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Tue Apr 2, 2013, 06:43 PM Apr 2013

Georgia Town Passes Law Requiring Residents to Own Guns

Georgia Town Passes Law Requiring Residents to Own Guns
By REUTERS
Published: April 1, 2013 at 10:33 PM ET


ATLANTA (Reuters) - A small Georgia town on Monday passed a law requiring the head of each household to own a gun as a way to keep crime down.

The ordinance, approved unanimously by the City Council in Nelson, is symbolic, however, because there is no penalty for violating it, according to Councilman Duane Cronic, who introduced the measure last month.

It serves as an expression of support for gun rights and sends a message to would-be criminals, Cronic said.

The measure was passed amid the debate over gun laws in the United States following the December shooting rampage in which a gunman killed 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school.

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