Kansas town passes law requiring homes to own guns and ammunition

[Jerrek]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Nov23.html

Kan. Town Requires Homes to Have Guns

GEUDA SPRINGS, Kan. - Residents of this tiny south-central Kansas community have passed an ordinance requiring most households to have guns and ammunition.

Noncomplying residents would be fined $10 under the ordinance, passed 3-2 earlier this month by City Council members who thought it would help protect the town of 210 people. Those who suffer from physical or mental disabilities, paupers and people who conscientiously oppose firearms would be exempt.

And to see the impact of such a measure, lets take Kennesaw, GA:

http://www.kennesaw.ga.us/PoliceDepa...tatistics.aspx

FBI Uniform Crime Report (UCR) statistics for the year 1998 based on incidents of crime per 100,000 population indicate:

Overall Crime for the City of Kennesaw is approx. half the state and national rates.

Burglary incidents are approx. half the state and national rates.

Violent Crime incidents are approx. four times less than the state and national rates.


1981 (Year prior to Gun Ordinance)
Population: 5,242
Burglaries: 54
Total Part 1 Crimes: 228

1982 (Year Gun Ordinance Passed)
Population: 5,308 (+1% )
Burglaries : 35 (-35%)
Total Part 1 Crimes: 165 (-27%)

1998 (Compared to 1981)
Population: 19,000 (+275%)
Burglaries: 36 (-33%)
Total Part 1 Crimes: 227 (+0%)

Good job. All towns should implement such measures.

[Theodoric]

Originally Posted by Jerrek

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Nov23.html

Kan. Town Requires Homes to Have Guns


And to see the impact of such a measure, lets take Kennesaw, GA:

http://www.kennesaw.ga.us/PoliceDepa...tatistics.aspx

Good job. All towns should implement such measures.

Pshaw! Enough of these lily-livered policies! What we need is to follow the example of Draco in 7th Century BC Athens and make most crimes punishable by death.

[Jerrek]

*frown* Hmm, I do think it would be advantageous to bring corporal punishment back, as well as community service.

For serious crimes, give death: rape, murder, treason, kidnapping

For less serious crimes, but still a felony, give community service if no lives were threatened, and perhaps jail time.

[John Smiths]

*frown* Hmm, I do think it would be advantageous to bring corporal punishment back, as well as community service.

By Corporal punishment, i assume you mean Capital punishment...hehe

[Jerrek]

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/St.+Louis+City+/+County/E7BF159BE8A9090A86256DE4001D3671?OpenDocument&Head line=Man,+73,+kills+robber+holding+shears+to+wife' s+neck&highlight=2,Lares,Drive

Man, 73, kills robber holding shears to wife's neck

A man in north St. Louis County was home watching "Death Wish," a movie about a vigilante who hunts down criminals, when he saw his wife held hostage by a robber holding shears at her neck.

Allowed to get his wallet, the homeowner retrieved his pistol instead and shot the intruder to death, county police said Wednesday after sorting out details of the previous evening's incident.

It happened about 8 p.m. Tuesday in the 11500 block of Lares Drive, a usually quiet neighborhood just east of New Halls Ferry Road and north of Interstate 270.

The residents asked police not to reveal their names. The man and family members declined interview requests.

Police gave this account:

An intruder, 26, broke into the home through a basement window and tore down a curtain to tie over his face as a mask. The woman encountered him in the basement and he forced her up the stairs to confront her husband.

Police said the husband, 73, was watching the movie on TV when the stranger approached, demanding money and holding 4-inch shears to the throat of the woman, also 73.

The homeowner told the intruder he had to get his wallet from the bedroom, but he got a handgun instead. When he emerged, she pulled away and he opened fire.

The robber grabbed the wife again and pulled her through the front door with him, but then let her go and ran. He collapsed across the street, where he was pronounced dead.

The woman was treated for minor injuries at a hospital and released.

The dead robber was identified through fingerprints, but his name was withheld pending notification of relatives.

Privately, police officers praised the outcome, saying that burglars should take a lesson from it.

County detectives said they believed the dead burglar might be responsible for other home invasions and burglaries.

Earl Garvin, a neighbor, said he had known the homeowner for 30 years. "He's such a nice man. He's a very fine guy."

Way to go!

[Flubflow]

Originally Posted by Jerrek

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/St.+Louis+City+/+County/E7BF159BE8A9090A86256DE4001D3671?OpenDocument&Head line=Man,+73,+kills+robber+holding+shears+to+wife' s+neck&highlight=2,Lares,Drive

Man, 73, kills robber holding shears to wife's neck



Way to go!

It always amazes me how we in the UK are made to feel that we cannot actively defend ourselves, our family and our property during a burgalry. Do anything to a burglar that leaves the slightest mark on him and you get arrested.
If ever I have to confront a burlgar I want to feel safe in the knowledge that I can legally detain him and be able to happily break his arms and kick his teeth in in the process without any fear of legal action.

[trebor]

Originally Posted by Jerrek

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/St.+Louis+City+/+County/E7BF159BE8A9090A86256DE4001D3671?OpenDocument&Head line=Man,+73,+kills+robber+holding+shears+to+wife' s+neck&highlight=2,Lares,Drive

Man, 73, kills robber holding shears to wife's neck



Way to go!

Give the old fellow a medal, that's one less piece of crap on this nice green planet.

between the government and the criminals (and there's not much difference) this country is getting pillaged. at least when it was the vikings doing it
we had the chance to fight back.

[Jerrek]

Privately, police officers praised the outcome, saying that burglars should take a lesson from it.

Best line. Ever.