - Georgians
would be able to carry
firearms without a permit
under controversial legisla
tion the Republican-con-
trolled state Senate passed
Monday.
Supporters said Senate
Bill 319, which passed 34-22
along party lines, wouldn’t
change state laws governing
who can possess guns or
where they can carry them.
“This law is simply to re
move an unnecessary burden
from law-abiding citizens,”
said Sen. Jason Anavitarte,
R-Dallas, the bill’s chief
sponsor. “Criminals do not
care about a carry permit.”
Senate Democrats cited sta
tistics documenting a sharp
rise in violent crime in Geor
gia during the last decade,
which they blamed on the
easy accessibility of guns.
“Access to firearms in
creases the likelihood of sui
cide,” said Senate Minority
Leader Gloria Butler, D-
Stone Mountain. “The pres
ence of a firearm in a
domestic violence incident
raises the likelihood of homi
cide, no matter who owns the
gun.”
Senators defeated an
amendment introduced by
Sen. Michelle Au, D-Johns
Creek, to require background
checks of Georgians seeking
to buy firearms in private
transactions, including at gun
shows or flea markets. Cur
rent state law only covers
guns bought from firearms
retailers.
“The amendment would
close a loophole,” she said.
Sen. Elena Parent, D-Atlanta,
accused Republicans of
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sues” like enhancing gun
rights during this election-
year session to gain votes.
“This is a dangerous
agenda of right-wing gun
groups,” she said. “We have
a majority that is in thrall to
gun extremists.”
Both sides brought other
issues into Monday’s debate.
Democrats criticized Repub
licans for seeking to drop re
strictions on guns to protect
the Second Amendment
while pushing to make voting
- another constitutional right
- more difficult.
Republicans brought up
the courageous defense of
their country Ukrainians are
putting up against invading
Russians.
“What would a Ukrainian
citizen say about their right to
bear arms?” asked Sen. Matt
Brass, R-Newnan.
The bill now moves to the
Georgia House of Represen
tatives.
This story is available
through a news partnership
with Capitol Beat News
Service, a project of the
Georgia Press Educational
Foundation.
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