Editing Kennesaw, Georgia (section)

==Gun law==
Kennesaw is noted for its unique [[Gun law in the United States|firearms legislation]], passed in response to [[Morton Grove, Illinois#Handgun ban|a handgun ban]] in [[Morton Grove, Illinois]]. In 1982 the city passed an ordinance ''[Sec 34-21]'':<ref>{{cite web |title=Sec. 34-21. - Heads of households to maintain firearms. |url=http://library.municode.com/HTML/12813/level3/PTIICOOR_CH34CIEM_ARTIIFI.html#PTIICOOR_CH34CIEM_ARTIIFI_S34-21HEHOMAFI |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829212500/http://library.municode.com/HTML/12813/level3/PTIICOOR_CH34CIEM_ARTIIFI.html#PTIICOOR_CH34CIEM_ARTIIFI_S34-21HEHOMAFI |archive-date=2013-08-29 |access-date=2013-02-06 |website=library.municode.com |publisher=Municode Library}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|(a) In order to provide for the emergency management of the city, and further 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 the city limits is required to maintain a firearm, together with ammunition therefore.

(b) Exempt from the effect of this section are those heads of households who suffer a physical or mental disability which would prohibit them from using such a firearm. Further exempt from the effect of this section are those heads of households who are [[paupers]] or who conscientiously oppose maintaining firearms as a result of beliefs or religious doctrine, or persons convicted of a felony.}}

[[File:K-Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History.jpg|250px|thumb|Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History]]

A similar law was passed in 2000 in the city of [[Virgin, Utah]], making it the second city in the United States to require residents to own guns.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=5 November 2000 |title=Town in Utah Requires Owning Guns |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95092&page=1 |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=ABC News}}</ref> [[Nelson, Georgia]]; [[Nucla, Colorado]];  and [[Gun Barrel City, Texas]], also followed suit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Finefrock |first=Amelia |date=20 December 2018 |title=5 American Cities That Require You To Own A Gun |url=https://braincharm.com/2018/12/20/5-american-cities-that-require-you-to-own-a-gun/ |access-date=2021-02-17 |website=BrainCharm |language=en-US|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130102523/https://braincharm.com/2018/12/20/5-american-cities-that-require-you-to-own-a-gun/|archive-date=November 30, 2022}}</ref>