Laws should be easy to follow, simple to enforce and always balance public safety and private rights. As legislators, we work to craft laws that improve Georgia’s economy, transportation infrastructure, education, health care, and lower taxes. We strive to make Georgia a cleaner, friendlier, and safer place. We also have a great responsibility to protect the rights afforded to us through the Constitution of the United States: the rights to freedom of speech, religion, to own personal property, and the right to bear arms. Creating laws that promote, protect and maintain personal freedoms requires a delicate balance. When laws don’t achieve these goals, lawmakers have a duty to improve them.