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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: MikeBjerum on May 07, 2009, 04:16:18 PM
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In March 1982, 25 years ago, the small town of Kennesaw, GA – responding to a handgun ban in Morton Grove, Ill. – unanimously passed an ordinance requiring each head of household to own and maintain a gun. Since then, despite dire predictions of "Wild West" showdowns and increased violence and accidents, not a single resident has been involved in a fatal shooting – as a victim, attacker or defender.
The crime rate initially plummeted for several years after the passage of the ordinance, with the 2005 per capita crime rate actually significantly lower than it was in 1981, the year before passage of the law.
Read Full Article at World Net Daily. wnd.com/news/article.asp
Ok, so I can't make the link work :-[
Go to www.shootingusa.com (http://www.shootingusa.com) and it is on their list "25 Years Murder-Free Town."
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Gee, I wonder why Chicago is the murder capitol of the U.S.
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Remember reading somewhere that went up in surrounding towns.