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アメリカ・ジョージア州のKennesawという町では、1982年に一家に最低一丁の銃を所有することを強制する条例を制定後、犯罪率が激減し、殺人事件に至っては25年間（条例制定後？）発生していない。さらに町の人口は5000人から3万人に激増したらしい。
Kennesaw歴史協会会長Robert Jones氏は、「ヨーロッパ人は政府により市民が守られていると考えるが、アメリカン人は政府から市民を守る必要があると考える」と興味深い発言を行っている。建国の父ワシントンは、「市民が銃を保有する権利は、合衆国憲法の次に重要な権利。銃を保有する権利は、自由の盾である。」と発言。
バージニア工科大乱射事件で銃規制論議が高まる中、興味深い一文である。
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http://www.jbs.org/node/3617
Town With Mandatory Gun Law Sees Very Little Crime
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS:
Kennesaw, Georgia passed a law in 1982 that requires every family to own a firearm and ammunition. Since the law has been enacted, the town has had a very low crime rate.
Follow this link to the source article: "25 years murder-free in 'Gun Town USA'"
COMMENTARY:
Anyone who thinks that tighter gun control laws are the solution to the incident at Virginia Tech last week needs to visit Kennesaw, Georgia. The town passed its mandatory firearms law in 1982 in response to a law passed by Morton Grove, Illinois which banned guns as a way to reduce crime.
After the law was passed, the town witnessed a dramatic decrease in crime and has stayed low ever since. The law has also survived an increase in population from 5,000 in 1982 to over 30,000 today.
Robert Jones, president of the Kennesaw Historical Society, gives a unique and refreshing perspective for advocates of the Second Amendment. "People in Europe feel they need to be protected by the government. People in the U.S. feel they need to be protected from the government." Sounds radical in today's world where too many people only want government to protect them, doesn't it? Jones also adds that it is a great tourist attraction. "We're the town with the gun law," he said.
George Washington once said, "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." The right to own a firearm has been a staple of the American way of life ever since beginning of our country. President Washington said those words when the American people, by and large, were willing to accept the personal responsibilities necessary for liberty to prevail.
A return to a worldview based on the fear of God is what is necessary to prevent what happened at Virginia Tech, not restrictive gun control laws.
James Newcomb, a member the John Birch Society, resides in the Honolulu area.
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