Repeal pro-gun law - pretty please? asks Atlanta councilman

What is Michael Bond smoking these days?

Since he re-joined the Atlanta City Council last month after an eight-year hiatus, Bond has seemingly been trying to make up for lost time by churning out attention-getting resolutions — to create a penny sales tax for public safety, to apologize to the victims of the Atlanta Eagle raid, etc.

Several of his Council colleagues have grumbled privately that Bond is simply grand-standing. But even if you take his actions at face value, his latest move suggests a profound and awesome cluelessness that’s likely to put a target on the city’s back.

This time, Bond has penned legislation to urge state lawmakers to repeal a 2005 state law that prohibits cities from passing zoning restrictions on gun shops. Why? Because, according to the resolution, the state law “limits the ability of local governments to enforce their constitutionally conferred zoning powers.”

No shit — that’s what the law was meant to do when it was passed in retaliation to Atlanta’s involvement in lawsuits against firearm manufacturers. And the gun-loving conservatives down at the Capitol would like nothing better than to hear Atlanta whine about how unfair the state’s anti-Atlanta laws are.

Doesn’t Bond read the papers? If he did, he’d know the folks down at the General Assembly are not interested in limiting where people can buy and carry guns. Quite the reverse; they’re now seriously considering a bill that would allow you to bring a gun to nearly any public gathering, even city council meetings!