Kennesaw georgia gun law crime rate. It had a population of 29783 according to the 2010 census. 639 part 1 crimes reported. In the last 5 years kennesaw has seen increasing violent crime and decline of.
The 2018 kennesaw crime rate fell by 15 compared to 2017. As the debate over guns continues in washington and in communities across the country theres at least one place where owning a gun is technically required by law. To control for population differences and make comparisons between jurisdictions more accurate and meaningful index crimes are reported at the rate per 100000 persons.
Kennesaw ga several kennesaw officials attribute a drop in crime in the city over the past two decades to a law that requires residents to have a gun in the house. And while its difficult to prove a causal relationship between the law and crime in the town kennesaw which boasts a population of 33000 people has a violent crime rate of less than 2. Kennesaw is a city in cobb county georgia united states located in the greater atlanta metropolitan areaknown from its original settlement in the 1830s until 1887 as big shanty it became kennesaw under its 1887 charter.
As the debate over guns continues in washington and in communities across the country theres at least one place where owning a gun is technically required by law. 1933 part 1 crimes per 100000 population. Violent daily crime statistics in kennesaw are 200 times less than the georgia average and 233 times less than the national average.
1764 part 1 crimes per 100000 population. A facebook page titled safest city in america city of kennesaw georgia makes a number of claims about the mandatory gun law and the citys crime rates that are frequently used in these debates. In 1982 the kennesaw city council unanimously passed a law requiring heads of households to own at least one firearm with ammunition.
For property crime kennesaw has a daily crime rate that is 210 times less than the georgia average and 179 times less than the daily national average. Fbi uniform crime report. Kennesaw has an important place in railroad history.