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In what gun control proponent and former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) is calling “the most extreme gun bill in America,” Georgia’s measure to allow guns in bars, churches, libraries, and schools was just signed into law.

Gov. Nathan Deal (R) signed the Safe Carry Protection Act of 2014 on Wednesday, a bill which also eliminates criminal charges against people who accidentally bring guns into airports, nightclubs or other buildings where guns are prohibited.

Which, obviously enough, should carry consequences. Especially in bars, where violence is more likely to happen.

The provision authorizing guns in bars is especially likely to result in an uptick of violence. According to Washington State University Sociology Professor Jennifer Schwartz, “40% of male [homicide] offenders were drinking alcohol at the time” of their offense, and about one in three female offenders were also drinking.

To be clear, the bill does specify that no one is allowed to carry a firearm past an airport’s security screening checkpoint. It does, however, allow guns in other areas, including “an airport drive, general parking area, walkway, or shops and areas of the terminal that are outside the screening checkpoint.”

As horrifying as it all sounds, the new law will do double damage, expanding the state’s Stand Your Ground law while allowing individuals to carry firearms without consequence.

All of which Gov. Deal is thrilled with.

Calling it “a great day to reaffirm our liberties,” Deal said the law allows residents to protect their families and expands the list of places where they can legally carry firearms, while allowing certain property owners, namely churches and bars, to make judgments on whether they want worshippers and patrons carrying guns.

“The Second Amendment should never be an afterthought. It should be at the forefront of our minds,” Deal said while touting his NRA endorsement for governor and “A” rating during his 17 years in Congress.

Still, opponents to the sweeping legislation are telling it like it really is, dubbing the measure “The Guns Everywhere Bill,” and reminding the public of who our politicians “really work for.”

“The message of today’s bill signing is very clear: Our politicians, tragically, are owned by the gun lobby,” he said. “No one asked for this bill but the gun lobby, and still, we’re here. … We will remind them in November that they work for the people,” said Reverend Raphael Warnock of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church.

To read more about the law, click here.

SOURCE: CNN, Think Progress | VIDEO SOURCE: News Inc.