Head of Household Must own a gun!
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In 1982, the Kennesaw City Council in Georgia voted unanimously to pass a law that requiring all heads of households to own at least one firearm with ammunition.
The ordinance states the gun law is needed to “protect the safety, security and general welfare of the city and its inhabitants.”
Amazingly, Kennesaw Historical Society president Robert Jones said after the law passed, the crime rate in the city dropped 89 percent. Compare that huge drop to the modest 10 percent drop statewide in Georgia and you have a pretty bizarre statistic.
June 27th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
I lived in that town, & yes, that law does exist.
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July 10th, 2009 at 4:28 am
How is this in a idiotlaws website. It should be in the geniuslaws website. This should be a mandatory law across the US. Unless you are a felon, mentally handicapped, or unless you are so far to the left that you would rather get mugged than own a firearm.
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August 13th, 2009 at 8:46 am
It was actually an 89% drop in home breakins for the obvious fear of being shot. Doesn’t sound like a stupid law to me. Also you can opt out by signing a paper that you object to owning a firearm if you choose.
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August 19th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Everyone should own a gun that can legally own one. After all criminals have guns and they are not owned legally. Not only is this a great law as it reduced by an astounding number of home break ins out of fear of being shot, the law should be expanded to “Right To Carry”, then think of how much street crime would drop. So this is not a dumb law after al, it is a great law which is backed by our second ammendment. You are the one that’s dumb for calling it a dumb law.
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August 31st, 2009 at 10:28 am
What makes this a stupid law? Why are so many people so afraid of guns? On their own, guns can’t hurt you. On their own, people *can*. It’s people that possess the will to do harm or not, not guns. I carry a pistol every single day and it’s never jumped out of its holster and shot anyone or even stuck its extractor out at anyone and gone, “Nyaaa nyaaa!”.
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September 3rd, 2009 at 5:46 pm
That’s friggin’ awesome! It should be a state wide law.
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November 18th, 2009 at 4:51 am
I wouldn’t like to be a burglar there! If I was, I would go to another place with strict gun laws because I would know I could be safer to commit my crime. How many burglars register their guns?
Restrictive gun laws only restrict people who follow the laws, not the ones who break them.
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December 3rd, 2009 at 11:54 am
The same law was just adopted in Vermont. If you “Opt out” you have to pay a higher tax rate or FEE for police protection. Great idea!
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January 2nd, 2010 at 9:38 am
In Switzerland it is required that every head of household own a gun and be part of the militia. It makes me wonder if thats what the founding fathers had in mind with the 2nd amendment, despite the convulted language of same. Even Hitler wasn’t crazy enough to invade the Swiss.
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January 27th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
If you have a gun in your home and someone comes to rob you….Just send him to a home that “doesn’t” have one….maybe across the street or something…….tell the robber that they will be safer to do their crime there ! LOL
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