Town Mandates Homes to Have Guns

(Geuda Springs, Kansas) The Geuda Springs City Council voted 3-2 to require heads of households to equip their homes with firearms and ammunition. Violation of the ordinance will be subject to a $10 fine. To take effect, the City Council has scheduled a meeting with the mayor for a Dec. 1st signing.

The town has a colorful history involving guns so the ordinance doesn't raise any eyebrows locally. Legendary gangsters, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow visited the town during their criminal rampage in the 1930s. The outlaw Dalton Gang had relatives who lived in Geuda Springs. Plus, there's more here.

When one gets past the sensationalism that accompanies gun accidents and murders (which occur despite gun laws or their absence), evidence shows that communities with wide gun ownership are generally safer than those where guns do not exist. I think it's a good thing for Geuda Springs to require their residents to be armed.

(Update 11/25/03) Visiting Random Nuclear Strikes, I was quite impressed with a post that discusses the epitome of holstered weaponry. The residents of Geuda Springs would have nothing to fear if they were forced by law to possess a 500 S & W Magnum. I honestly could not take my eyes off it. And, it's just a picture. Readers can see for themselves here.