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March 7th, 2013 at 10:27 am
Blech. I hate feel good laws that have no enforcement and thus no actual benefit, even if it’s something that I would generally approve of.
Hell, I’m against even the Kennesaw law because it forces people to do things they may not want to do.
March 7th, 2013 at 8:01 pm
I’m with Robb on this. Forcing someone who is anti-gun or even somewhat neutral to have a gun is like Bloomberg not allowing me to have one.
I bet it’s more of a publicity stunt than anything else…
TS
March 8th, 2013 at 11:29 am
The same people who are cheering for this law that forces people to buy a product (a gun) are the ones who have been screaming about how Obama is wrong for forcing you to buy a product (Health Insurance).
Hypocrisy?
March 8th, 2013 at 2:54 pm
Whether it’s hypocrisy or not depends on why they object to Obamacare, I think. But there are a couple of key differences:
1) A lot of people object to Obamacare because it’s an unconstitutional overreach and power grab by the Federal government. But this is a local government, not the Feds. Locals aren’t limited to the powers specifically listed in the Constitution like the Feds are supposed to be.
2) The organization of the militia is a traditional .gov function, and a law requiring all unorganized militia members to own a weapon suitable for militia service falls squarely within that domain.
That being said, I don’t like this law, either. I might not find it objectionable if it included a) a method for issuing town-owned guns to those people who can’t afford to buy their own; and b) some sort of “conscientious objector” exemption and a fair and private method of implementing it.