ATLANTA -- A CBS 46 News investigation discovered more than 100 felons who have been caught hunting with guns in Georgia over the past three years.

A woman named Laura, who CBS 46 will not identify because she fears for her safety, was camping with her toddler and family in 1985 at Lake Lanier. A man grabbed her child at knifepoint and demanded that Laura have sex with him, she said.

The man who raped Laura is out of jail, but he has one thing in common with almost 1500 other convicted felons in Georgia: he has a hunting license.

“Why are they now giving him the rights to carry any kind of weapon?” Laura asked.

By law, ex-cons with a hunting license can only use a weapon like a bow and arrow, not a gun. Yet CBS 46 Investigates discovered 122 convicted felons have been caught hunting with guns in Georgia in the past three years.

Sgt. Bo Kelly of the Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement is charged with finding felons illegally hunting with guns.

“A lot of convicted felons are going to hunt with a firearm whether or not they are told they can or cannot,” Kelly said.

“It’s a problem, absolutely it is a problem,” said Alice Johnson, the director of Georgians for Gun Safety.

Georgia legislator Stephanie Stuckey Benfield shared her sentiment.

“It is a safety concern, a public safety issue, and I think that is something we should look at,” Stuckey Benfield said.

The President of Georgiacarry.org, a pro-gun group, said an important distinction must be made when it comes to felons.

“There are a lot of felonies that don’t have anything to do with a violent crime,” said Stone.

Our investigation revealed hundreds of violent felons with hunting licenses in Georgia. Among them are 105 aggravated assaulters, nine rapists, and 11 murderers. Included on that list of violent offenders is Laura’s attacker.

“He’s dangerous. He doesn’t need it. A bow and arrow, a knife, he doesn’t even need a Swiss Army knife. They might as well go ahead and give him a gun!” said Laura.

“Felons are going to break the law,” said Stone. “That’s a law enforcement issue, and they need to deal with it.”

Alice Johnson said legislators need to re-examine any law that could make it easier for felons to break the laws.

“That is a threat to the public safety,” she said.