Oh Yeah, the right to delf defense IS spreading…..

>Coos County considers law mandating universal firearms
>
> The Associated Press
> 7/1/01 4:06 PM
>
> COQUILLE, Ore. (AP) — A former Coos County sheriff has
> a simple solution for lowering the crime rate along his
> stretch of the southern Oregon coast: require every house
> to own a gun.
>
> Mike Cook thought of the universal gun law after a
> 15-year-old girl died last summer in Coquille. The county
> wouldn’t have to enforce the law because just the idea of
> guns in every house would deter criminals, he said.
>
> “It’s not going to change things that much. But it will tell
> the world, ‘Don’t mess with us,” he said.
>
> County commissioners have agreed to meet with Cook to
> discuss the proposal, but admit they are skeptical. Coos
> County Sheriff Andy Jackson said he is also wary of the
> plan.
>
> “From what I hear, nobody wants to be forced into a
> demand to have a gun, just like people don’t want guns
> taken away,” he said.
>
> Yet Cook’s plan did not arise in a vacuum. Several other
> towns scattered across the country have tried similar rules,
> with varying success. At least three others have passed
> such laws, only to repeal them, records show.
>
> Cook discovered the idea on the Internet, where he read
> about a gun ordinance in Kennesaw, Ga., that was
> credited with cutting crime by 27 percent — and keeping it
> there despite a population that has nearly quadrupled since
> the law was enacted in 1982.
>
> Kennesaw police Cpl. Craig Graydon said the town
> originally passed the law as a political statement after a
> town in Illinois banned handguns.
>
> At about the same time, Chiloquin, north of Klamath Falls,
> passed a similar gun ordinance to discourage Californians
> with an anti-gun slant from moving into town. The law still
> stands today, but Mayor Joyce Smith said it hasn’t
> changed anything in the 716-person town.
>
> Both Chiloquin and Kennesaw, Ga., don’t enforce the
> ordinances. They both have clauses exempting people who
> can’t have firearms because of their religion, a disability,
> criminal record or philosophical belief.
>
> Cook said his proposal would include the same clauses,
> even though he believes most Coos County residents
> already have guns in their houses.