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"Melanie RockyFord" <spoofedatnospam@RockieFord.nat> wrote in message 
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> _http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/opinion/16reynolds.html?ex=1169614800
> &en=bc
> 1fa12c5e8e1fcf&ei=5070&emc=eta1_
> (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/opinion/16reynolds.html?ex=1169614800
> &en=bc1fa12c5e8e1fcf&ei=5070&emc=eta1)
>
> January 16, 2007
> Op-Ed Contributor
> A Rifle in Every Pot
> By GLENN REYNOLDS
>
> Knoxville, Tenn.
> IT'S a phenomenon that gives the term "gun control" a whole new meaning:
> community ordinances that encourage citizens to own guns.
> Last month, Greenleaf, Idaho, adopted Ordinance 208, calling for its
> citizens
> to own guns and keep them ready in their homes in case of emergency.
> It's
> not a  response to high crime rates. As The Associated Press reported, "
> Greenleaf  doesn't really have crime ... the most violent offense
> reported in the past
> two  years was a fist fight." Rather, it's a statement about
> preparedness in
> the  event of an emergency, and an effort to promote a culture of
> self-reliance.
> And it may not be a bad idea. While pro-gun laws like the one in
> Greenleaf
> are mostly symbolic, to the extent that they actually make a difference,
> it is
> likely to be a positive one.
> Greenleaf is following in the footsteps of Kennesaw, Ga., which in 1982
> passed a mandatory gun ownership law in response to a handgun ban passed
> in
> Morton Grove, Ill. Kennesaw's crime dropped sharply, while Morton
> Grove's did
> not.
> To some degree, this is rational. Criminals, unsurprisingly, would
> rather
> break into a house where they aren't at risk of being shot. As David
> Kopel noted
> in a 2001 article in The Arizona Law Review, burglars report that they
> try
> to  avoid homes where armed residents are likely to be present.

**This is fantastic news. The Kennesaw powers-that-be have discovered a 
heretofore unknown secret. Oh, wait: What are the figures for, oh, say, 
burglary?

The law was passed in 1982.
Year:    Burglaries:
1976    41
1977    21
1978    22
1979    35
1980    35
1981    54
1982    35
1983    35
1984    29
1985    32
1986    70

Mmmmm. Those laws are working real well.

I note that morons are STILL believing this nonsense and are still 
promulgating it all over the 'net. Sheesh!


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