Late Monday, Nelson, Georgia passed a law called the “Family
Protection Ordinance” that requires every adult in the 1,300-person town
to own a gun “for purposes of emergency management and general safety of the city.”
The town’s Police Chief, Heath Mitchell, told the AP
that he hopes “having a gun would help residents take their protection
into their own hands,” since the town has an understaffed police
department and slow response time to 911 calls.
One councilman even used the National Rifle Association’s call for
arming all Americans to defend the law, saying “I really felt like this
ordinance was a security sign for our city. Basically it was a
deterrent ordinance to tell potential criminals they might want to go on
down the road a little bit.” Overall, the measure signals that
government officials believe residents, not police departments, should
be responsible for their own protection and rejects state and federal
governments’ efforts to reduce gun violence through increased regulation
of firearms.
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