this is a town that normal rockwell would want to paint a picture of. nelson, georgia, 50 miles north of atlanta. it is a snapshot of small town americana, grazing cows, small white churches, and a very small police department. you re the chief of police here. yes. but it is really just you and the department? right now it is just me. the chief has not worked a single major crime in his three years on the job. it is just your normal minor thefts, burglaries. no gun crimes but soon owning a gun in this town of 1,400 may become not just a right but a requirement. every head of household in nelson would have to own a gun and ammunition. it is a deterrent kind of law. every member of the nelson city council supports the family protection ordinance as it is known. edith believes it will scare off would-be criminals if it becomes law april 1st. it is like when you have
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security, the adt in front of your home. we re protected by an alarm or whatever. which the majority of places don t have it. nelson would not not first town in america to pass a mandatory gun ownership law. it wouldn t even not first town in georgia. the nelson ordinance is a direct copy of a law passed here in kennesaw, georgia, in 1982. there is no way to accurately merits effect on public safety although historically crime rates here have been low. nelson also copies kennesaw s exemptions for felons, the mentally ill and people that object to owning a gun for personal or any other belief. nelson says they will not enforce the new law. so what s the point? georgia ans don t fool around with their guns, and don t have big government tell them what to do and whatnot to do. the proposed law is part of a campaign led by the local chapter of the tea party patriots to protect second
amendment rights. we to want take this county wide and statewide to other counties and to other states. lamar has lived in nelson for nearly 20 years. he calls it a sham. this is not about the second amendment. they keep trying to make it be second amendment issue. it is not. what is it about? publicity. we re selling probably 10, 15 guns a day. some people in nelson buy their guns at appalachian gun and pawn and profits sky rocketed recently and he thanks one man. i honestly believe the commander in chief has raised the prices. he is trying to enforce the gun ban and everybody is worried about losing their guns, so now they re buying more and more and more. do you think your federal government is coming for your guns? i really do not. i could own a gun without this ordinance and i could protect my home without this ordinance. so why have an ordinance that is not worth anything?