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Date Posted: 01:58:53 03/06/02 Wed
Author: Moderator
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Slight misquote, but here's the original article
In reply to: anon 's message, "Clayton GA." on 08:09:52 02/22/02 Fri

Actually, the town was Kennesaw GA, a suburb of Atlanta GA, Fulton County. See link and quote below;

Remember, most politicians prefer unarmed peasants! It makes it easier to control and abuse them.

http://www.boogieonline.com/revolution/firearms/laws/us/ga/kennesaw.html

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Kennesaw Requires Gun Ownership

Reprinted without permission from The Georgia Libertarian, a monthly publication of the Libertarian Party of Georgia (1874 Piedmont Road Suite 590-E, Atlanta, GA 30324, 404/888-9468, 1-800-257-2493, Fax:404/874-8339):

In mid-November, the [Atlanta, Georgia's] Fulton County government began requiring all gun dealers to stick a government-issued warning label on their firearms. The labels attribute all sorts of dire dangers and consequences to the purchase and ownership of guns.

If gun-owning is so dangerous and such a cause of social ills, then surely the most dangerous place in America - if not the entire planet - must be Kennesaw, Georgia [a suburb of Atlanta], where since 1982 a law has required every household to have a firearm and ammunition. (Conscientious objectors are excluded.)

Right? Wrong.

There has not been a single reported crime of domestic violence in Kennesaw since the law was passed. There have been no injuries to children involving guns since the law was passed.

Furthermore, violence has actually dropped since 1982. Burglaries per thousand inhabitants fell from 11 to less than 3. There hasn't been a single murder since 1986. All this despite the fact that the population in Kennesaw doubled in that time.

Could it be - gasp! - that gun ownership might have positive, not negative effects? That the whole premise behind gun banning is totally wrong? That other factors besides guns might be the real cause of Fulton County's crime problems?

Nah, just ask the Fulton County Commission.
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> Clayton Ga. Population 2,019
>Male 1,005
>Female 1,014
>This doesn't look like a prominent southern town,
>more like a whistle stop town. On contacting the
>police there they have not verified your statement
>about requiring guns. If you want to discuss the
>merits of an idea you do not have to make up success
>stories. I suggest you stop trying to start debates
>with false information.

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