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07/22/2008: "Southern U.S. town proud of its mandatory gun law"

The town north of Atlanta had little prominence until it passed a gun ordinance in 1982 that required all heads of a household to own a firearm and ammunition.

Kennesaw's law was a response to Morton Grove, Illinois, which had passed a gun ban earlier that year as a step to reduce crime.

But it also was an affirmation of what gun advocates say is a blanket U.S. constitutional right, under the Second Amendment, for citizens to keep and bear arms. Gun opponents challenge that right and say the language in the Constitution is open to interpretation.

"When the law was passed in 1982 there was a substantial drop in crime ... and we have maintained a really low crime rate since then," said police Lt. Craig Graydon. "We are sure it is one of the lowest (crime) towns in the metro area.

[ Let's hope the news about the drop in crime resulting from this gun ownership becomes more widely known and other towns follow the example. ]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17192576.htm

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on Tuesday, July 22nd, Dental Plan said

I love the "Open To Interpretation" jackasses, who probably also think that STOP signs can be interpreted multiple ways. I hope they're the first ones to be hauled away under the President's new court-granted auto-detainment power. It would certainly be poetic justice.