Thomas, I downloaded the pdf in all of its glory and reviewed all 26 pages. First off, FUCK YOU SHIRLEY FRANKLIN. Secondly, FUCK YOU to any of the city council that agrees with item 2F (concerning the ban on assault weapons). Is their any way to know which Council members were involved with this request? Was their a formal vote? The wording they used is complete bullshit in describing the need for this item. Thomas, can you tell me how this ban will "(arguably) make life a little easier"? Do you think 30-Deep members give a rats-ass about weapon bans? How the fuck does this do anything but harm & restrict legal gun owners, who must protect their selves/homes/families/businesses because the Atlanta public safety system is broke?! The City can go piss off...Try taking my SKS with the 50-round mag, bitches.

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As for item 2E, I again state who does this harm but legal gun owners? Repeat felons who commit most of the crimes in this city don't really worry about gun laws, do they? If they are going to commit armed robbery, does it really matter to them if they do it in Grant Park or Piedmont Park as opposed to anywhere else in the city limits?

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Hey Rambo, Nobody needs an assault rifle. There is one exception: Tiny dick rednecks who are probably being cuckolded.

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Edgewood Adam - I will bet that this law does not address assault rifles, but rather rifles that look bad. An assault rifle is capable of selecting full automatic or semi-automatic fire and are already heavily regulated. According to the UCR, no crime has EVER been committed with a legally owned assault rifle or machine gun. More to the point, the Constitution protects that need independent of your, or anyone elses, opinion or armchair psychology. In fact, the Miller case held that the 2nd Amendment specifically applies to military weapons. Remember, if one Constitutional right is taken away, all of them are in danger.

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State law PERMITS weapons in state parks and preempts cities from banning them in city parks.

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Edgewood Adam, while I normally say I respect opinions even those I don't agree with, yours clearly is one based on ignorance and fear. We have a Second Amendment in this country for a reason, to provide the individual citizen the facility for self-protection from tyranny, be that tyranny from individuals or government. Granted that the need to wear your rifle or shotgun on MARTA or to the mall is pretty unlikely an inappropriate, that doesn't mean that "Nobody needs an assault rifle" and certainly is there no suggestion in fact that "There is one exception: Tiny dick rednecks who are probably being cuckolded." Clearly your comments were emotional, rather than logical, cool-headed or reasonable. This is not surprising and in fact is almost the only reaction of gun control zealots, Emotion rather than rational thought. Granted gun advocates also often fall for emotional arguments, so it isn't just your failing. A gun (of any sort) is a tool, just like a screwdriver, a car, a spatula or a even rational thought. A tool's function is limited mostly by it's user's skill, knowledge and self-control. A gun's, admitted function is to kill. There are situations where it is necessary, prudent and even preferable to kill, most notably in self-defense under threat of one's life, or the threat of life to loved ones. Sometimes (rarely, and not in this country thus-far) a government will make this threat against it's own citizens. History shows us again and again. And in those rare instances it is just, prudent and in fact a "need" for the citizenry to own like firepower to the unjust government seizure or his weapons, property or life. So in fact MANY people likely DO "need" assault rifles, whom are NOT "Tiny dick rednecks who are probably being cuckolded" It is however comforting to probably to everyone (yourself included) that someone like yourself, probably doesn't own any guns, since you've proven yourself prone to emotional outbursts. A tool like a gun is probably much more responsibility than you're capable of handling responsibly. Laws like this are thinly veiled excuses for governments (even petty, small brained city governments like Atlanta's to pretend to curb crime while in fact making the general citizenry MORE to victimization by those who, anyway, don't care about following the law. WHY would you even enact such a law if crime is down, as the administration continues to try and convince us? Who would obey this law?: The law-abiding. Which means, that those who were already going to use guns to commit crime, probably aren't concerned with the violation of a city ordinance restricting their carrying of a gun in a city park, or of having an "assault rifle" in their home. How, even is the possession of an "assault rifle" in one's home a problem? These are clearly laws thought up by people who feel they have more right to tell others what they can/cannot do without reason. That's the first sin of an out of control government

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The constitution is a wonderful thing. Its is brilliant in its foresight. But i can never take people all that seriously that cling to the ideas as though they are the 10 commandments from a document written over 225 years ago. Maybe im a fool but i am not that worried about having to protect myself when the revolution begins. I am more concerned with the absurd need for some rednecks to fire automatic weapons at supposed criminals, government officials, their children, or some PBR cans in Hiram. I am glad that folks like you are protecting panty waisted liberals like myself from the impending appocalypse but i would rather wallow in my own supposed ingnorance. And in closing, FUCKING YIKES!!

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If you dont like assault weapons, guns, whatever that great, thats your opinion and I respect it. But think about this. Assault weapons and nearly all other guns are totally legal in GA for law abiding citizens to own. Now look at who uses guns in Atlanta to commit crimes...NOT law abiding citizens rather the armed career criminals most of whom are already convicted felons. There are already ample laws prohibiting them from owning or buying guns. More laws on paper isnt going to do anything to career criminals. I am not a redneck, I have a graduate degree, I dont know anyone who could be called a redneck, but I choose to have the means to defend myself should that need ever arise. Liberals are so smart they feel the need to restrict MY PERSONAL choice to be able to defend myself from armed career criminals...and Atlanta has plenty of them.

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