Georgia sheriffs sign: If you kill someone, we might kill you back

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Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution

Georgia Sheriff Mike Jolley’s new welcome sign comes with a threatening warning for visitors: “Our citizens have concealed weapons. If you kill someone, we might kill you back. We have ONE jail and 356 cemeteries. Enjoy your stay!”

The Harris County sheriff put the sign in front of his headquarters Tuesday and told Patch.com the message is meant to be “tongue-in-cheek.” He wants visitors to come into town and say, “Wow.”

According to an AJC investigation into gun violence in the state last year, people in Georgia are twice as likely than those in New York to be shot to death.

Recent data from Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found that Georgia’s gun deaths have been steadily rising for more than a decade. In 2016, Georgia ranked fourth highest with 1,571 deaths.

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[muntrv]

1. Wow!

Mike Jolley is a major douchebag!

[7962]

2. They'v posted similar signs for years. Sheriff thinks he's a real comedian

There are a couple counties in GA who have done things like this before too. And a couple "tough guy" sheriff videos out there too. Like high schoolers or something.
But if they're going to go to shooting stats because of this sign, then they should expand on the figures and show use who is doing the shooting and who is being shot, compared to the same stats in NY

[Hortensis]

3. Not exactly typical southern charm.

Somehow I doubt mannered residents are happy about this.

[Fred Sanders]

9. Southern sheriffs love their guns....authority, stupidity and gunhumping...what could go wrong?

[brooklynite]

26. No, you're missing the point...

He's not saying this about the sherriff's Department; it's about the population at large.

[Fred Sanders]

28. Yea. Of course. That makes a difference, how? The sign is on his front door! Of a public office....

[dalton99a]

4. If people are offended by "Merry Christmas," "maybe they don't belong in this country":

https://www.salon.com/2015/11/27/proudly_politically_incorrect_harris_county_sheriff_tells_fox_friends_that_if_people_are_offended_by_merry_christmas_maybe_they_dont_belong_in_this_country/
Proudly “politically incorrect” Harris County sheriff tells “Fox & Friends” that if people are offended by “Merry Christmas,” “maybe they don’t belong in this country”
Sheriff Mike Jolley was defending a sign that strongly suggests that non-Christians aren’t welcome in his county
Scott Eric Kaufman 11.27.2015•9:00 AM

[aeromanKC]

5. How Christian of them

But to be fair, they read slow down there in the South and have not gotten to the Jesus parts of the Bible yet.

[dalton99a]

6. They got distracted by Song of Solomon

My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

and all that good stuff

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. 356 cemeteries: They've been killing each other in large numbers for centuries. . . . . nt

[dalton99a]

8. or "We don't live long around these parts"

[matt819]

10. What a dick

I'm going to guess that this guy is a republican, and this is what they are all about.

BTW, there aren't 356 cemeteries in Harris County, GA. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Georgia/Harris-County?id=county_454

[dalton99a]

12. So he's making up shit

just like his hero Trump

[airplaneman]

11. Hey they might just kill you for the heck of it. n/t.

[louis-t]

13. That's a great way to attract visitors, isn't it?

"Tourism is WAY down this year...."

[Efilroft Sul]

14. Oh, those folksy ammosexuals!

Hyuk-hyuk-hyuk!

[LiberalLovinLug]

15. So all that money and time to make such a sign that is directed at murderers

Alarming number of murders, but lets face it, murderers are not a significant percent of the population. So tourists, and the vast majority of others, have to read this threatening message anyways. If I were a tourist, I'd be frightened because the sign implies there are many murderers just waiting to do their thing, and many other hair triggered folks concealing weapons.

[Firestorm49]

16. WTF

Who is this guy? Arpaio's long lost brother?

[mwooldri]

17. I think I need a sign.

Our household has hidden cameras. Whatever you do may be livestreamed on Facebook for all to see.

[BigmanPigman]

18. If I had the health and money to travel,

I wouldn't step foot in this city and about a zillion other cities and states who share the same theory. I hope tourist boycott them and the almighty dollar flies past their window on its way to a more human friendly area.

[Marthe48]

19. I'll avoid Ga.

I'm trying to avoid visiting red states as much as possible, although I live in Ohio and I can see WV from my kitchen.

But crap like this is a real turnoff for tourism.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. So why would anybody want to go there or spend money there?

[briv1016]

21. Does that go both ways?

[sinkingfeeling]

22. So why would anybody want to go there or spend money there?

[TheFrenchRazor]

23. does that apply to sheriffs/cops who kill people? it definitely should. nt

[Skittles]

24. fucking gun humping COWARD

[Oneironaut]

25. That sounds like a sign from a cheesy Western,

where the Sheriff and his band of outlaws terrorize the townsfolk and all sound like Yosemite Sam.

[Ferrets are Cool]

27. It may as well say "If you cross this line and you are a POC, you may not

leave the town alive". His sentence is nothing more than poorly concealed racism.

[agueybana79]

29. Another Arpaio

Someone should remind the sheriff that there are LAWS against murder.