--- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, "Zack Bass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, "Dennis Lee Wilson" > dennisleewilson@ wrote: > > > > It is NOT an example of what ***WOULD*** happen in an > > AnarchoCapitalist paradise because an AnCap paradise > > ***would have armed citizens who > > could defend themselves*** and others (if they so chose). > > > > Crime is little deterred by the possibility that the Victim will > DEFEND himself. One can always bop him from behind, or wait until he > falls asleep. Crime is deterred by the fear of RETRIBUTION after the > fact. > The good people of Kennesaw, Georgia (and many others in this country, including John Lott, author of "More Guns, Less Crime") will vigorously DISAGREE!
http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSN1719257620070418?pageNum\ ber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 <http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSN1719257620070418?pageNu\ mber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0> http://tinyurl.com/5p76on <http://tinyurl.com/5p76on> Southern U.S. town proud of its mandatory gun law[excerpt] The town north of Atlanta had little prominence until it passed a gun ordinance in 1982 that required all heads of a household to own a firearm and ammunition. Kennesaw's law was a response to Morton Grove, Illinois, which had passed a gun ban earlier that year as a step to reduce crime. But it also was an affirmation of what gun advocates say is a blanket U.S. constitutional right, under the Second Amendment, for citizens to keep and bear arms. Gun opponents challenge that right and say the language in the Constitution is open to interpretation. The Kennesaw law has endured as the town's population has swelled to about 30,000 from 5,000 in 1982. "When the law was passed in 1982 there was a substantial drop in crime ... and we have maintained a really low crime rate since then," said police Lt. Craig Graydon. "We are sure it is one of the lowest (crime) towns in the metro area. Residents say they are comfortable with the image the gun law projects on the city as a bastion of gun freedom.
