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Oct 9, 2015 · A mandatory gun ownership law in Kennesaw, Georgia, caused the town's crime rate to plummet. A mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon, revived interest in a number of memes about gun control,...
Apr 3, 2013 · Kennesaw made national headlines with its 1982 ordinance requiring heads of households in the city to own a gun, which had been passed originally as a pro-gun reaction to a ban on handguns that had been enacted earlier that year in Morton City, Illinois.
Mar 7, 2018 · Today, Kennesaw, a town of about 33,000 people, has had one murder in the last six years and a violent crime rate of below 2%. But it’s unclear whether that has anything to do with the gun law.
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Apr 16, 2018 · In Some Georgia Cities, A Requirement To Bear Arms. Marjorie, a longtime Kennesaw resident, carries a revolver. She says she once pulled it from the holster when she felt threatened by a stranger. Since 1982, the city of Kennesaw, Georgia, has required heads of household to own a gun.
Apr 1, 2013 · The regulation has recently inspired four communities—in Georgia, Utah, Idaho and Maine—to model their own mandatory gun laws after Kennesaw’s. The Georgia city of Nelson, 40 minutes ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Kennesaw, Georgia, resident Johnny Downs talks April 16, 2024, about his hometown's unique gun law that requires every household to have one for self-defense. On the other hand, many...
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Jul 21, 2015 · In Kennesaw, since 1982, each head of household must own a working firearm with ammunition.
