[Leica] Re: Guns and crime rates

[lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

On Aug 11, 2007, at 12:41 AM, Harrison wrote:

> Hmmm...Look at this story about "Guntown USA"  Kennesaw Georgia, 25
> years ago it was made the LAW you own a gun and look at the crime  
> stats
> after this and the number of murders in those 25 years....0, yes ZERO
> and Kennesaw is a suburb of Atlanta, one of our most violent cities,
> Atlanta was number one for violent crime when I lived there in  
> 1990-1992.
>
> http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55288
>


In a similar vein, Vermont and New Hampshire, states with the highest  
percent of gun ownership in the country, also have the lowest crime  
rates. Washington D.C., with laws banning just about every type of  
private gun ownership, has one of the highest crime rates in the  
country.

Larry Z