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The city's population grew from around 5,000 in 1980 to 13,000 by 1996 (latest available estimate). Yet there have been only three murders: two with knives (1984 and 1987) and one with a firearm (1997). After the law went into effect in 1982, crime against persons plummeted 74 percent compared to 1981, and fell another 45 percent in 1983 compared to 1982.
And it has stayed impressively low. In addition to nearly non-existent homicide (murders have averaged a mere 0.19 per year), the annual number of armed robberies, residential burglaries, commercial burglaries, and rapes have averaged, respectively, 1.69, 31.63, 19.75, and 2.00 through 1998.
With all the attention that has been heaped upon the lawful possession of firearms lately, you would think that a city that requires gun ownership would be the center of a media feeding frenzy. It isn't. The fact is I can't remember a major media outlet even mentioning Kennesaw. Can you?
The reason is obvious. Kennesaw proves that the presence of firearms actually improves safety and security. This is not the message that the media want us to hear. They want us to believe that guns are evil and are the cause of violence.
The facts tell a different story. What is even more interesting about Kennesaw is that the city's crime rate decreased with the simple knowledge that the entire community was armed. The bad guys didn't force the residents to prove it. Just knowing that residents were armed prompted them to move on to easier targets. Most criminals don't have a death wish.
Originally posted by PLAYERONE01
reply to post by jude11
and your point is? the videos i posted show the delusion and reality of your post, read the Freudian theory i posted on Fantasy and Phantasy.
Although the Wyatt Earp event may have taken place it has been fantasized, glamorized and perverted to an extreme beyond recognition, why? so concepts like this can be dreamed up and debated.
So my post is extremely validated in this thread, in reality if 250,000,000 Americans had weapons all sub-consciously fantasizing about various different things the streets would be a war zone
Originally posted by SpaDe_
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
~Robert A. Heinlein
I believe this statement to be true.
Originally posted by Ghost375
First, there's 300 million Americans.
What would it be like walking down the street knowing that 4 out of 5 of the passing public were carrying? Would you feel more safe or less so?
hell no. That'd scare the f out of me. The guy behind me could get pissed I'm walking too slow and shoot me in the back without me having any chance of defending myself.
Americans aren't capable of self control, forcing them to carry guns is a terrible idea.
Bill O'Reilly really has a good idea on how to lower gun crimes. Never thought I'd say Bill O'Reilly had a good idea!
Just make it any gun crime a federal crime with a mandatory sentence of minimum 10 years. People would definitely think twice before trying armed robbery.
Not too many Nations would like to come up against something like that.
No one has been trying to invade us though. No one would try it as is! We have enough guns already. We own 50% of the world's guns.edit on 13-2-2013 by Ghost375 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by SpaDe_
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
~Robert A. Heinlein
I believe this statement to be true.
Originally posted by xedocodex
reply to post by jude11
I think all you would do is create a lot more murder over simple theft.
There are always going to be criminals, always going to be people either desperate enough or just thuggish enough to want to steal something. But now that everyone is armed, they might not just pull a gun on you and tell you to hand over your things because they know you are armed as well....they will just shoot you before you even see them coming (if people don't think this is possible, just think of Chris Kyle).
I think arming everyone is NOT the solution we are looking for. It is time for America to grow up, time for America to mature out of our violent gun culture, time for Americans to realize that life isn't a movie and all you gun owners aren't Rambo.
What I suggest to pro-gun people to do is to be logical and cooperative in the process of gun control, because the majority of the public wants it and that number is just going to increase as long as we live in this perverted gun culture. But the way pro-gun people are handling now by being combative, arrogant, and just plain childish...it is just making more and more people see that those that are for guns the most seem to be the most irresponsible and maybe they are the problem in the first place.
So my advice....grow up gun owners...and stop with the ridiculous "solutions" like arming teachers, or arming everying, or starting a revolution, or any other juvenile "solution" they have come up with.
Couple of Fools.
Originally posted by jude11
Originally posted by SpaDe_
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
~Robert A. Heinlein
I believe this statement to be true.
And me as well my friend.
Peace