Here's an interesting twist on gun control ...

[Peter Capelli/Raleigh/Contr/IBM]

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/11/05/mandatory.guns.ap/index.html



                  Utah town requires all households to own gun

                  November 5, 2000
                  Web posted at: 11:22 AM EST (1622 GMT)

                  VIRGIN, Utah (AP) -- This tiny southern Utah town has enacted an 
ordinance
                  requiring a gun and ammunition in every home for residents' 
self-defense.

                  Most of Virgin's 350 residents already own firearms, so the 
initiative has lots of
                  support, Mayor Jay Lee said.

                  Residents had expressed fear that their Second Amendment right to 
bear arms
                  was under fire, so the town council modeled a similar measure passed 
by a
                  Georgia city about 12 years ago.

                  The mentally ill, convicted felons, conscientious objectors and 
people who
                  cannot afford to own a gun are exempt.


Thanks!

-p

"Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither 
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