Backers of a newly adopted ordinance requiring gun ownership in a small north Georgia town acknowledge they were largely seeking to make a point about gun rights.
The ordinance in the city of Nelson — population 1,300 — was approved Monday night and goes into effect in 10 days. However, it contains no penalties and exempts anyone who objects, convicted felons and those with certain mental and physical disabilities.
City Councilman Duane Cronic, who sponsored the measure, said he knows the ordinance won't be enforced but he still believes it will make the town safer.
Now, there's some real down-South type thinking. It won't be enforced but it will make the town safer.
I suppose this means we don't have to hear that old pro-gun refrain anymore that they don't require us to own gun so we shouldn't require that they don't. Of course, like most of the pro-gun talking points it doesn't even make any sense. What we require is that people be qualified to own guns and held accountable for their actions. That's all.
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