Qualified firearm owners are now allowed to bring their weapons into Stone Mountain Park. Anyone, except felons and those who have been involuntarily committed for mental illness, can have guns inside the park. However, those without a carry permit must leave their weapons in their car.

In May 2008 attorneys for GeorgiaCarry.org filed a lawsuit challenging a Stone Mountain Park ordinance that prohibited firearms inside the park.

On July 1, 2008, a new Georgia state law allowed guns in state parks and other places they had not been allowed before. About six months later, at the end of last year, the Stone Mountain ordinance was tweaked letting those with carry permits bring their guns into the park as long as they first told the park police they were armed.

The settlement of GeorgiaCarry.org’s May 2008 lawsuit allows for guns inside the park without notification.