🚀 go-pugleaf

Trevor Wilson wrote:
> "Melanie RockyFord" <spoofedatnospam@RockieFord.nat> wrote in message
> news:Xns98BA8342130E4spoofedatnospamRocki@216.196.97.142...
> > _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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We're assuming you have a reference to support your figures Trevor?