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| | Kennesaw, Georgia |
 | | Kennesaw's unique gun ordinance was approved in the wake of the opposite action by the city council of Morton Grove, Illinois, which, on June 8, 1981, adopted the nation's first local ordinance banning both the sale and possession of handguns. |
 | | But when, in that same year, authorities in Kennesaw, Georgia passed a law requiring a firearm in every home (with exceptions for convicted felons, the physically disabled, and those with religious beliefs that conflicted with the law), the ACLU filed suit seeking to have the ordinance declared unconstitutional. |
 | | Kennesaw has a population of around 13,000, compared to about 5,000 in 1980, yet the decline in crime continues, falling nearly four percent in 1991 compared to 1990, the last years for which complete figures are available. |
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