It requires gun ownership, but allows several outs, like if you're not physically or mentally able to handle a gun, or if you're a felon or have religious objections. [More]What if someone who is not religious just has objections?
I know these things are symbolic and intended to send a message, but I just don't like the heavy-handed presumptuousness of supposed servants mandating gun ownership for the same reason I object to supposed servants mandating health insurance.
A useful approach could be a resolution encouraging gun ownership combined with an invitation to attend periodic safety, marksmanship and tactical training sessions, along with maintenance and reloading workshops, all designed to advance skill levels and conducted in partnership between LE and local gun clubs, with the attendant resources both groups can offer.
It's easy to see how such events could attract peripheral vendor goods and services to become a major community event and money-maker, attracting people from miles around.