It's against the law in Kennesaw, Georgia. do not have owning a gun.
A city law passed in the 1980s requires residents to own guns and ammunition.
Kennesaw County's gun control law states: “In order to provide for and protect the safety, security, and general welfare of the city and its residents, every head of a household residing within the city limits shall possess a firearm, along with ammunition. “It is mandatory to do so.” The law excludes residents with mental or physical disabilities, convictions for felonies, or conflicting religious beliefs.
“It's not like you walk around with this on your hip like in the Wild West,” said Derek Easterling, the town's three-term mayor. told BBC News. “We don't knock on your door and say, 'Show us your weapon.'”
A city law dating back to 1982 requires residents of Kennesaw, Georgia to own guns and ammunition. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The mayor told the BBC that to his knowledge and that of several other local officials, no prosecutions or arrests had been made for violating the 1982 law.
The law is a source of pride for some and embarrassment for others. According to data from the Kennesaw Police Department, there have been no homicides in the town in 2023, and most residents told the BBC that the law keeps them safe. However, there were two suicides by gun.
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“If anything, criminals should be concerned, because if they break into your home and you're there, they don't know what they got with you.” the pizza shop customer claimed.
Blake Weatherby, groundskeeper at Kennesaw First Baptist Church, told the BBC: “What's keeping gun crime down here in Kennesaw isn't the guns, it's the attitude towards guns.” “It doesn't matter if it's a gun, a fork, a fist, a high heeled shoe. We protect ourselves and our neighbors.”
The mayor told the BBC that to his knowledge and that of several other local officials, no prosecutions or arrests had been made for violating the 1982 law. (AP)
Weatherby said he at one time owned more than 20 guns, but now he doesn't own any.
Pat Ferris, who joined the Kennesaw City Council in 1984, a few years after the gun control laws were passed, said the gun control laws were created as “more of a political statement than anything else,” adding, “I don't know how many people are going to talk about that. I don't even know if they know,” he added. Regulations exist. ”
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Morton Grove, Illinois, became the first city in the United States to ban guns, while Kennesaw became the first to mandate gun ownership. Similar laws have been passed in at least four other U.S. cities. Virgin, Utah. Nelson, Georgia and Nucla, Colorado.
City Councilwoman Madeline Orochena described the law as a “weird little fact about our community.”
“Residents will either roll their eyes in a bit of embarrassment or laugh about it,” she told the BBC.
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