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Gun Control Reform Activism
In reply to the discussion: Nucla, Colo. Passes Ordinance Making Gun Ownership Mandatory [View all]GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)34. Your logic is in error.
A law that is passed for one reason can have unintended results. It is possible that the hollow gun ownership requirement may, or may not, have also caused, a drop in crime, even though the intention was as a publicity stunt.
As a publicity stunt it worked, as Kennesaw has been talked about for that law for the 31 years since then.
It is impossible to prove that the law had any effect, one way or another, on crime. I will not get sucked into that discussion.
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I have no idea what their political affiliation is. And I don't presume to know.nt
clarice
May 2013
#16
I'd be willing to bet you DO know what their political affiliation is. And you know you do.
Squinch
May 2013
#18