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Originally Posted by Leon
I think everyone should own a gun (who is able to), personally. It would give shooters some pause.
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Agreed!
In 1982, the city of Kennesaw, Georgia had a population of 5,242. That year, they passed a city ordinance that requires every head of household to maintain a firearm, with some exceptions of course (mentally unstable nut jobs). Since that time, household burglaries dropped from 65 in 1982 to 26 in 1983. The following year (1984) there was only 11. The statistics show that mandatory gun ownership has reduced crime in that city.
Today, that city has a population of 29,783. The population had incresed 5X, yet crime rate has decreased. In 2007, they were voted by Family Circle magazine as one of the "10 best towns for families" and celebrated 25 years of no murders. Imagine that!
In contrast to that, the City of Chicago has a handgun ban, yet continues to have one of the highest murder rates in the country.
The anti-gun cry babies can argue all they won't, but the statistics don't lie.