Legislators must take a stand and stop the cycle Drivers passing through Georgia often go home with their trunks filled with pecans, peaches, peanuts or other souvenirs. Unfortunately, some also head home with guns, giving rise to the term "iron pipeline" to describe the illegal flow of firearms from Georgia to the Northeast. The state's weak gun laws make it easier for criminals to buy a firearm here than in New York or New Jersey, where tighter controls govern firearm sales. Those states, for example, require background checks for purchases at gun shows, and permits and waiting periods to buy...