In The Georgia Town Where Six Were Shot Today, Everyone Is Required To Own A Gun
In the town where six were shot and the gunman is dead, Kennesaw, Georgia, gun ownership is required for each household. That is rhymes is so cute. God forbid you’re required to have a health insurance policy, but being required to have a gun is there is the way they roll.
The law is not enforced, so the Kennesaw gun ownership rate hovers around 50 percent, according to its police chief. That’s still higher than the average rate of gun ownership in the U.S., estimated to be about 34 percent. When the law was enacted in 1982, Kennesaw had only 5,000 residents. Today, it has a population of 30,000.
The incident comes just one week after Georgia enacted what may be the nation’s most expansive concealed carry law. The National Rifle Association-sponsored “Safe Protection Act” allows gun owners to bring firearms into most public spaces, including schools, bars, churches, airports, and government buildings, even though researchers have generally found that more people die from gun homicides in areas with higher rates of gun ownership.
