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While mandating health insurance may be deemed wrong, mandating gun ownership may be alright according to Nelson City, Georgia

Remember how so many Republicans complained about any kind of gun-control legislation, saying it would impede on their 2nd Amendment rights? I write this like it's from the distant past. It's from the distant past, recent past, present, and likely the future. I'm not a psychic, but feel more confident about that prediction than predicting it will rain in Seattle at some point in the next year. Oddly enough, I'm not hearing too many Republicans complain about a potential Nelson City, Georgia proposal which would make it mandatory for every homeowner to own a gun.

With regard to the possible proposal, Nelson City Councilman Duane Cronic said:

"When he's not here we rely on county sheriffs - however, it takes a while for them to get here... It's a deterrent ordinance. It tells the potential intruder you better think twice."

I'm having trouble understanding this. It's wrong to strip away the choice for anyone, even felons, to purchase a firearm, yet it is alright to force everyone to buy a gun? How does that logic work exactly? What about with regard to healthcare? It's wrong to mandate health insurance, yet right to mandate gun ownership? The contradictions are mind-boggling, to the point where I may need to take a couple pills of Aleve.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/03/06/1682631/georgia-mandatory-guns/
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