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Whovian

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10. Ever been to Kennesaw, GA?

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2012, 05:13 PM

Dec 2012

You have Klan memorabilia stores there endorsed by the city, just about all white, and a civil war "museum around every corner.

Quoting from your post, "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."

They are a suburb of Atlanta and 3,899 per 100,000 works out to about maybe 220 crimes in Kennesaw with a population of appx. 5k. Less than one CRIME per day in a metro area including the crimes of marijuana possession, DUI, shoplifting, and tons of others where a gun would NEVER be involved in the situation.

That has to be the most misleading statement I have read since the last time I ended up on a Fox news page.

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