Utah Town Requires Household Guns
The Associated Press
Sunday, Nov. 5, 2000; 7:24 a.m. EST

VIRGIN, Utah — This tiny southern Utah town has enacted an
ordinance requiring a gun and ammunition in every home for
residents’ self-defense.

Most of Virgin’s 350 residents already own firearms so the
initiative has lots of support, Mayor Jay Lee said.

Residents had expressed fear that their Second Amendment
right to bear arms was under fire so the town council
modeled a similar measure passed by a
Georgia city about 12 years ago.

The mentally ill, convicted felons, conscientious objectors
and people who cannot afford to own a gun are exempt.

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