CNN admitted in a report on March 6, 2018, that a Georgia town requiring gun ownership has only seen one murder in six years and maintains a violent crime rate of less than two percent.
CNN reports that Kennesaw, Georgia, adopted an ordinance in 1982 requiring the head of every household to âmaintain a firearm.â
CNN suggested the law requiring gun ownership is not actually enforced, but it simultaneously reported that the town of Kennesaw has only witnessed one murder in the past six years. In other words, just the common knowledge that guns are in the hands of law-abiding citizens appears to restrain the actions of criminals.
Kennesaw Police Department Lt. Craig Graydon said, âIt was meant to be kind of a crime deterrent.â
At the same time, Graydon noted that widespread private gun ownership is just part of the reason for the townâs violent crime rate of less than two percent. He described the requirement to own a gun as part of âthe whole picture.â
But Mayor Derek Easterling (R) focused on armed law-abiding citizens, stating, âIf youâre going to commit a crime in Kennesaw and youâre the criminal â are you going to take a chance that that homeowner is a law-abiding citizen?â
News of Kennesawâs low violent crime rate and the fact that they have only seen one murder in six years come at a time when Democrats in D.C. are working their hardest to further restrict the ability to own firearms.
Source: Breitbart