claim: roughly 500,000 georgians -- or about 5 percent of the state’s residents -- have gone through a background check to legally obtain a georgia weapons carry license.
author: nathan deal
evidence_1: gov. nathan deal: roughly 500,000 georgians — or about 5 percent of the  state's residents — have gone through a background check to legally obtain a  georgia weapons carry license. ... range from 500,000 to 750,000. the new state  law also prohibits the creation of a database to keep up with who has a permit.
evidence_2: "we have almost 68,000 georgia students who are required by law to attend a  chronically failing school." — politifact georgia on ... roughly 500,000  georgians -- or about 5 percent of the state's residents -- have gone through a  background check to legally obtain a georgia weapons carry license. —  politifact georgia on ...
evidence_3: apr 23, 2014 ... nathan deal today signed into law house bill 60, legislation that ... “this  legislation will protect the constitutional rights of georgians who have gone  through a background check to legally obtain a georgia weapons carry license.  roughly 500,000 georgia citizens have a permit of this kind, which is ...
evidence_4: apr 23, 2014 ... georgiacarry, which lobbied for the bill, calls it "meaningful pro-gun ... the bill,  which easily navigated the state legislature -- by a 112-58 ..... have gone through  a background check to legally obtain a georgia ... "roughly 500,000 georgia  citizens have a permit of this kind, which is approximately 5 percent ...
evidence_5: apr 23, 2014 ... georgia governor signs bill expanding gun carry rights ... who have gone through  a background check to legally obtain a georgia weapons carry license.  roughly 500,000 georgia citizens have a permit of this kind, which is ... earlier  this month the kansas state legislature approved a bill that would ...