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Can every citizen owning a gun reduce crime in a community? | Elizabeth Vargas Reports

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Crime is up 12% in major U.S. cities, continuing a new debate over gun control. Americans in cities like Gun Barrel City, Texas, are encouraged to bear arms, but would a law like that reduce crime across the country?

Gun Barrel City is home to about 6,500 people and its slogan is “We shoot straight with you.” The town, about 1 hour away from Dallas, is one of five towns across the U.S. that have ordinances or resolutions encouraging gun ownership — Kennesaw, Georgia, Nelson, Georgia, Nucla, Colorado, and Virgin, Utah all passed such ordinances at least a decade ago.

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