Posted on 04/23/2007 4:37:36 PM PDT by zimmett
Atlanta is quite unique in respect to the amount of municipalities that make up just the inner portion of the 285 perimeter. No, you don’t really see that anywhere else. The inner perimeter is dotted by what, 12-15 different “cities”? I remember an article back after 9/11 talking about what a challenge it was for Atlanta area LE to get on the same page because there were so many different LE entities in such a small area due to the positioning of Atlanta proper right in the very corner of Fulton Co. and so many small towns like Kennesaw, Smyrna, and Marietta maintaining seperate governments. I really fail to see where you are taking offense. When someone says they are from Atlanta, odds are that one in two don’t even live in Fulton Co. much less the actual city of Atlanta.
Not offended. I was just teasing in that last post.
But when someone hears Atlanta, they immediately think of a liberal wacko bastion. My area is as conservative as it gets. Our conservative rep won with nearly 70% in the last election.
I have a highly valued link to a leftist website that complains about conservative areas, and we are high on the list due to our “religious atmosphere” and “intolerance”. High praise from a leftist, IMO. Heehehee
I don’t care for a law that requires me to do anything. I do carry but I don’t want anyone telling me I have to. “Should” and “Required” are two different things.
So let me ask, if you’re still around. Just what gun are you carrying every single day?
Seems you’ve confused people.
Yes, everyone - who chooses to - should carry a firearm without government interference. Crime would indeed drop.
Yes, Kennesaw GA has an unenforced law requiring every home have a firearm. As a result, they have the lowest violent crime rate in the Atlanta area. (For what it’s worth: Kennesaw is next to Smyrna, which is where Glock’s headquarters are.)
Yes, the VA Tech shooting probably wouldn’t have happened if the law-abiding were allowed to carry weapons. Such atrocities ONLY happen in gun-free zones.
And the mandatory gun ordinance is by now pretty much a hollow formality. There was always an exemption for people who declared a religious, moral or ethical exemption to owning arms, and I'm not aware of anyone ever bring punished for not having a gun.
Municipal arrangements vary wildly from state to state. Georgia does not have villages, townships, or anything of the kind; every place in the state is under a county government, and any place with a separate local government is a city. There are plenty of neighborhoods, districts, and so forth, but they're just traditional, and have no legal force. 12-15 cities inside the Perimeter sounds about right. Off the top of my head, Atlanta, Decatur, Clarkston, Colege Park, Vinings, Sandy Springs (a newly-minted city), Austell, East Lake, West End, East Point, Avondale Estates. Smyrna is just outside I-285, and I don't know if its boundaries cross the highway. I'm probably forgetting some.
I remember an article back after 9/11 talking about what a challenge it was for Atlanta area LE to get on the same page because there were so many different LE entities in such a small area due to the positioning of Atlanta proper right in the very corner of Fulton Co. and so many small towns like Kennesaw, Smyrna, and Marietta maintaining seperate governments.
I didn't see those articles, and I don't buy the argument. The Atlanta-area LEOs had recent practice in coordinated efforts, because we hosted the Olympics five years before. I saw COs (state corrections officers) patrolling subway platforms and a wide variety of vehicles and uniforms on the streets during the games. Not to mention the Guardsmen.
In 2004, I saw a similar array down on Sea Island for the G8 summit. A City of Moultrie cop would be partnered with a Secret Service agent, and they seemed to coordinate just fine. It certainly wasn't more complicated than the post-9/11 response in New York City, which spanned five boroughs, dozens of cities and at least three states. With radios that didn't work on the same frequencies.
And the City of Atlanta isn't just in the corner of Fulton County -- part of it is in Fulton, part in DeKalb. And, technically, part of Clayton, because the airport, while outside the city limits, is under the city's jurisdiction.
When someone says they are from Atlanta, odds are that one in two don’t even live in Fulton Co. much less the actual city of Atlanta.
That doesn't really differ from other cities. A couple of years ago, I was at a beach resort, talking with a group of young women who said they were from NYC. After some prodding about what part of the city, I learned they were from the part across the river that's commonly known as New Jersey. I'm from the part of Atlanta commonly known as Decatur. That's certainly not more of a stretch.
“... I’m not aware of anyone ever bring punished for not having a gun.”
Of course not. It was just done in principle.
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