{"549541":{"#nid":"549541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"House Bill on Electroshock Weapons Takes Effect July 1","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA bill passed during the 2016 Georgia legislative session allows anyone who is 18 or older, or who is enrolled at a University System of Georgia (USG) institution, to use an electroshock weapon in self-defense on its campuses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe law goes into\u0026nbsp;effect July 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAllowable electroshock weapons include any commercially available device designed exclusively to incapacitate a person by electrical charge, such as stun guns and Tasers. The Georgia Tech Police Department has been preparing for the change and working with the USG and its other institutions to ensure the ongoing safety of the campus community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis bill is separate from House Bill 859, which dealt with firearms and was\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2016\/05\/04\/governor-deal-vetoes-campus-carry-bill\u0022\u003Evetoed by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on May 3.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/Legislation\/en-US\/display\/20152016\/HB\/792\u0022\u003ELearn more about House Bill 792 from the Georgia General Assembly.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis bill passed during the 2016 Georgia legislative session allows anyone who is 18 years or older or who is enrolled at a University System of Georgia institution to use an electroshock weapon in self-defense on its campuses.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This bill passed during the 2016 Georgia legislative session allows anyone who is 18 years or older or who is enrolled at a University System of Georgia institution to use an electroshock weapon in self-defense on its campuses."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-07-01 09:14:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:04","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-07-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/en-US\/default.aspx","title":"Georgia General Assembly"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.usg.gatech.edu\/","title":"University System of Georgia"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"758","name":"Georgia legislature"},{"id":"167060","name":"safety"},{"id":"726","name":"University System of Georgia"},{"id":"1966","name":"usg"},{"id":"545","name":"Weapons"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}