Nelson, GA citizens required to own gun & ammo!

[mello]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/g...izens-of-nelson-georgia.php#comment-849547853

 

[Uriel999]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/g...izens-of-nelson-georgia.php#comment-849547853

read the comments....pretty sad.

 

[Acala]

Morally just as WRONG as requiring people to buy health insurance.

 

[Darguth]

Morally just as WRONG as requiring people to buy health insurance.

Except the act includes an exemption for anyone that doesn't want to own a gun. It's a toothless act.

I agree that the sentiment is wrong, because we shouldn't give the impression that a voluntary act is required, but this bill doesn't actually require it. It also includes no penalty for non-compliance.

It would have been better (though I think still out of the purview of proper governance) to simply pass a resolution in support of home owners owning weapons for self-defense, without trying to require it or give the impression that it's required.

 

[TheGrinch]

Except the act includes an exemption for anyone that doesn't want to own a gun. It's a toothless act.

I agree that the sentiment is wrong, because we shouldn't give the impression that a voluntary act is required, but this bill doesn't actually require it. It also includes no penalty for non-compliance.

It would have been better (though I think still out of the purview of proper governance) to simply pass a resolution in support of home owners owning weapons for self-defense, without trying to require it or give the impression that it's required.

Yep, it's the same thing in Kennesaw, GA, the mandate has never been enforced, nor would any reasonable person expect a local government to force someone to own a firearm who isn't willing or capable of using it responsibly. That would spit in the face of even sinister agendas. There is absolutely no reason to enforce it.

I agree, the language should be changed, but it's a message to the criminals, not to the otherwise law-abiding citizens, and it has in fact worked for Kennesaw, which is just a few miles away from me, and I live 20 minutes from downtown Atlanta, so we're not talking about some rural area either.

 

[NCGOPer_for_Paul]

Yep, it's the same thing in Kennesaw, GA, the mandate has never been enforced, nor would any reasonable person expect a local government to force someone to own a firearm who isn't willing or capable of using it responsibly. That would spit in the face of even sinister agendas. There is absolutely no reason to enforce it.

I agree, the language should be changed, but it's a message to the criminals, not to the otherwise law-abiding citizens, and it has in fact worked for Kennesaw, which is just a few miles away from me, and I live 20 minutes from downtown Atlanta, so we're not talking about some rural area either.

Doesn't Kennesaw have something like a <1% crime rate?

 

[talkingpointes]

You have the best signature here. I just noticed it.

 

[TheGrinch]

Doesn't Kennesaw have something like a <1% crime rate?

I don't have the time to look up the documentation right now, but to be fair they had a pretty low crime rate to begin with... What's more remarkable is that while population is expanding in metro-Atlanta and crime has gone up elsewhere, their crime and murder rates dropped immediately and have stayed at that same low level... I think there have only been something like 3 murders in the decades since they implemented it, 2 of them being in Gun-free school zones, not surprisingly.

 

[Acala]

If the law has no effect, then it is a waste of time and resources. If they want to do something useful to promote an armed population, how about organizing a fund-raising drive to build a state-of-the-art gun range and offer regular classes in how to shoot straight, fast, and deadly?

 

[TheGrinch]

If the law has no effect, then it is a waste of time and resources. If they want to do something useful to promote an armed population, how about organizing a fund-raising drive to build a state-of-the-art gun range and offer regular classes in how to shoot straight, fast, and deadly?

As I stated above, the "law" seems to have done very well in deterrence. As the old saying goes, an armed population is a polite population. I do not see anything wrong with making it publicly known that the city wishes it's citizens to arm themselves, but does not enforce the mandate to do so.

To me it's more a matter of semantics than merits of the law (if you can even call it that).

 

[phill4paul]

It is not without precedent. The militia act of 1792 comes to mind.

 

[Darguth]

You have the best signature here. I just noticed it.

Thanks, I like it It's probably my favorite political quote out there. It was my go-to when people were trying to get me to vote for Lesser-of-two-evils-Romney

 

[mello]

I'm disturbed by the replies that I received when I commented in that story's thread discussion (I posted under the name Frank). It seems like a majority of them failed to bother to even read the article. The rest just assumed I made up the Kennesaw, GA story.