![Law Requiring Gun Ownership Passed in Georgia](http://townsquare.media/site/241/files/2013/04/old-couple-with-guns.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Law Requiring Gun Ownership Passed in Georgia
If you live in Nelson, Georgia, the government has decided that you must own a firearm.
The city council voted 5-0 in favor of the "Family Protection Act" in the small town of 1,300 about 50 miles north of Atlanta. The ordinance was initially proposed last month, and it garnered a high level of media attention. It would require that all residents, with certain exceptions, own a "firearm, together with ammunition."
While politicians in Washington have been debating gun-control measures such as an assault-weapons ban and expanded background checks in the aftermath of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, last December, many states and localities have been proposing measures of their own. And many of those measures are intended to have the opposite effect: to increase gun ownership and loosen restrictions.
The ordinance in Nelson will not actually be enforced, and the council members readily admit that it is a statement about gun ownership more than anything else, meant to send a message to Washington.
"Our government at the moment, they want to take as much away from us as they can," said city council member Edith Portillo.
Not everyone from Nelson thinks it's such a great idea, though. "What's the point?" wondered Lamar Kellett. "By their own admission this is a sham. It's just for play."
More From KZCD-FM
![Can You Legally Gift Someone a Gun in Oklahoma?](http://townsquare.media/site/115/files/2023/12/attachment-RS50189_GettyImages-1376603675-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Anti-Gun Companies Oklahomans Should Avoid That Use Profits to Fund Gun Control Efforts](http://townsquare.media/site/115/files/2023/03/attachment-RS17128_GettyImages-1006474816-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Oklahoma Bill Allows Teachers the Option of Carry Firearms With a Valid CCW Permit](http://townsquare.media/site/115/files/2023/03/attachment-RS34353_GettyImages-452465529-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Oklahoma U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin has Introduced the ‘Tribal Firearm Access Act’](http://townsquare.media/site/115/files/2023/03/attachment-RS17128_GettyImages-1006474816-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Oklahoma Gun Rights Discussed; Nathan Dahm (R-OK) vs Jon Stewart](http://townsquare.media/site/115/files/2023/03/attachment-Jon-Stwwart-630X420.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Oklahoma to Get 3.6 Million Grant to Reduce Gun Violence](http://townsquare.media/site/115/files/2023/02/attachment-RS45264_RS19160_GettyImages-859971826-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Oklahoma to Strengthen Gun Rights & Self Defense in 2023](http://townsquare.media/site/115/files/2023/02/attachment-RS23684_GettyImages-884218046-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Oklahoma Sheriffs Won’t Enforce New ATF Pistol Brace Rule](http://townsquare.media/site/115/files/2023/01/attachment-RS37714_GettyImages-508701035-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![How the New ATF Pistol Brace Rule Change Will Affect Oklahoma Gun Owners](http://townsquare.media/site/115/files/2023/01/attachment-pistil-brace-01-e1673886187289.jpg?w=980&q=75)