The crime rate is very low because the criminals do not know who and who
does not have a gun in their home. Read all about it in, "More Guns, Less
Crime" by Professor John Lott, Yale University.
Rascal
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Timothy
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#Rick Barnes wrote:
#> Isn't that hilarious Jimmy? Here in Kennesaw, Georgia, you are
REQUIRED
#to
#> own a firearm...btw, Kennesaw, Georgia has the lowest violent crime
rate
#of
#> any city in the U.S.
#>
#> Rascal
#>
#
#I need to move there... Know of any IT jobs?
According to the City of Kennesaw Code of Ordinances Section 34-1,
paragraph b., it seems that one isn't required to have a firearm in
their house if they don't want one. To my sophomoric legal mind, the
ordinance seems to leave enough wiggle room so as not to be
Constitutionally problematic. Am I reading this right? (Or Left?)
Is the cause of the low crime rate due to people actually defending
themselves and killing criminals in the act, or is it the
weapon-friendly nature of the municipality that gives criminals cause to
consider a target they perceive as weaker? What is the ratio of
criminals killed per attempted felony? Has the law increased the number
of firearms used in home defense, or just increased the perception by
criminals that a firearm may be present? I'm not trying to be a jerk.
As a gun-owner myself, I just find the topic interesting.
http://www.kennesaw.ga.us/CodeOfOrdinances.aspx
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