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.

Mayor Stephenson says that in the five years since the gun ordinance was adopted the city has never prosecuted anyone for refusing to keep a gun. Officials concede that the ordinance is, for all intents, unenforceable.

"We're not interested in searching people's houses," said the Mayor. "Mostly, what we wanted to do was make a statement, to make people sit up and take notice. And they did, and we're proud of that."

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/11/us/georgia-town-to-celebrate-mandatory-firearms.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/18/opinion/the-guns-of-kennesaw.html
The murder rate in previous years went from 2 in 1980 to 1 in 1981.
Armed robberies did soar, from 1 in 1980 to 4 in 1981.
Remember the town only had 6000 people. Plus crime in the whole state dropped off in the 80's.


Kind of hard to know if it made a difference. They did not even know how many people actually got a gun because of the law.

typical russian response

The law in town said it was an unenforceable law that was made in response to another law in another state that made it illegal to own a gun in that town.
I am not surprised you didn't look at it before reprinting the article.

... Kind of hard to know if it made a difference. They did not even know how many people actually got a gun because of the law.

Sorta like when liberal prosecutors refuse to prosecute criminals???... You know, when someone commits a violent felony but they allow it to be plead down to a misdemeanor... So when the crime stats come out they can magically claim violent crimes are down... Dan

Kind of hard to know if it made a difference. They did not even know how many people actually got a gun because of the law.

... As they pointed out, they don't know if people even bought guns...

Don't fool yourself, they know exactly who (legally) purchased a gun as result of the law... Just like when you get pulled over by the police. The officer runs your license plate and it tells him if you a concealed carry holder... What does driving and being a CC holder have to do with each other???... Nothing... And then on top of that if you have an encounter with an officer and fail to notify the officer that you're a CC holder, even if you're not carrying that a violation... Dan