I remember...
When this hit the news in 1982!!!
Ina,Kennesaw, Georgia it's against the law not to own a gun.
The city law, dating back to the 1980s, makes it a requirement for residents to own guns and ammo.
Kennesaw's gun law states: "In order to provide for and protect the safety, security and general welfare of the city and its inhabitants, every head of household residing in city limits is required to maintain a firearm, together with ammunition." The law excludes residents with mental or physical disabilities, felony convictions or conflicting religious beliefs.
Full article, HERE from Fox News.
If I remember correctly, Kennesaw was getting a run of criminals from the Atlanta area and people had had enough. When the law was promulgated, the left and a lot of media went nuts. Georgia was the first state to pass a 'modern' concealed carry law in 1976, which also caused a media frenzy.
With the Dennesaw law, the usual headlines were 'Blood will flow in the Streets' and the usual protestations that 'nobody will be safe'. Media from literally all over the world came to town to film, interview locals, etc., etc...
Of course the only real thing that happened was that crime declined precipitously, if I remember correctly!
And none of THAT made the media headlines...
Funny that it's coming up again, all these years later, I wonder what caused the Brits to be interested? Maybe what is going on with the flap against the government over the girls being raped and they're looking for 'something' else to draw the attention???
Bingo, Jim! Foreign countries always have a problem with US citizens owning guns. I remember back in the 80s when a foreign exchange student from Japan was led to the wrong house by high school classmates, and the homeowner thought it was a home invasion. That Japanese student ended up dead, and the Japanese press screamed for days about it. That same press didn't have much of a problem with other Japanese high school students flinging themselves out of high rise apartments over failing to pass standardized tests that would advance them to the better schools. 🤷♂️