Following two mass shootings, President Donald Trump used a national address to support “red flag” laws, which intensified both a national and local debate over guns.

In this episode of the Politically Georgia podcast, host Greg Bluestein and AJC Washington correspondent Tamar Hallerman discuss how Georgia officials and 2020 candidates reacted to the idea of “red flag” legislation in Georgia, where residents stand, and how the gun debate may impact Georgia in 2020, from the legislative session to the November elections.

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Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines, who competed in Georgia but isn’t from the state, speaks to the news media after testifying in opposition to transgender athletes in women's sports in front of the state senate’s Special Committee on Protecting Women's Sports at the Capitol in Atlanta on Tuesday, August 27, 2024. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

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