Atlanta's City Council President Doug Shipman explains why losing the Music Midtown festival to Georgia's gun laws is the 'worst-case scenario.' 'People have to hold the folks who are making these policies accountable and express their displeasure.'
, “Music and community is absolutely needed right now, and I hope this cancellation is a wake-up call to what it means for guns to be openly carried — we cannot feel safe to enjoy the beauty of life with the threat of unchecked gun violence.”
As it stands, there’s not much the City of Atlanta can do to make life easier for Music Midtown and other events taking place on public property. Atlanta’s City Council President Doug Shipman says he’ll be working with the city attorney to see what can be done, but he notes Georgia law prevents the city from passing gun laws more restrictive than what’s on the state’s books. Most likely, he says, the issue will have to wait until the state legislature reconvenes in Jan.
Doug Shipman speaking at the groundbreaking for the National Center for Civil and Human Rights on June 27, 2012 in Atlanta.And the other concern that I have is what does it mean for [other festivals like] Sweetwater 420 and Shaky Knees? When you think about the city, we don’t have a great private property that’s big and the natural place you’d go instead, like the horse track in New Orleans for Jazz Fest.
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