Ordinance asks citizens to keep a gun in home

[TechBear_Seattle]

Ordinance asks citizens to keep a gun in home
Warning to Idaho town: 'We could get refugees' if a disaster strikes

GREENLEAF, Idaho -- After seeing the chaos of Hurricane Katrina, a city councilor in this tiny Idaho town founded by pacifist Quakers came up with a novel idea.

Ordinance 208, passed by the City Council on Tuesday, asks Greenleaf's 862 residents who do not object on religious or other grounds to keep a gun at home in case they are overrun by refugees from disasters such as Katrina.

"This is not an 'it'll never happen here' kind of thing," said Steven Jett, the ordinance's sponsor. "We could get refugees."

The full article can be found at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/292716_gunlaw17.html

Any bets as to how this town votes?

[ck4829]

1. Every city around the nation needs to pass ordinances that

Keep the residents of Greenleaf, Idaho out of THEIR towns if a disaster strikes and they need a place to go.

[EFerrari]

2. This country gets creepier every day. nt

[KyndCulture]

3. Note to self:

Don't go to Idaho, EVER.

[catnhatnh]

4. So this would be ....

....an Ordnance Ordinance???

[EnviroBat]

5. What, a POTATO GUN???

HEHEHEHHE! God, I'm stupid...

[OneBlueSky]

6. talk about letting fear rule your life . . . n/t

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[TechBear_Seattle]

7. That was pretty much my first thought.

Various post-apocalyptic movies flashed through my mind, too. What, they expect to be overrun by hordes of zombies or mutants after the next disaster?

[helderheid]

8. "refugees from disasters such as Katrina"

Refugees??? They were AMERICANS.

[Finder]

10. That surprised and disgusted me. n/t

[Jed Dilligan]

9. A song by the Dead Milkmen, now over 20 years old,

kind of says it all:

The town in Georgia's got a law on the books
Says if we all got guns then we won't have crooks
Now what could make them think that way?
What could make them act that way?

They're just right wing pigeons from outer space
Sent here to destroy the human race
They don't give a damn about you or me
They just buy guns and watch TV
Let's go!

(BTW: I'm against gun control, but this is just silly.)