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Elizabeth Gallo Court Reporting’s Fun Legal Fact of the Week is here to help you get through the work week by sharing a random fact about American History, law, and more!

Legal Fact of the Week: The National Security Act of 1947

The National Security Act would make changes.To be specific, these changes would affect the Department of War and the Navy. Additionally, it would dissolve each branch’s independence.

For example, they would be merge together as the National Military Establishment.

Additionally, the Department of the Air Force and the U.S. Air Force was created. Both branches were made separately from the Army Air Force.

The Act would become effective on September 8th, 1947.

Here at Elizabeth Gallo Court Reporting, we love to explore Legal Apps to help create balance for our clients and colleagues working in the Legal Industry. Thus, we understand some tasks can be overwhelming to complete. Today, we explore an app that can assist with some of these tasks. For example, easily managing your firm’s billing.

This week’s Legal app is Invoicely

Invoicely is a great app that can help you easily manage your billing needs. It does by allowing you to create and customize invoices in any language and currency. Additionally, it allows you to accept payments from anywhere around the globe.

This useful billing took also allows you to accept online payments. Online payments can be accepted through PayPal, Stripe, PayLane, We Pay, Authorize.net, and Mollie. Besides accepting online payments, Invoicely features the ability to track time, expenses, and mileage.

Lastly, Invoicely can manage billing for multiple cases in one place.

Our spotlight series will be focus on what makes our Staff and Court Reporters amazing and unique!

This week’s spotlight is our Scheduling Associate, Sharon!

If you had a warning label, what would yours say?

(U-TURN)

What is the one thing you cannot resist?

(CHOCOLATE)

Do you have a favorite quote?

(WHATEVA)

What is the first concert you attended?

(MARY J BLIGE)

Who is your favorite band/artist?

(PRINCE AND CHRISETTE MICHELLE)

Where would you like to go on a dream vacation?

(DUBAI)

Who would you want to play you in a movie of your life?

(ANGELA BASSETT)

If you could share a meal with any 4 individuals, living or dead, who would they be?

(MY MOTHER, FATHER, SON, AND DAUGHTER)

What would you do if you won the lottery?

(DISAPPEAR AND WRITE BACK W/NO ADDRESS)

What’s your favorite movie?

(GLADIATOR AND MEET JOE BLACK)

What animal best represents you, and why?

(LION – STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE)

What three things do you think of the most each day?

(SUNSHINE, FOOD, AND SLEEP)

If you could go back in time, what year would you travel to?

(THE 70’S)

What three traits define you?

(ENDURANCE, COMPASSION, HONESTY)

Tell us something that might surprise us about you:

(I LIP SINC WHEN I GO TO KARAOKE…AND MY FRIENDS DON’T KNOW IT ????)

The same type of rifle that was used in the Broward County school mass shooting in Florida was easier to buy for the teenage murderer than a regular handgun under the current law. Although federal law states gun buyers to be at least 21 years old to purchase a handgun, many states across the nation set the minimum age for purchasing rifles at only 18. This includes the semi-automatic version of the military’s M16 — the AR-15. Mass shootings in Parkland, FL; Newton, CT; Aurora, CO; and San Bernardino, CA all involved AR-15s.

Assault Weapons: Increasingly Popular in America

 Traditionally, gun laws treat handguns differently from shotguns, rifles, and other long guns. In 1968, when the Gun Control Act was passed, law makers raised the legal age to purchase a handgun to 21 years old. Under the act, people at least 18 years old could still purchase rifles, which are often used for hunting. At the time the act passed, AR-15s were not popular. Also, they were not widely available to the American public. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, assault weapons became more popular, making the 1968 Act outdated. Manufacturers and gun owners flocked to these type pf guns, the minimum age remained at 18. In 1994, Congress passed a federal assault weapons ban which made a large variety of guns illegal for civilians.

Georgia Gun Laws

While Georgia is an open carry state, it is not a traditional one. Under state law, open carry is legal with a Georgia-issued firearms permit. Additionally, Georgia allows gun owners to open carry a firearm without a permit in a motor vehicle. That being said, Georgia does not require a permit to purchase a firearm, does not require registration of firearms, nor does it require owners to become licensed. A permit to carry is only required under state law for firearms that are legally categorized as handguns.  Georgia enacted this law in 2006. This means that if you feel that your life is threatened, the law allows you to use deadly force to defend yourself. You must be at least 18 years of age to possess a handgun in Georgia.

If you or someone you know has any questions about federal or state gun laws, contact a knowledgeable attorney today.