Georgia On My Nerves
Well, yesterday we heard some either drug or ignorance induced chatter from the Chair of the Georgia Republican Party about gay people.
Today Georgia weighs in on guns.
The Nelson, Georgia city council has met and come up with this —
The Nelson City Council voted 5-0 Monday night to require every household to have a gun and ammunition, unless the residents of the household opt out.
But the new ordinance includes a lot of exemptions, including people with a physical or mental disability, convicted felons and people who conscientiously oppose gun ownership.
I think the key word here is conscientiously.
And I have one question: who is going to come into my house to check to see that I have the required weapon and ammo? A government agent? Joe Bob the crazy city councilman?
In other news, the Nelson City Council reports the theft of their thinking hats.
Thanks to Lindy for the heads up.
I have no words.
1I simply have no words.
And I thought that republicans didn’t like government telling them what to do and how to do it.
Does that mean if the town requires it, they have to pay for the gun??
I would bet money that that same Georgia town has more pressing problems then making sure that each home has a gun in the house. Like education.
I wonder how many accidents it takes before gun owners will have to pay a higher premium on their home owner’s insurance.
2@Diane, Good Thought! If a trampoline affects your insurance why can’t guns in the house?
3Kennesaw Georgia has had that ordinance for some time. They claim that the crime rate went down 74%. I wonder what the correlation is – or if there’s one.
4BTW, I’m really for *much* tougher gun laws. This all sounds crazy to me.
I like the insurance idea.
Unfunded mandate, I betcha.
5Is this a peaceful little town that doesn’t lock it’s doors?
6And the gun industry laughs all the way to the bank.
7conscientious or conscous?
8conscientious or conscious I meant. damn spelling.
9A “requirement” that has an opt-out function. Do these people even own a dictionary among them?
10These town ordinances are written & driven by the NRA to increase gun sales. Kennesaw, GA has had a similar ordinance since 1982, which their PD chief acknowledged has never been enforced. In reaction to Newtown, towns in a # of states have tried to pass mandatory ownership ordinances & at best, those that passed are “recommended” ownership.
11Connecticut passes bipartisan legislation on gun control – Texas and Georgia work on ways to promote gun ownership and use. Starting to think that limited domestic drone use may not be so bad.
12Connecticut had a “battle-royale” over gun control before it passed. Keep an eye on the next election & see how many state reps pro & con aren’t invited back by the voters. The trouble stems from nice folks (not necessarily non-gun owners) being loath to gear up to fight NRA & other aggressive gun owners, especially neighbors. Which reflects just how well we’re taught at an early age to get along with our neighbors no matter what.
13Hard to have a meaningful discussion with someone holding a gun–to have a whole society armed is idiotic—bad things will happen. I am all for well armed militias, I just haven’t seen any yet..just loaded for bear crazy people, who think nothing of praying for the death of my president.
14If we all owned a revolutionary musket–I would be fine with that–that way our militia people could practice on their sat/sun mornings ( depending on faith) that’s more what the framers had in mind–and you could hunt with them…lol–sorry, I do think hunting is okay for people that want it, but hunt clubs could be the place you would keep your guns–I grew up with, had handguns/rifles pointed at me, knives at my throat, violence and beatings everywhere, and easy access to guns is just not something we should have…
Just look at the TEA Party presence in East Texas and the prevalence of white supremacists. There’s a cause and effect relationship. I’m not saying TEA Partiers caused the death of the people shot but they and their predecessors sure helped create and maintain the atmosphere. Guns, God, and meth.
15Would Nelson, Georgia exempt citizens who follow the 10 Commandments? The 6th Commandment in particular; Thou shall not kill. Maybe someone can print up a new set of 9 Commandments for the city fathers.
16The only reason I can think of to have a gun would be to shoot someone who comes looking for it.
17I looked up Nelson when I saw this story earlier today. Ninety percent white, mean age of residents is 9 years older than Georgia as a whole. And Nat Turner rides in their fever dreams.
18Longer article:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/02/17567999-georgia-town-passes-law-requiring-citizens-to-own-guns-and-ammo?lite
“People who want a gun, they already have one probably,” [a resident who spoke against it] told WXIA, the NBC affiliate in Atlanta. “There’s been no violent crime in Nelson in the past 10 years. So how are you going to improve on no violent crime?”
Well, it’s like blowing this whistle to keep the polar bears away. There are no polar bears within a thousand miles– see how well it works?
19Welcome to my world! I’m only 15 miles from this particular looney bin (and Ducktown – see Kyle’s comment). And, no, there are no polar bears here, whistlepigs, yes, polar bears, no.
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