Did you know that almost 30 years ago (1982) a small town in Georgia, just north of Atlanta, passed a law requiring each head of a household to own and maintain a gun? At the time this little town was home to some five thousand residents.
The small town of Kennesaw was blasted by the gun control crowd with dire predictions such as 'Wild West' type showdowns, increased violence and shooting accidents and called the pistol-packing capital of the world, by the Washington Post. Even the wacko liberal Phil Donahue requested that the Mayor of Kennesaw appear on his show. At the time this small town was experiencing a skyrocketing crime rate well above the national average.
So what’s happened in the past 28 years? The crime rate has dropped dramatically, by well over half, and get this, not a single resident has been involved in a fatal shooting - not as a victim, attacker or defender. Yes, in the entire 28 years since the law went into effect!
When the Kennesaw law was passed in 1982 there was a substantial drop in crime … and we have maintained a really low crime rate since then. - Kennesaw Police Lt. Craig Graydon
But that’s not all. The little town of Kennesaw has seen an increase in population. From some 5,000 in 1982 to over 31,000 today. Hum, seems like the liberals are wrong on this issue too.
In his two books, More Guns, Less Crime and The Bias against Guns, Author John Lott makes the case for carrying canceled weapons using actual statistics, sound analytics and empirical evidence. If you want to know the truth, check out these books.
Police are extremely important in deterring crime but, as the [Virginia Tech] attack showed again, they almost always arrive after the crime has been committed. Annual surveys of crime victims in America by the US Bureau of Justice Statistics continually show that, when confronted by a criminal, people are safest if they have a gun. Just as the threat of arrest and prison can deter criminals from committing a crime, so does the fact that victims can defend themselves. - John Lott, Author and Economist as well as senior research scientist at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Research, as well as common sense (one of the many virtues absent in most liberals) show that an armed society is indeed a polite as well as safer society.
You gun mutts are right there with the birthers,tenthers, deathers and obviously make up a large part of the teabagging thing. I figure you people matched IQ with Palin, am i wrong? And I have always wondered, just how many of you are entrenched in the voodoo right trash 'c'hristain churches?
ReplyDeleteYou gun mutts got any figures on that?
Apparently I’ve offended someone. Good.
ReplyDeleteYou can not argue the facts so you attack the messenger. Typical liberal. My IQ? 129. From the looks of your writing about double yours.
Anonymous hid behind the 'anonymous' tag in the comment section. Not to worry, cowards do that. We'll be fair and even-handed, and let his incoherent, hate-fueled, gruntings of a comment stand as published. Unlike some social news sites we know of. They hate opposing speech, or shall I say, the 'Opposition'.
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ReplyDeleteAppears you have a fan. Keep up the good work.
makes me glad to know I'm no longer going to be living in the crazy country of USA if I do come back I won't be going to any red state that's for sure.. Red states operate like third world countries. Hard to believe the US is apart of the developed world.
ReplyDeletei don't really think towns like this NEED gun control, a small town is more able to foster a sense of community, and with that comes more accountability. Something like this wouldn't really work in a massive city like new york or boston (where i live).
ReplyDeleteThought i'm aware of the expression, i followed this link thinking i was going to read an article about a dramatic change in manners following a gun law; now that would be an interesting read!
Oh, I can't wait for more idiots like you to fill up your fancy new blog. :)
ReplyDeleteYes mass gun ownership creates safe societies. Just look at Cambodia and many African countries, or just go to the inner city. When I am hanging out with my gang banger friends I feel very safe because I know they all have guns on them. It's only when I am at my hippy friends houses making hummus that I am scared to death, I mean if someone decides to break in randomly then how will I kill him to stop him from taking my radio! Whats whats that you say? I am making ridiculous points by giving situations that are actually more complex? Sorry, next time I will try to be as thorough as your blog.
ReplyDeleteps, is this the city you are referring to? http://www.merinews.com/article/penske-shooting-kennesaw---latest-updates/15794065.shtml
Accidents happen, this place is not some magical area, even smart people make mistakes (like this accident, but it doesn't count cause he wan't in his hometown at the time eh?.. http://www.realpolice.net/forums/archive/t-39677.html AUSTELL, GA.- A trainee at the North Central Georgia Law Enforcement Academy in Cobb County was accidentally shot and killed by her instructor Tuesday during a training exercise, authorities said.
The Kennesaw police trainee was among about 30 students in the seventh week of the 10-week training course. )
But hey congrats on that IQ (which website did you take your test at?) people that brag about their IQs are usually as bright as guys that brag about getting laid all the time are actually good at getting women. (My guess is that you won't even understand that)
No one can, with any degree of certainty (or for that matter rationality)state that one miniscule town's experience (whether true or not) can be extrapolated in a manner so as to conform to an entire nation - no reputable (a-priori, nor a posteriori) studies have surmised that this would indeed be successful. Simply put, far too many variables exist to over-simplify this topic as you have, sir. Real life variables such as population, socio-economic status, employment, population age and gender demographics (to name a veru, very few) wield far more gravity over issues than you seem to appropriate credit for. Additionally, i clearly cannot truthfully accuse you of over-simplifying something of which you have so demonstrated to know nothing about (aside from hearsay and signs of the ignorant underpinnings of your biased and frankly tired upbringing that frankly is just saddening). Take it from one who is actively engaged in the actual research (who holds two masters degrees a Ph.D., and soundly bests your IQ by over 30 points - not that anyone is counting)you are just plain wrong - and a loudmouth ignorant twat to boot. I hope for the sake of the future, that you and those like you are quite sterile, or are a homosexual with no desire to adopt. Oh, and to point it out before you no doubt will (as these statements of the obvious seem to strangely console those of your temperment) i am very much aware of my grammatical, spelling, and syntax irregularites within this post - i however do not care enough, nor respect you enough to trouble myself with correcting them.
ReplyDeleteKennesaw shows that it is possible to develop a culture of safety when a small town gov't tells all of its citizen they must own a weapon. That culture held as the town grew from 5000 to 31000.
ReplyDeleteWhile it is interesting to see you are in favor of government regulation, having one city with compulsory gun laws doesn't tell me we should flood Chicago, LA, and DC with firearms.
I'm not from America and arming America or not doesn't concern me. But I do love that rat with an Obama face. That's among the things I like about Americans, they love putting their President's heads on animal necks.
ReplyDeleteIn European countries people almost dont have any arms... and tell me then, why is there less crime in Europe than in the US?
ReplyDeleteHere is one example that I found quickly:
ReplyDeleteMurders per 1.000.000 inhabitants in the US: 56,3. And in Germany: 9,7. That means the murder rate is nearly six times higher in the US than in Germany.
Source:
http://atlanticreview.org/archives/434-Murder-Rate-in-the-United-States-and-Germany.html
And the article also states, that in US most murders happen with firearms. So, what can you say about that???
This kid sucks. His evidence is pathetic. Ben is right.
ReplyDeleteSir, you mention that the crime rate dropped dramatically and that no one has been killed since.
ReplyDeleteWhat you leave out is how many people were killed before that?
You also fail to mention other factors? Publicity alone could have drastically reduced the amount of crime in a small town simply because no one wants to embarrass themselves nationally. It can also bring a community together to watch each others properties more carefully to prevent a crime wave that they may not have been aware of. It's also possible that a single or small group of persons were responsible for the "crime wave" experienced before this and their apprehension could have caused a precipitous drop in crime rate.
You also fail to consider that what works in a small town does not necessarily work in a city. In an urban environment people are less likely to be in a cohesive community that care and watch out for each other (I know this having grown up in a small community and live currently in a city).
When you deal with such a small sample (a fraction of a percentage of the entire population of the US) you need to eliminate the many other factors before you can point to a causal link. Otherwise your thesis above is simply an anecdote, and meaningless statistically.
Wow...
ReplyDeleteLook, a few libtards have crawled out from under their rocks to sun themselves. Look how pasty and gaunt they look. Probably vegetarians, or something. They are what the smoke. Hemp Heads.... Ick!