25 years murder-free in 'Gun Town USA'

A bit of a paradox...you have gun free zones and people get killed...you have fun requried areas and it's peaceful...I wonder if there is a connection...

From World Net Daily...from 07, just after Virginia Tech.

VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE


25 years murder-free in 'Gun Town USA'


Crime rate plummeted after law required firearms for residents


As the nation debates whether more guns or fewer can prevent tragedies like the Virginia Tech Massacre, a notable anniversary passed last month in a Georgia town that witnessed a dramatic plunge in crime and violence after mandating residents to own firearms.


In March 1982, 25 years ago, the small town of Kennesaw – responding to a handgun ban in Morton Grove, Ill. – unanimously passed an ordinance requiring each head of household to own and maintain a gun. Since then, despite dire predictions of "Wild West" showdowns and increased violence and accidents, not a single resident has been involved in a fatal shooting – as a victim, attacker or defender.


The crime rate initially plummeted for several years after the passage of the ordinance, with the 2005 per capita crime rate actually significantly lower than it was in 1981, the year before passage of the law.


Prior to enactment of the law, Kennesaw had a population of just 5,242 but a crime rate significantly higher (4,332 per 100,000) than the national average (3,899 per 100,000). The latest statistics available – for the year 2005 – show the rate at 2,027 per 100,000. Meanwhile, the population has skyrocketed to 28,189.


...This was not what some predicted.


In a column titled "Gun Town USA," Art Buchwald suggested Kennesaw would soon become a place where routine disagreements between neighbors would be settled in shootouts. The Washington Post mocked Kennesaw as "the brave little city … soon to be pistol-packing capital of the world." Phil Donahue invited the mayor on his show.

You admit Phil Donahue is opposed to this...like his opinion is supporting your position.

...Virginia Tech, like many of the nation's schools and college campuses, is a so-called "gun-free zone," which Second Amendment supporters say invites gun violence – especially from disturbed individuals seeking to kill as many victims as possible.


Cho Seung-Hui murdered 32 and wounded another 15 before turning his gun on himself.

I can see being a gun free zone really stopped this...but the problem is they are not focusing on the real issue. Let's just outlaw murder. If all it takes is a law that should handle it.