MY PHILOSOPHY

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
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Showing posts with label GUN CONTROL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GUN CONTROL. Show all posts

Friday, April 20, 2007

25 years murder-free in 'Gun Town USA'

Crime rate plummeted after law required firearms for residents.

In March 1982, 25 years ago, the small town of Kennesaw – responding to a handgun ban in Morton Grove, Ill. – unanimously passed an ordinance requiring each head of household to own and maintain a gun. Since then, despite dire predictions of "Wild West" showdowns and increased violence and accidents, not a single resident has been involved in a fatal shooting – as a victim, attacker or defender.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

RE: VIRGINIA TECH

"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms ... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed one." - Thomas Jefferson, Quoting Cesare Beccari's "On Crimes and Punishment"