In 1982, one town required all heads of household to own a gun. Here's what happened.

[libertysnake]

“Finally, the deterrent effect of civilian gun ownership is supported by the experience of Kennesaw, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta with a 1980 population of 5,095…To demonstrate their disapproval of a ban on handgun ownership passed in Morton Grove, Illinois, the Kennesaw City council passed a city ordinance requiring heads of households to keep at least one firearm in their homes. In the seven months following passage of the ordinance (March 15, 1982 to October 31, 1982), there were only five reported residential burglaries, compared to 45 in the same period in the previous year, an 89 percent decrease…This drop was far in excess of the modest 10.4 percent decrease in the burglary rate experienced by Georgia as a whole from 1981 to 1982, the 6.8 percent decrease for South Atlantic states, the 9.6 percent decrease for the United States, and the 7.1 percent decrease for cities under 10,000 population…”

Elsewhere in the study, Kleck details how, in 1967, the Orlando Police Department trained some 2,500 women in the use of firearms after a spike in sexual assaults. As a result, incidences of rape plummeted by 89 percent in Orlando, while “[t]he rape rate remained constant in the rest of Florida and in the United States.”

In 1982, One Georgia Town Required Everyone To Own A Gun. Here’s What Happened

In the wake of recent tragedies, the tired refrain from the Left to ban gun ownership has reared its dogmatic head for the umpteenth time. It seems the legacy media and the Left can find no other s…

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[repete]

WOW, who would've ever guessed that crime would drop?

 

[SonOfSun]

Yeah, not a fan of mandating people to buy products.

 

[dsdmmat]

Yeah, not a fan of mandating people to buy products.

Me either, Obama care was my favorite not constitutional product.

 

[SonOfSun]

Me either, Obama care was my favorite not constitutional product.

Agree with you 100%. That was also essentially mandating people buy a product through a BS "tax".

 

[dsdmmat]

Agree with you 100%. That was also essentially mandating people buy a product through a BS "tax".

Taxing the air we breath.

 

[GOPerfect]

Yeah, not a fan of mandating people to buy products.

If one were to look just a tiny bit into this ordinance, there were no penalties or fees if a citizen did not comply.

Seems the bad guys in the area knew who did not own guns and only robbed those, unarmed, homes.

So, the word was mandatory, but there was no mandate.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I lived in Acworth after school which is the next town over to Kennesaw.

 

[Acer-m14]

If one were to look just a tiny bit into this ordinance, there were no penalties or fees if a citizen did not comply.

Seems the bad guys in the area knew who did not own guns and only robbed those, unarmed, homes.

So, the word was mandatory, but there was no mandate.

"Sec. 34-21. – Heads of households to maintain firearms.

(a) In order to provide for the emergency management of the city, and further in order to provide for and protect the safety, security and general welfare of the city and its inhabitants, every head of household residing in the city limits is required to maintain a firearm, together with ammunition therefore.
(b) Exempt from the effect of this section are those heads of households who suffer a physical or mental disability which would prohibit them from using such a firearm. Further exempt from the effect of this section are those heads of households who are paupers or who conscientiously oppose maintaining firearms as a result of beliefs or religious doctrine, or persons convicted of a felony.

In other words, Kennesaw residents were required to own guns … save for those Kennesaw residents who couldn’t afford guns, couldn’t use guns, couldn’t legally own guns, or simply didn’t want to have guns. Essentially, Kennesaw residents were never actually required to own guns, making most assertions about mandatory gun ownership and crime rates in that town highly problematic.

In 1982, One Georgia Town Required Everyone To Own A Gun. Here’s What Happened

In the wake of recent tragedies, the tired refrain from the Left to ban gun ownership has reared its dogmatic head for the umpteenth time. It seems the legacy media and the Left can find no other s…

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[libertysnake]

"Sec. 34-21. – Heads of households to maintain firearms.

In other words, Kennesaw residents were required to own guns … save for those Kennesaw residents who couldn’t afford guns, couldn’t use guns, couldn’t legally own guns, or simply didn’t want to have guns. Essentially, Kennesaw residents were never actually required to own guns, making most assertions about mandatory gun ownership and crime rates in that town highly problematic.

In 1982, One Georgia Town Required Everyone To Own A Gun. Here’s What Happened

In the wake of recent tragedies, the tired refrain from the Left to ban gun ownership has reared its dogmatic head for the umpteenth time. It seems the legacy media and the Left can find no other s…

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It was basically opt out. Rather than "Why do you want a gun?" it was the default of "what don't you want a gun?"

Many probably just complied.