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Gun Control Reform Activism

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jimmy the one

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Fri May 17, 2013, 07:23 AM May 2013

Town passes gun ordinance, brady sues [View all]

email I rec'd from brady campaign (so no link): The gun lobby extremists and city council members of Nelson pushed for and passed the "Family Protection Ordinance" {cough} — a new law requiring every household to own a gun and ammunition. That's right: If you live in Nelson, Georgia, you're now required by law to keep a loaded gun in your home.
.. the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed a lawsuit today against the City of Nelson, Georgia, alleging that its ordinance is unconstitutional and violates citizens’ First, Second and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
We are arguing that in America people have the freedom to make individual decisions about how to protect themselves and loved ones. A gun should never be forced on anyone who chooses not to own one.


Bravo Brady, Brava Sarah;
Nelson has about 1,400 residents (on google), so it's not that big a thing except for the forced gun ownership policy.
More gunnut double standard, towns can't ban handguns anymore, but they can require guns?
Reminiscent a bit of kennesaw georgia which required guns in households couple decades ago, but allowed for exemptions. A crime comparison between kennesaw & morton grove illinois which banned handguns (up till 2010) resulted in kennesaw regularly having approx 30% higher crime rates than 'da grove', with similiar demographics & past populations (kennesaw has two zip codes, one higher in crime then the other but morton grove generally bested both).

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Town passes gun ordinance, brady sues [View all] jimmy the one May 2013 OP
I agree Bazinga May 2013 #1
Hello JTO discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #2
Family Protection Ordinance aikoaiko May 2013 #3
morton grove vs kennesaw jimmy the one May 2013 #4
I kind of thought... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #5
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