Is This What It Has Come To?

Hi Everyone,

I have quite the tale to tell you. Unfortunately, it is not a tale, but a real horrifying true occurrence. On April 1st of this year, the city council of Nelson, Georgia, a city of about 1,300 residents, 50 miles north of Atlanta, passed the most egregious and unbelievable law that I have ever heard of. The law is called the Family Protection Ordinance. Ever heard of a law called that? Me neither. This absolutely stolid law requires.........................................drum roll please............................................. ALL heads of household to own a gun and ammunition. Yes, you indeed read that correctly. The city council decided that it is a good thing that all heads of households MUST have a gun and ammo. Their inept reasoning is meant to warn would-be burglars, but also to send a message to the federal government about gun ownership.

Their message was heard loud and clear. About one month later, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, filed a federal lawsuit against the city and the city council members, challenging its constitutionality. This past Thursday, in a joint court filing, the Brady Center and the city submitted a settlement agreement to the federal judge in Gainsville. The settlement? Instead of the city rescinding the law, the city agreed to add language saying, "the law is not enforceable, that it will not be enforced and that anyone who violates it will not be subject to any penalty". But they still did not retract it. Why? Simply stated........ their actions are UNBELIEVABLE and ill advised!!!

So is this what it has come to, that common sense is thrown out like garbage? This law is wrong on any and every level and just shows what Republicans will do. To Republicans, their ends justify their means, no matter what. Their means are wrong and so out of touch with the majority of Americans. I really can't believe that the law remains on the books.

I hope that someone in Nelson, Georgia, has the balls to sue the hell out of the city and its off the wall city council members. And that they don't quit until either the law is rescinded and/or the council members resign and thrown out like garbage. This is a city that I will never. ever visit. Where in the world do politicians think that they can get away with asinine laws like this? Oh right, the southern states seem to think so.

Til next week.

Peter